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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. ...
Medical Animation: Vaccines
An illness can be caused by pathogens -- bacteria and viruses that cause disease. These foreign invaders can enter the ...
Medical Animation: Pneumonia
Watch as St. Louis Children's Hospital explains what pneumonia is and how it affects your lungs. Learn more. ...
Medical Animation: Valvular Regurgitation
The heart is a beating muscle that pumps blood throughout the body. Inside the heart, four valves open and shut ...
Medical Animation: Prenatal Heart Circulation
The heart and circulatory system of a fetus begin to form soon after conception. By the end of the fifth ...
Who Needs a Whooping Cough Vaccine Booster?
Pertussis spreads through the air and is highly contagious—and in some cases, even deadly. Dr. Rachel Orscheln explains who needs ...
Providing Hope Through a Continuum of Care
St. Louis Children’s and Washington University Heart Center offers patients and families medical and emotional support. ...
Medical Animation: Congenital Heart Defects
Congenital heart defect is the term given when one or more defects in the structure of the heart are present ...
Medical Animation: Influenza
Influenza, or the flu, is caused by one of several types of viruses that can spread quickly from person to ...