“Little People, Big World”
May 28, 2007
The Learning Channel Network(National Television)

Children's Hospital Oakland is appearing on a national television show called Little People, Big World. The program's stars are the Roloffs, a family with both little and average sized people. Scott Hoffinger, MD, of Orthopaedics and our staff are featured in several episodes about 16-year-old Zachary Roloff's surgery to straighten his leg.

“Group helps teens cope when cancer hits someone close”
May 25, 2007
SF Chronicle

Heather Fox, a social worker for Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant services was interviewed about the many issues that teenagers face when their family and friends are battling cancer. A San Francisco high school has created a support for students whose loved ones are coping with the disease.

“Pediatric HIV/AIDS Pediatric Research Fund Cuts”
May 20, 2007
Oakland Tribune, Alameda Times-Star, Tri-Valley Herald (Pleasanton), The Argus (Fremont) and The Daily Review (Hayward)

Ann Petru, MD and social worker Peggy Macy of our Infectious Disease and Pediatric HIV/AIDS Program were featured in the Oakland Tribune and several other Media News Group newspapers. The front-page article discussed the recent cuts in NIH research funding and the need to continue clinical trials and drug treatment for pediatric HIV patients.

“Vitamin D Study”
May 14, 2007
KTVU-TV, Oakland, CA

Endocrinologist, Catherine Egli, MD, was interviewed for a news report about the importance of vitamin D. An upcoming study in the American Journal for Clinical Nutrition concludes that larger doses of vitamin D may assist in the prevention of cancer. This television report also points out how people in Northern California tend to lack vitamin D in the winter season because we lack sunshine. We obtain vitamin D via sunlight, vitamin supplements, some meats and vegetables and fish oils.

“Seizures Cut Short”
May 12, 2006
Modesto Bee, CA

The Modesto Bee interviewed Peter Sun, MD, of Neurosurgery about how he nearly stopped his epileptic patient’s seizures. Eighteen year old, Ronald Velasquez, had as many as 80 seizures a day and had to wear a helmet to protect himself against head injuries when he seizured and fell to the ground. Dr. Sun performed a rare operation on his brain called, corpus callosotomy. Since then, the number of Ronald’s seizures has been dramatically reduced.

“Devil runs in Danville for 30th year Sunday”
May 2, 2007
Valley Times, Pleasanton, CA
Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA

Diane Mann, vice president of institutional advancement, is quoted about this year’s Devil Mountain Run’s 30th anniversary. The event raises about 30-thousand dollars each year for our pediatric programs including hospital schooling and other quality of life programs.

“Lt. Gov. Talks Health Care at Oakland Hospital”
April 27, 2007
KCBS-FM Radio, San Francisco

KCBS radio interviewed California Lt. Governor John Garamendi during his visit to Children’s Hospital Oakland. Garamendi discussed the importance of state funding for non-profit hospitals like ours.

“Rickets Reappears”
April 23, 2007
KQED-FM, San Francisco

Voices of America Radio
KQED-FM featured Suruchi, Bhatia, MD, director of endocrinology, in a radio report about the resurgence in rickets cases in the Bay Area. The story explores the spike in childhood ricket nationwide and vitamin d deficiency as the cause.

“Showing they care”
April 20, 2007
Danville Weekly, Danville, CA

This article reports on how one of the fundraising arms of Children’s Hospital Oakland, the Rowan Branch, uses its executive skills to raise money for the hospital. The article Suruchi Bhatia, MD, of Endocrinology and discusses several childhood health issues from diabetes to encephalitis.

“Community rallies around family”
April 12, 2007
West County Times, Pinole, CA
Valley Times, Pleasanton, CA

Elliott Vichinsky, MD ofHematology/Oncology was interviewed and photographed for this article about a Brentwood patient who is receiving an outpouring of support from his community. Eleven-year-old, Joshua Maligro, was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia.

“HDL Drugs: What Now?”
April 9, 2007
Newsweek magazine

Ronald Krauss, MD and cholesterol researcher at CHORI is quoted in this article about the importance of HDL, which is also known as good cholesterol. The article focused on the search for new drugs to increase HDL levels.

“Swap diet soda for water”
March, 2007
SHAPE magazine

Jodi Stookey, PhD who works in Janet King's lab at CHORI was featured in this national women’s magazine about her study, which suggests drinking water instead of sugary drinks could lead to weight loss. Researchers found that the dieters who replaced all sweetened beverages with water lost an average of three pounds more in a year than dieters who did not.