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The brachial plexus is a network of nerves starting from five nerve roots in the upper spine and ending in the five main nerves that control movement and sensation in the arm. ...

Read about the story of Liam Goble, a St. Louis Children's Hospital patient who struggles with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ...

Since Sturge-Weber Disease is a lifelong condition that is not curable, the focus is on medically managing the symptoms. A child is best treated with an interdisciplinary team such as the one at St. Louis Children's Hospital. ...

Our clinical affiliations allow us to team up with organizations around the world to provide new treatments for our stem cell and bone marrow transplant patients. Find out about our partners. ...

St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s Asthma Education Committee has six Asthma Control Education (ACE) sessions scheduled in 2017. ...

Alexis Elward, MD, SLCH associate chief medical officer, received a national award for patient safety. The award is the Top-Performing Senior Leader Recognition from Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety. ...

Each year, 25,000 children suffer injuries from falling furniture. Time to strap it down, lock it up and play it safe. ...

Pierre Robin in 1923 is credited as being the first to describe Robin sequence: a small jaw, leading to a tongue that falls back in the throat and upper airway obstruction. Cleft palate is not an obligatory finding, it occurs in up to 90% of ...

In recent years, researchers have gained a greater understanding of the immune system’s role in cancer and blood diseases. Jeffrey Bednarski, MD, a Washington University oncologist and researcher at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, has two open pediatric clinical trials to take this knowledge and apply ...

Hodgkin's Lymphoma is a type of cancer that develops in the lymph tissue. View how Hodgkin's Disease interferes with the body's ability to fight infection. ...