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Spencer Kolman was a busy, seemingly healthy teen a year ago. He was involved in drama, band, hockey and Boy Scouts. Last fall, however, the 15-year-old nearly died. When Spencer was just a toddler, doctors discovered he suffered from Rhabdomyosarcoma. ...

St. Louis Children’s Hospital, the first children’s hospital west of the Mississippi River and the seventh oldest in the country, was founded in 1879 by a group of eight pioneering women. ...

Through active clinical trials, Washington University researchers are working to find better treatments and cures for pediatric oncology and hematology diseases. The Department of Pediatrics recently launched a new website that makes reviewing open clinical trials easy. The site organizes pediatric trials by disease or ...

St. Louis Children's Hospital is fortunate to enjoy the generous support of so many individuals and organizations in the community. Frequently, people spend their own time and money to organize a fundraiser to benefit the hospital. These fundraisers include anything from lemonade stands, bake sales ...

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The mission of St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s newly established Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) is to provide patients with the appropriate antimicrobial therapy that results in the best outcome with the least amount of toxicity and resistance. The basic formula for achieving this goal is doing ...

Between unlimited television and smartphones that go everywhere, screens can sabotage any parent’s plan to keep kids active during summer break. ...

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden and unexplained death of a baby younger than 1 year old. SIDS is sometimes called crib death. ...

St. Louis Children's Hospital is committed to a mission of doing what's right for kids. That means providing safe care, effective care and exceptional service to every patient, every family, every day. ...

NOVEMBER 20, 2019 — ST LOUIS, MO – St. Louis Children’s Hospital and PetSmart Charities know pets have the remarkable ability in a hospital environment to reduce feelings of stress and anxiety, improve our mood and bring us unconditional love. That’s why, with the help ...