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Playing sports is a great way for children to stay fit and active. As the desire for children to participate in sports increases, so does the number of athletic injuries. St. Louis Children’s Hospital provides excellent quality of care for athletes of all ages. ...

In extratemporal epilepsy resective surgery, a surgeon removes a piece of brain tissue (outside of the temporal lobe) to treat seizure symptoms. Our nationally ranked pediatric epilepsy specialists perform this procedure on children of all ages, with precision and the utmost care. ...

During normal vision, light passes through the cornea, the clear covering of the eye, and then through the pupil, which is actually a hole in the colored part of the eye, or the iris. Light then passes through the lens, which focuses the image on ...

The Pediatric Advance Care Team (PACT), our pediatric palliative care program, is a team of interdisciplinary clinicians with expertise in pediatric palliative care that cares for patients diagnosed with many life-threatening illnesses. ...

There’s nothing Braydon Nugent likes more than spending time at his great-grandparents’ farm. That’s why his mom Emily was so concerned when she noticed how listless her normally energetic almost-four-year old was during a weekend at the farm in August of 2010. ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common serious bacterial infections in infants and young children, affecting 2 to 5 percent of all children. In September 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a clinical practice guideline to aid in the diagnosis and management ...

St. Louis Children’s Hospital serves the unique health needs of young people, from newborns to adolescents. We not only help kids when they are sick or injured, but Community Education's goal is to keep them healthy and safe all year round. ...

We are a federally designated hemophilia treatment center. We provide specialized care for all childhood bleeding disorders, including von Willebrand disease. Our Bleeding Disorders Center offers family education and a telemedicine program for patients in southern Illinois. ...

Riley Jones, 14, was born with three extra vertebrae that caused a sharp angular deformity of the spine and compressed her spinal cord. ...

Having the “talk” with your child doesn’t have to be a nerve-wracking event. Sex—it’s spelled with three letters, but it can feel like a four letter word, especially when it’s time to talk to your children about it. “Sex is a taboo subject for many ...