Today is PURPLE for PLATELETS day! photo by BruceBlaus. Platelets are small cells in the blood stream that are critical for allowing our blood to clot and allowing tissue damage to heal. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a disorder characterized [...]
Every month, 25 THOUSAND children will be diagnosed with cancer around the world, and 6,667 families will experience the loss of a child from cancer. On the positive side, in the United States we now cure more than 80% of [...]
by Joseph Lasky, MD About 1-2 times per month, a meeting is held by a group of young investigators known as HiPo (junior investigators with High Potential for independent research). On July 18, we had one of these talks delivered [...]
by Daniel Yu, PGY-2 July is Craniofacial Awareness Month: Oral-facial clefts are birth defects involving the lip or the roof the mouth (known as the palate) or both. Oral-facial clefts occur in approximately 1 in 600 live births in the [...]
by Joseph Lasky, MD Although most days William is a normal 13 year old boy, at least once a week he experiences severe pain in his arms, legs, or back (or all three) requiring him to take strong pain medicine [...]
