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The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has again tied for the number one ranking overall on U.S.News & World Report’s Honor Roll of Best Children’s Hospitals. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) June 05, 2012 Ranking number one in six of 10 specialties, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has more #1 rankings than any other children’s hospital in the nation, according to U.S.News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospital survey. CHOP ranked first in Cancer,...
UH Rainbow high on the list in U.S.News & World Report’s annual rankings of Best Children’s Hospitals Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) June 05, 2012 Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital at University Hospitals Case Medical Center once again is ranked as one of the nation’s top children’s hospitals, according to U.S.News & World Report‘s annual rankings of pediatric hospitals, and for the second year in a row is ranked in all ten children’s specialties. For the fifth...
CLEVELAND, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital at University Hospitals Case Medical Center once again is ranked as one of the nation's top children's hospitals, according to U.S.News & World Report's annual rankings of pediatric hospitals, and for the second year in a row is ranked in all ten children's specialties. For the fifth consecutive year, UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital ranked among the top five children's...
ATLANTA, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VeriStor Systems, the Southeast region's leading enterprise data storage and virtualization solution provider, today announced that its 6th Annual Charity Golf Classic has raised $20,000 for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. VeriStor, together with 15 sponsors and mutual customers, joined in support of the renowned Georgia pediatric hospital and its many programs that advance the health and welfare of children. "VeriStor has been an excellent...
COLUMBUS, Ga., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the number one provider of supplemental insurance in the United States and 11-time recipient of FORTUNE's World's Most Admired Companies designation, today helped unveil a new logo for the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. The new design features the Aflac logo and includes the image of America's beloved Aflac Duck. The Aflac Cancer Center is recognized as one of the top childhood cancer...
MILWAUKEE, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin recently performed a rare double organ transplant to save the life of Thomas Castillo, a 15-year-old Illinois boy with complex congenital heart disease and liver failure. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120424/CG93246-a) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120424/CG93246-b) A multidisciplinary team at Children's Hospital replaced Castillo's two organs during a 17-hour surgery. James...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida's children's hospitals are facing tens of millions of dollars in funding cuts under the Senate and House budget proposals that seriously erode their ability to care for the state's sick and injured children, a group of parents, hospital leaders and caregivers warned today. The state's 14 children's hospitals are disproportionately impacted by the Medicaid cuts being proposed by both the Senate and House, because these hospitals...
ORLANDO, Fla. and PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pediatric cardiology researchers and clinicians from almost 50 centers from across the U.S. and around the world are gathering at the Cardiology 2012 Conference sponsored by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on Feb. 22-26 in Orlando, Fla. The news briefs below summarize 11 research abstracts selected by the conference organizers as featured presentations. The researchers leading these presentations comprise...
Medical Professionals from Around the World Gather in Orlando to Present Research Updates, Discuss Patient Management from Fetus Through Adulthood PHILADELPHIA and ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An international group of almost 1000 medical experts gathers this week to discuss the most current treatments for children with heart disease. Affecting about a million children born each year throughout the world, congenital heart disease is the most common...
ATLANTA, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 40 percent of children ages 10 to 17 in Georgia, or almost a million kids, are overweight or obese. Doctors at Georgia-based Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the largest pediatric health care organization in the United States, are on the front lines of the state's childhood obesity epidemic, treating patients in their Health4Life Clinic as young as 3 years old for complications related to obesity. The health care system decided...
