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Hot enough for you? Keeping babies warm in developing countries

Newborns like this child have a high risk of hypothermia, even in warm climates. An innovative warming pad could be one potential fix. (Courtesy of Anne Hansen) In the United States, we rarely worry...

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Of bladder spasms and nanoparticles: A teen scientist meets an urologist

Interior of a bladder (Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body) Ask a group of 15-year-olds what’s on their minds, and you’ll likely hear something along the lines of video games, parties and maybe homework....

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Tracking vaccine misconceptions–by mining online data

This 1802 British cartoon skewers the cowpox vaccine, newly introduced against smallpox. Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_cow_pock.jpg#file Fifty years after Boston Children’s...

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An IOTA of thumb control for children with cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, stroke

This child-sized device assists children with thumb movements while giving them sensory and visual feedback. (Image: Wyss Institute, Harvard University) Our ability to use the thumb as an opposable...

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Out of the fire, into the pan: Lessons on managing chronic care in developing...

Food insecurity is a major problem for diabetic patients at the Kay Mackensen clinic in Haiti where Julia Von Oettingen, MD (top center) serves as medical director. In parts of the developing world,...

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Delivering a baby MEG

This array of sensors surrounding a baby's head will give researchers and eventually clinicians a high-resolution image of neural activity. Imagine you’re a clinician or researcher and you want to...

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When it comes to innovating, the whole family takes center stage in pediatrics

Some innovators, Naomi Fried, PhD, chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, says, can end up alone on an island and make something out of just sand and water. But a lot of other...

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