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Medical Animations: Ventricular Septal Defect

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a congenital heart defect where there is an opening in the septum between the ...

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Medical Animations: Patent Foramen Ovale

The foramen ovale is a natural opening that exists between the right and left atria in the fetal circulatory system ...

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Medical Animations: Atrial Septal Defect and Ventricular Septal Defect

Two of the more common congenital disorders are ventricular septal defects and atrial septal defects, or VSD and ASD, respectively ...

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Soccer Safety for All Seasons

Soccer is a popular year-round sport in the greater St. Louis area. For youth players, injury prevention never takes a ...

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Potty Training Pointers

The transition from diapers to potty may be tricky. Practice, patience and positivity can help. By 18 months of age ...

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‘Tis the Season for Apples!

This fall fruit is as entertaining as it is nutritious. Looking for fun family activities this autumn? Heading to an ...

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Your Introverted, Extroverted Family

Extroverts and introverts have different social needs, but it is possible to keep everybody happy. These two personality labels are ...

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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 ...

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Teenagers: Eat, Sleep, Repeat

As teenagers’ brains develop, they need nutritious food and sound sleep to grow into healthy adults. ...