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Skin and Games
Don’t let a skin infection bench your young athlete. Skin-to-skin contact during play, open wounds and shared equipment can put ...
Luke Kicks On
Read more about Luke's injury - a torn anterior cruciate ligament - and his experience with St. Louis Children's Hospital. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Back Pain in Young Athletes: Why It Happens and What to Do
In adults, back pain is a very commonplace complaint. If you polled the adults at your workplace or at a ...
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 ...
Teenagers: Eat, Sleep, Repeat
As teenagers’ brains develop, they need nutritious food and sound sleep to grow into healthy adults. ...
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 ...
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. ...