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Quality Improvement Project Aims at Changing Steroid Prescribed for Asthma Exacerbations

St. Louis Children's Hospital explains why new findings found the drug dexamethasone to be more effective at treating asthma attacks ...

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Cochlear Implants: A Viable Option for Children With Single-Sided Deafness

Over time cochlear implantation has proven effective in helping restore sound awareness. It is now being offered to infants and ...

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Case Study: Another Video Game Complication

The following case study, Another Video Game Complication, was used by Andrew J. White, MD, division director of pediatric rheumatology ...

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Perinatal Behavioral Health Service Provides Support for Heart Patients’ Families

St. Louis Children's Hospital discusses how they provide support to families with for newborn heart patient's families. Learn more. ...

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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 ...

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Children's Named Among Leaders in Health Care Equality

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation named Children's an “LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader” in the foundation's Healthcare Equality Index 2019 ...

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Bariatric Surgery: A Viable Option for Teens With the Disease of Obesity

Since 2013, obesity has been listed as a disease in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ...

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Brozanski Appointed to Patient Quality and Safety Roles

The Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine announced that Beverly Brozanski, MD, has accepted the position of ...

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Luhmann Honored With Heartworks Award

Scott Luhmann, MD, Washington University pediatric orthopedic surgeon at St. Louis Children's Hospital, was recently honored at Heartworks St. Louis ...