Texas Children's Hospital News

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Jordan Peterson is 10 years old, suffers from cystic fibrosis and is on the pediatric lung transplant waiting list -- just like Sarah Murnaghan, the Pennsylvania girl who received a lung transplant Wednesday after her family successfully sued to make her more likely to get lungs from an adult donor.

Bella Tomlinson is celebrating a big milestone. Just more than a year ago, the Jacksonville toddler had a double-lung transplant because of a gene mutation.

The clinic will be comprised of a multidisciplinary team of specialists that will evaluate, diagnose and treat children who have previously had kidney stones, as well as those patients who are at risk for developing them.

June is Fireworks Eye Safety Awareness Month, and the Texas Ophthalmological Association wants to remind consumers to leave fireworks to professionals.

St. Louis Children's Hospital is ranked as one of the top ten best hospitals in the U.S. that treats critically ill children, according to a report, released Tuesday, by U.S. News & World Report.

A Jasper family has been blessed with a summer miracle. After months of prayer, and support from the community, little Parson Blue has received new lungs.

Servicing children with acute injuries, those suffering from brain or spinal injuries, Texas Children's Hospital's rehabilitation unit is the only inpatient facility in Houston that services children under 13 years old.

From Baylor College of Medicine-Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX ; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ; and The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH .

The innocent victims from last week's deadly car chase in northwest Houston have been victimized again.

A 4-year-old boy who was found unconscious in a Baytown waterpark on Sunday has been released from Texas Children's Hospital .

Jennifer, a neonatologist at Texas Children's Hospital and assistant professor of pediatrics-neonatology at Baylor College of Medicine, made the decision a while ago not to attempt to undergo a natural pregnancy because both she and her husband Bill have dwarfism.

Enter hospitalists, a relatively new trend in health care. From admission through discharge, hospitalists take care of other physicians' patients only while hospitalized.

Houston area hospitals are gearing up to help the victims of the tornado devastation in Oklahoma.