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Atlanta preschool teaches autistic and ‘typical’ two-year-old’s social skills
March 30, 2018Nigel Odom is just 2, but he's loving this whole preschool thing.
"He loves coming to school every day," Jenny Odom, Nigel's mother, says. "From the time we put on his jacket and ask him if he's ready to go to school, he starts hopping around and he runs to the front door."
Nigel is one 12 students in Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Marcus Autism Center's new 2-year old preschool which opened in February. Half of the students in the program are typically-developing.
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In medicine, 3D printers move beyond curiosities
March 30, 2018Emory doctors are turning to 3D printing to create patient-specific solutions, whether it's custom knee replacements, heart-valves, tiny replacement cartilage needed for an infant, or medical devices that don't exist.
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Ann Chahroudi named CCIV Director
March 26, 2018Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD has been named the new director of the Center for Childhood Infections & Vaccines.
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Flow of spinal fluid disrupted in inherited developmental disorder
March 22, 2018Health, Research, School Of Medicine, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Animal Research, Cancer, Children's Healthcare, Genetics, Health Sciences Research, Neuroscience, Pediatrics
Scientists have pinpointed the mechanism behind hydrocephalus, an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain, in an inherited developmental disorder called Noonan syndrome.
The results were published online on March 20 in Science Signaling.
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Miniature ‘bleeding’ device eases study of clotting disorders
February 12, 2018Biomedical engineers have developed a miniature self-sealing model system for studying bleeding and the clotting of wounds. The researchers envision the device as a drug discovery platform and potential diagnostic tool.
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Kids’ well visits linked to lower appendicitis complications—Article in JAMA Surgery
February 09, 2018A study of insurance claims suggests that families with an established relationship with their primary care doctor are more likely to seek emergency care promptly when a child is experiencing painful symptoms of appendicitis.
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Congratulations to our recently named Atlanta Pediatric Scholars*!
February 08, 2018Meet our recently named Atlanta Pediatric Scholars
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BME graduate student takes top Student Technology Prize
January 31, 2018Robert Mannino, a Ph.D. student in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, took top honors in competition for the 2017 Student Technology Prize for Primary Healthcare.