Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

WATCH: Hospital Hosts Prom For Sick Kids

Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Leukemia, Video, Heart Transplant, Lung Transplant, Julie Keeton, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Weston Keeton, Joshua Kahan Foundation, Jeff Kahan, Chop Prom, Childhood Cancer, Impact News

After Jeff Kahan lost his son to cancer, the grieving dad decided to bring life to kids battling life-threatening diseases. He fulfills his mission...

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Making New Year's Resolutions Matter

Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Anna Aegenes, Justin Reilly, 52times52, resolution2012, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, New Years Resolution, Jane Adams Shelter, 52reasonstobreathe.Com, Video, Good News News

By Felicia D'Ambrosio, The Daily Good Every December 31st we latch onto the chance for a fresh start, marked by give-ups -- cigarettes, Oreos, drin...

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Why A Hospital Should Deny A Transplant To A 'Mentally Retarded' Child

Lisa Belkin | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Kidney Transplant, Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, Denied Transplant, Cognitive Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Amelia Rivera, Kurt Hirschhorn, Parents News
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Amelia Rivera is 3 years old. Born with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, doctors have told her parents that she will die in 6 months to a year without a kidney transplant. They also said that they would not perform that transplant.

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CalTech Report Reveals Optimism For AIDS Protection

AP | By MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, HIV Vaccine, Aids Research, AIDS Vaccine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, California Institute of Technology, Center for AIDS Research in New York, David Baltimore, Caltech, HIV Research, HIV Mouse Study, Los Angeles News

NEW YORK -- As scientists struggle to find a vaccine to prevent infection with the AIDS virus, a study in mice suggests hope for a new approach &ndash...

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What A Guy!

E! Online | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Ryan Seacrest, Ryan Seacrest Childrens Hospital, Ryan Seacrest Broadcast Center, Ryan Seacrest Selena Gomez, Ryan Seacrest Foundation, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Celebrity News

Seriously, is there nothing Ryan Seacrest can't do?! Earlier today, the E! News anchor (just one of his roughly half-dozen jobs we get exhausted simp...

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Teen Cancer Survivor Raises $12,000 For The Hospital That Treated Her

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cancer, Pearce Quesnberry, Pediatric Cancer, Childrens Hospital, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Brain Cancer, Video, Impact News

Inspired by her own battle with brain cancer, 13-year-old Pearce Quesnberry has dedicated herself to helping others battling the disease and promoting...

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