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Although often misdiagnosed initially as the more common type 1 or type 2 diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a group of diseases characterized by inherited early-onset diabetes (usually in adolescence or early adulthood) from a single gene mutation. ...

On June 2, St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) will launch Epic, a leading electronic health records (EHR) system, in which all of a patient's information appear on a single electronic medical record -- and the patient can access that record securely online. Referring physicians are ...

When: Content will be available to view starting October 18, 2022 through November 30, 2022. Cost: $75 to gain access to all six pre-recorded presentations until November 30, 2022. How ...

Phone -- Contact the hospital operator at 314.454.6000 to have the ethics committee member on call paged. Mission Statement At St. Louis Children's Hospital "we do what's right for kids." Doing the right thing is often simple and clear: find the medical problem, do all ...

Paul Jenkins, one of the physical therapists at St. Louis Children’s hospital gives a step-by-step tutorial outlining kinesiotaping techniques for clubfoot. Kinesiotape is an elastic, cloth tape with a paper backing. This elasticity of the tape promotes movement for children with clubfoot, allowing for mobility ...

The St. Louis Children’s Hospital transplant program is the first in the Midwest to perform 500 heart transplants! To celebrate this remarkable achievement, we are hosting a FREE event on April 28th, 2019, for all patients, family members and hospital staff who have been a ...

Only 7-years-old, Sierra Miller has already made a difference in the lives of those who love her and those who have cared for her since her leukemia diagnosis two years ago. ...

What are diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis? Diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus are serious diseases. Diphtheria. Diphtheria is a serious bacterial disease that can infect the body in two areas: The throat (respiratory diphtheria) The skin (skin or cutaneous diphtheria) The diphtheria bacterium can enter the body ...

The following case study was used by Andrew J. White, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and division director of pediatric rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, as part of the “Patient of the Week” (POW) series. Many of the POW case studies cover uncommon illnesses ...

An emergency medicine physician shares which injuries she sees in patients around Halloween — and how you can prevent them. ...