Clinical

Find out how research at St. Jude underlies clinical progress in the care and treatment of cancer, blood disorders, neurological disease and more. 

Parenting teens with chronic illness
Parenting teens with chronic illness

Even teens with chronic medical illnesses need to be allowed to be teens

Kendra Parris, PhD

Raising a teen is hard enough without the added stress of a medical condition — here’s nine ways you can help them and foster their development.

Occupational therapy helps restore normal childhood
Occupational therapy helps restore normal childhood

Occupational therapy: how all work and more play restores some “normal” to childhood

Jessica Sparrow, OTD, OTR L, BCP

Making pizza sounds fun, but it’s a practical example of how we help kids regain the skills to do the activities that are important to them.

Central line infections: How ETHEL helped us to bust a myth
Central line infections: How ETHEL helped us to bust a myth

Central line infections: How ETHEL helped us to bust a myth

Josh Wolf, PhD, MBBS

A simple line drawing helped uncover something unexpected about central line infections. Read how it will save lives.

4 Tips on How to Talk to Kids with Life-Threatening Conditions
4 Tips on How to Talk to Kids with Life-Threatening Conditions

4 tips for having difficult conversations with kids who have life-threatening conditions

Niki Jurbergs, PhD

Prepare a child with a life-threatening condition on what to expect — have that difficult talk with them. Read advice from St. Jude clinical psychologist, Niki Jurbergs, PhD, on how to have that difficult conversation.

When pain is the real deal
When pain is the real deal

When pain is the real deal

Kyle Morgan, MD

Read how St. Jude is working toward easing the pain of chronic illness and treatment in its pediatric patients.

Can malaria treatment improve survival rates for leukemia?
Can malaria treatment improve survival rates for leukemia?

St. Jude scientists discover effective combination therapy for treatment of drug-resistant leukemia

Lee Morgan

A drug used to treat malaria was found to hold the key to unlocking the treatment of a rare leukemia.

Life after cancer: Researchers work to understand and ease the cognitive challenges that childhood cancer survivors face
Life after cancer: Researchers work to understand and ease the cognitive challenges that childhood cancer survivors face

Life after cancer: Researchers work to understand and ease the cognitive challenges that childhood cancer survivors face

Mary Powers

Childhood cancer treatment is one of the great medical successes of recent decades. But that success comes with a price.

Skin cancer in children isn’t the same as in adults
Skin cancer in children isn’t the same as in adults

Skin cancer in children isn’t the same as in adults

Alberto Pappo, MD

Yes, children can get skin cancer. Here’s some tips on how to prevent extreme sun exposure.

The St. Jude Psychology Clinic: When things are really hard
The St. Jude Psychology Clinic: When things are really hard

The St. Jude Psychology Clinic: When things are really hard

Keith Crabtree, PhD

Learn how psychologists use psychological interventions to help pediatric patients with life-threatening diseases maintain positive mental health during treatment.

Boosting whooping cough vaccinations
Boosting whooping cough vaccinations

How can hospitals shield vulnerable patients from the whooping cough resurgence?

Elisabeth Adderson, MD

How can hospitals protect patients and staff from resurgent pertussis outbreaks? Learn how we boosted the vaccination rate by 55%.