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Autism
What you should know about vaccines, Tylenol and folinic acid in autism
Have questions about vaccines, Tylenol in pregnancy, or autism treatments? Get expert guidance from Dr. J. Thomas Megerian at Rady Children’s.
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Celebrate Health Literacy Month 2025: Tips, events and resources
October is Health Literacy Month — a time dedicated to helping people find, understand and use health information.
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What happens when you call a suicide or crisis hotline? Here’s what to expect
What happens when you call a suicide hotline? Learn who answers, what they do, and how these calls can help in a mental health crisis.
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Research & Innovation
Healthcare
NIH award continues landmark study of brain development in babies born very preterm
Despite health care advances that are keeping babies born very preterm alive, such newborns — who total more than 50,000 in the United States alone…
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Cancer / Oncology
National brain mapping study receives its first ‘magical’ gift from patient with cancer
Ethan Nguyen is the first pediatric patient to become part of an NIH-funded study that began in 2022 and is led by UC Irvine.
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Healthcare
Research Institute’s new home celebrated as ‘huge step’ for Rady Children’s
“This floor is love in action and pain transformed into purpose and a promise to fight harder, search deeper, and never give up.”
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