Nasty divorce of medical groups Oct 20, 2009
This includes physicians affiliated with a number of local hospitals such as California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, Stanford Hospital and Children's Hospital Oakland. Patients who have certain needs will have an additional year to make the transition. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Loma Prieta survivors' transforming moments Oct 18, 2009
" The flattened freeway The 1989 earthquake is never far from Dr. James Betts' mind. But he's not usually thinking about how he had to chainsaw a dead woman in half to get to a young boy so he could slice off his leg and extricate him from the crushed Cypress Freeway in Oakland. He's thinking instead about how the next quake could rupture tomorrow. Or in the next hour. And how he believes virtually nobody is ready for that. "We're in the Pacific Rim, and it's not a question of if there will be a... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Hospitals fear swine flu, bar visits by kids Oct 16, 2009
Children's Hospital Oakland spokeswoman Diana Yee said the hospital, which just started the restrictions, selected 18 for the cutoff because 18-year-olds generally can provide identification as proof. "We apologize for any inconvenience to our patients and visitors, but these changes are essential for protecting the entire community during this year's flu season," she said in an e-mail. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fundraiser tomorrow for young West Nile Virus victim Oct 3, 2009
She was admitted to Memorial Medical Center in Modesto Sunday, Sept. 20, and on Monday afternoon was airlifted to Children's Hospital Oakland. She has been in a coma since her admission to the children's hospital. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Not enough Bay Area kids vaccinated, docs say Aug 2, 2009
It's not an ideal answer, said Dr. Gena Lewis, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital Oakland. But if it's a choice between late vaccination and no vaccination at all, doctors prefer that children get at least some protection. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Boy suffers only minor injuries in fall out window Jul 24, 2009
The boy was taken to Children's Hospital Oakland for treatment of minor injuries. The boy's parents were in the room at the time of the fall. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Human term placenta a new abundant source of hematopoietic cells Jun 25, 2009
Investigators at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California found a way to obtain large numbers of hematopoietic stem cell from human term placenta ... The research team, Dr. Vladimir Serikov, MD, PhD, D.Sci, Assistant Staff Scientist, Catherin Hounshell, a research associate, Sandra Larkin, a research associate, Mr. William Green, student, Dr. Hurokazy Ikeda, MD, Visiting Scientist, Dr. Mark Walters, Medical Director of Children's Hospital Oakland Hematology and... (EurekAlert!)
Antipsychotic drugs for kids raise hope, worry Jun 22, 2009
"ADHD was the diagnosis du jour in the '80s. Now it's become bipolar disorder," said Dr. Andrew Giammona, who heads the psychiatry department at Children's Hospital Oakland. "We're in a quick-fix society, and parents want to believe that if we had this treatment we can get it fixed and move on.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Injuries in wreck claim 3-year-old May 28, 2009
The toddler died after he was taken off life support at Children's Hospital Oakland, Terra said. The single-vehicle accident killed Jessie's identical twin, Jason, the twins' mother, 23-year-old Sara Terra, and their uncle, 20-year-old David Terra. (Modesto Bee, CA)
P[acman]-generated fruit fly gene 'library': A new research tool May 25, 2009
Others who took part in this work include Karen L. Schulze, Hongling Pan and Yuchun He of BCM, Ken Wan (LBNL), Rebecca Spokony and Kevin P. White of the University of Chicago, and Maxim Koriabine and Pieter J. de Jong of Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute in California. Funding for this work came from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the National Institutes of Health and the BCM Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center. (EurekAlert!)
Nanoparticle Delivery System Developed To Induce Immunity To Certain STDs May 5, 2009
2, 2007) A new study led by a scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is the first to conclude that Chlamydia trachomatis is evolving at a rate faster than scientists first thought. (July 25, 2006) Using a novel mouse model that allows scientists to study how the immune system's fighter cells respond to invaders in the genital tract during the initial stage of infection, Harvard Medical School. (Science Daily)
State's swine flu cases grow to 13 Apr 29, 2009
About 50 parents took their sick children to Children's Hospital Oakland on Sunday night, and a spokesman for California Pacific Medical Center said a handful of patients had come to the hospital with what appeared to be cold symptoms. But most people were calling and asking doctors for advice - which is exactly what should be happening, public health officials said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Alameda Dad Held In Strangling Feb 18, 2009
The boy was taken to Children's Hospital Oakland where he was listed in critical but stable condition. It was not clear where Haidar's wife was during the incident. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
