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Reshaping Ears and Futures
Your newborn child’s right ear seems larger than the left. A noninvasive procedure can bring the two into balance. ...
Preventing Furniture Tip-Overs, Topples and Tumbles
Each year, 25,000 children suffer injuries from falling furniture. Time to strap it down, lock it up and play it ...
Painkillers for Kids?
When not properly disposed of or locked up, unused prescription opioids can lead to drug abuse and addiction. Many strong ...
Out to Lunch or Overwhelmed?
A teen who can’t stay focused or organized at school may be bored, or he may be having a hard ...
One Jump Ahead
Kids love jumping. It’s a good way for them to be active. But bounce houses aren’t always the safest places ...
A New Screening for New Lives
Chloe’s Law now requires all Missouri hospitals to perform critical congenital heart defect (CCHD) screenings on newborns. What will this ...
Mysterious Mono
Mononucleosis, or mono, takes weeks to show up—and weeks to go away. But it’s not as scary as it seems. ...
My Child, the Bully
Approximately 2.1 million children engage in teasing or threatening behavior every year. Parents can be blind to their child’s behavior ...
More Than Just the Blues
Shorter days and longer nights can make anyone feel down. But seasonal affective disorder (SAD) happens when feeling down becomes ...