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July 1, 2018 This privacy policy governs your use of the Change for Children’s Mobile Application (“the “App”), change.stlouischildrens.org (the “Site”), and all related products and services (the “Services” and together with the App and the Site, the “Change for Children’s Services”). Capitalized terms used ...

St. Louis Children’s Hospital Child Life Clinical Internship is designed to complement academic studies and follows the Association of Child Life Professional’s curriculum modules. ...

When Will started complaining about his arm hurting and a lump formed in the area of his left proximal humerus, his parents thought it was because of the rough-and-tumble nature of the game he loves. But then the lump began to grow and the pain ...

What are sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)? Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infectious diseases transmitted through sexual contact. Fifty percent of new STDs happen in people in the age range of 15 to 24 years. Protecting your adolescent from STDs The best way to prevent your ...

X-linked agammaglobulinemia is a rare genetic disease. It causes a weakened immune system. It is also known as Bruton's agammaglobulinemia. X-linked means that the gene that causes this disease is located on the X chromosome. It mainly affects boys, because they have only have one ...

Anemia is a problem in which there are not enough red blood cells or hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the part of red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body. ...

The hemolytic anemias are a group of disorders in which the red blood cells are destroyed faster than the bone marrow can make them. The term for destruction of red blood cells is hemolysis. ...

Stuttering is a speech problem. The normal flow of speech is disrupted. A child who stutters repeats or prolongs sounds, syllables, or words. Stuttering is different from repeating words when learning to speak. Stuttering may make it difficult for a child to communicate with others. ...

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils. The tonsils are a pair of tissue masses on either side of the back of the throat. Tonsillitis is usually caused by viral or bacterial infections. ...

Diabetes is a condition in which the body can't make enough insulin, or can't use insulin normally. Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder. Insulin is a hormone. ...