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The Heart of Gold Award is St. Louis Children's Hospital's most prestigious honor. Recipients demonstrate the highest level of philanthropy through gifts of both their time and resources. These individuals or organizations exemplify the values and beliefs of St. Louis Children's Hospital and demonstrate a ...

A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain. The brain is part of the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS also includes the spinal cord. The main parts of the brain are the Cerebrum, Cerebellum and Brainstem. ...

At a young age Ellie Scott was diagnosed with a disorder called alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of the pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV). Learn more about her story. ...

In medical school, Lindley Wall, MD, a Washington University orthopedic surgeon at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, was fascinated by the details and biomechanics of the hand. Curiosity and science are in her DNA. Both her parents were college professors at University of Missouri-Columbia—her mother is ...

Dale Robertson, born with a rare congenital heart defect, was among the first generation of patients to receive newly developed lifesaving CHD surgical procedures. Previously, patients seldom lived past childhood. Years later, he became one of the Heart Center's more memorable patients – when he ...

Three-year-old Sa'Reena Kyle overcame exceptional obstacles before she learned to walk. It may have happened later than most kids, but she is walking tall now and quickly catching up with her peers. ...

School bells will be ringing again soon, and with that sound comes the time for children to look, listen and learn. Could your child have any issues with seeing and hearing that can affect learning? ...

In 2010, just two days before Christmas, Colleen and Mike Miller learned that their 6-month-old daughter, Layla, suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy. As a registered nurse with cardiac care experience, Colleen Miller knew her family’s life would never be the same from that day forward. “When ...

After suffering a stroke at age 3, Emiliano De Lira Muñoz is looking forward to riding horses again. ...

In a traumatic delivery, Ariel suffered a brachial plexus injury, when her right arm was pinned behind her back in her mother’s birth canal. Brachial plexus injuries occur in about one in 1,000 births. ...