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Baby girl defies the odds at UTMB
Daily News, May 1, 2012
Newborn Lola Grace Blackwell is recovering at UTMB after a high-risk delivery that involved surgery to treat a massive neck malformation. On April 25, UTMB’s chief of pediatric surgery, Dr. Ravi Radhakrishnan, successfully removed the neck mass. [Note: This article was written by Molly Dannenmaier of UTMB’s Office of Public Affairs. Send your story ideas to public.affairs@utmb.edu.]

Harold Pine, M.D.

Smart teachers, good docs, clever school worker help disabled boy
KHOU-TV (Ch. 11, Houston), April 26, 2012
A 5-year-old special needs student in Santa Fe recently received a special gift, with the help of his ear doctor, UTMB’s Harold Pine. “A lot of my residents, a lot of the faculty here, even nurses in the operating room, anywhere I told this story, people stopped and they said, ‘I want to help.’”

Chickenpox parties a risk to children's health
Daily News, April 24, 2012
In this week’s Medical Discovery News with UTMB’s Norbert Herzog and David Niesel: According to public health experts, so-called "chickenpox parties" can lead to serious life-threatening bacterial infections. The article also appears in the Abilene Reporter-News.

Shaken baby syndrome: A problem of growing concern
Daily News, April 26, 2012
Last year, more than 2,000 infants and children were hospitalized as the result of being shaken by their caregivers, write UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly in this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column.

UTMB's Children's Hospital has now re-opened!

UTMB's Children's Hospital makes its debut
Daily News, April 17, 2012
Today, UTMB reaches another milestone in its history at the forefront of pediatric care. The medical branch will open the doors of a new Children’s Hospital on the 10th floor of John Sealy Hospital. “What sets our Children’s Hospital apart from other larger children’s hospitals in our area is the intimate, family-centered, personal experience our patients and families have when they are here,” said Dr. Christine Turley, vice chairwoman for pediatric clinical services.

UTMB: A history of caring for children
Daily News, April 17, 2012
In this guest column, UTMB’s Dr. Joan Richardson writes about the opening of the new UTMB Health Children’s Hospital and the institution’s long history of caring for children “This facility represents UTMB’s most recent resource dedicated to the care of children. Long before pediatrics was recognized as a medical specialty, UTMB provided care to children.”

Helmets for little ones at UTMB
Daily News, April 10, 2012
Visit the Family Medicine booth under the UTMB Healthy Kids tent at the Grand Kids Festival for the Texas Medical Association’s Hard Hats for Little Kids helmet giveaway event.

April 3, 2012 - US Coast Guard Maritime Safety & Security Team make a donation of childrens books to UTMB Health Department of Pediatrics. They are Simeon Zuger, Ryan Lewis, Shawn Sovltz, Nathaniel O'Connell, and Brad DeLeon.

Keep your children safe from poisons around house
The Daily News, March 28, 2012
In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column with UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: A number of poisons can be found throughout the house. In the kitchen, check that all detergents, bleaches, cleaners, drain cleaners, soaps and bug killers are not under the sink in an unlocked cupboard but up high in a cupboard with a childproof lock. Products containing lye are extremely dangerous. Don’t keep these in your home. Keep alcoholic drinks up out of the reach of children. 

Teaching children fire safety is key
The Daily News, March 21, 2012
In last week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column with UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: In the same way we prepare for hurricanes, families need to prepare a detailed escape plan in case of fire in different areas of the house. Draw a diagram of your house including windows and doors, and plan two routes of escape out of each room. Teach children how to feel doors with the back of the hand to see if they are hot and never to open a hot door.

Preventing birth defects with healthy diet
The Daily News, March 7, 2012
In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy with UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: A recent study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that mothers who ate a higher quality diet had fewer babies with spina bifida and cleft lip or palate. This study shows the importance of eating a varied high quality diet. Pregnancy also is a time in which certain vitamins are particularly important to promote a baby’s growth and development.

Gender identity issues can harm kids' mental health: Study
U.S. News & World Report, Feb. 20, 2012
Continuing coverage: A new Harvard study shows that children struggling with their gender identity also face higher risks for abuse and mental health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder. UTMB’s Dr. Walter Meyer III said many problems arise from the reactions these children face at home and in school. "These kids are really normal — they just want to be the other gender," said Meyer, a psychiatrist who works with transgender patients at UTMB. "The ones who are well-adjusted and well-accepted by their families and at school don't have the psychiatric issues." The news also appears on Health.com and MedPage Today.

UTMB boasts new state-of-the-art maternity center
The Daily News, Feb. 16, 2012
The blow dealt to UTMB by Hurricane Ike seemed nothing less than devastating in the first few weeks of recovery, wrote UTMB’s Dr. Gary Hankins in this guest column about the opening of the new Comprehensive Maternity Center. “As unlikely as it seemed at the time, that devastation became the catalyst for shaping our growth and redevelopment.”

Number of girls’ knee injuries rising sharply
The Daily News, Feb. 12, 2012
For a generation now, girls have been participating in organized sports in numbers never seen in the United States, writes UTMB’s Dr. Chad Davenport in this guest column. “As a physical therapist specializing in sports medicine and rehabilitation for UTMB, I work with injured athletes every day, and I’ve found today’s new cadre of young female athletes is particularly prone to a knee condition called patellofemoral pain syndrome.”