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• Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Forced to Withdraw Recognition of SEIU Union

  - 2008-07-29

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford Hospital & Clinics SHC and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital LPCH announced today that they have been forced to withdraw recognition of Service Employees International Union SEIU Local 715. "We did not make this decision lightly," said Lori Curry, vice president of human resources for SHC,...

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• Antibiotics Can Prevent Wound Complications of Childbirth, Stanford/Packard Study Finds

  - 2008-06-09

  STANFORD, Calif. -- A single dose of antibiotics can significantly aid healing of the severe tearing that occurs in vaginal tissues during many births, according to researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, the Stanford University School of Medicine and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The study is the...

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• Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital to Announce Architects, Plans on Renewal Project

  - 2007-12-18

  Experts Tapped to Design New Hospitals That Will Achieve Seismic Safety Standards, Improve Quality of Care and Increase Capacity for Palo Alto STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford Medical Center staff will introduce the design development process that will realize the transformation of the Stanford Medical Center at a meeting of...

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• Stanford X-ray exhibit takes an inner look at terrorism

  - 2007-09-05

  Among a batch of X-rays that arrived at the Stanford University School of Medicine this week were images of a severely broken leg studded with hex nuts, a pierced chest hosting an entrenched nail and pieces of a bomber's wristwatch embedded in a young girl's neck. The collection...

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• Common Preterm Labor Drug Has More Side Effects Than Alternative, Finds Study from Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford

  - 2007-06-29

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The drug most commonly used to arrest preterm labor, magnesium sulfate, is more likely than another common treatment to cause mild to serious side effects in pregnant women, according to a study from researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine. Their findings...

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• Once-Fatal Metabolic Disorders Treatable, Says Stanford/Packard Researcher

  - 2007-05-30

  STANFORD, Calif. -- People with a class of rare genetic disorders that often lead to brain damage, coma and death can be successfully treated with drugs, says a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The researchers found in their unprecedented 25-year study...

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• Slightly Early Birth May Still Spell Trouble at School, Say Packard Children's Researchers

  - 2007-05-06

  TORONTO -- Babies born moderately early -- eight to four weeks premature -- are more likely than their full-term peers to struggle in kindergarten and grade school, say researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. The results, from a study of a national database of young children, fly...

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• Top Physician-Scientist to Head Stanford Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Medical Staff

  - 2007-04-24

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Renowned physician and researcher Hugh O'Brodovich, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University's School of Medicine and chief of staff at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, the two institutions announced April 23. The appointment fills a vacancy left by the departure of...

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• Fitch Affirms Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Bonds at 'AA'

  - 2007-02-07

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitch Ratings affirms the underlying 'AA' rating on the outstanding Lucile Packard Children's Hospital LPCH bonds listed below. The Rating Outlook is Stable. --$60,000,000 California Health Facilities Financing Authority (Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford) series 2003 A and B; Ambac insured; --$55,000,000 California...

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• Krensky Named to Newly Created NIH Post

  - 2007-01-30

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Alan Krensky, MD, professor of pediatrics immunology at the Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of immunology and transplantation biology at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, has been selected by the National Institutes of Health as the agency's first deputy director for the Office of Portfolio Analysis...

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