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Watch as St. Louis Children's Hospital explains what pneumonia is and how it affects your lungs. Learn more. ...

The Motion Analysis Center provides a comprehensive computerized evaluation of how your child walks, his or her gait, and our advanced motion analysis technology and expertise in interpreting findings are vital components in helping your child achieve the greatest mobility possible. ...

Since opening in 2008 in St. Louis City, Washington University/ St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s The SPOT (Supporting Positive Opportunities for Teens) youth clinic has treated more than 10,000 youth between the ages of 13 to 24. The one-stop, drop-in clinic offers free, confidential medical care ...

Is your older child experiencing pain in or around the ear? Or is your younger child crying a lot or acting like she did during her last ear infection? Use the St. Louis Children's Hospital symptom checker to determine if you should call the doctor or treat at home. ...

If you ask Marik Lingo about her heroes, she’ll name three. The first is her little sister Tessa, the second, her oncologist and family friend Dr. Gale, and the third is St. Louis Children’s Hospital and the cardiothoracic surgeon who performed her heart transplant. ...

Premature babies are at an increased risk for developing autism spectrum disorder. But a small study at Washington University School of Medicine indicates that premature infants who avoid eye contact are less likely to demonstrate symptoms of autism at age 2 than preemies who maintain ...

Your skin is one of the first parts of your body to come in contact with the environment. Contact with certain substances, however, can sometimes be harmful. For example, contact with the sap of either poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac plants, which contain ...

Most people who have Protein S Deficiency will have no symptoms or simply have increased risk for deep vein thrombosis during recovery from surgery or periods of immobility, but those born with the severe form of this condition can develop tiny blood clots that may ...

St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) welcomes Sam Darweesh, MBA, as vice president of operations at Children’s and vice president of The Women & Infants Center at Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals. He joined SLCH December 10. “Sam has led large-scale operational transformations at nationally ...

What is spinal anesthesia? Spinal anesthesia is an alternative to general anesthesia for certain surgeries. Before going to the operating room, an area of your child’s back will be numbed with cream. Next, anesthesia medicine is injected with a small needle, below the spinal cord ...