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Let’s Talk About Hives in Children
Urticaria (or hives) are common in children, with a lifetime prevalence of about 20 percent. However, since they cause itching ...
Finding the Right Allergy Treatment
Help manage your child’s sniffling and sneezing this fall. Uncontrolled allergies can affect your child’s daily life, activities and sleep ...
Teenagers: Eat, Sleep, Repeat
As teenagers’ brains develop, they need nutritious food and sound sleep to grow into healthy adults. ...
Patients Ride in Style at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
The traditional modes of hospital transportation can be flat out scary; my how things are changing at St. Louis Children’s ...
Food Allergies at School: Your Responsibility as a Parent
If your child has a classmate with food allergies, what are your responsibilities as a parent? Did you know that ...
Miner Receives Funding for Pediatric Kidney Disease Research
Jeffrey Miner, professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the School of Medicine, and Jonathan Barnes, assistant professor ...
When Should I Introduce Peanuts to My Baby?
Food allergies are a concern for many new parents. When they bring a new baby home, parents focus on what ...
Medical Animation: Hodgkin Lymphoma
Hodgkin's Lymphoma is a type of cancer that develops in the lymph tissue. View how Hodgkin's Disease interferes with the ...
Medical Animation: Inhalers
Some people have difficulty breathing due to illnesses which constrict their airways. Medications for these respiratory symptoms can be given ...