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Camp Crescent Brings Summer Fun to Kids with Painful Blood Disease

Camp Crescent is run by St. Louis Children’s Hospital in Potosi, MO exclusively for children ages 8-12 with sickle cell ...

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10 Exercises You Can Do With Your Kids to Prevent Running Injury

According to the physical therapists at the Young Athlete Center, teens are just as likely to develop running injuries as ...

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Extracurricular Activities: How Much Is Too Much?

Here we are at the beginning of another school year. Homework, practices and new adventures galore! But how much is ...

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Superhero Masks Empower Young Cancer Patients

A child life specialist with St. Louis Children's hospital is giving kids "super" strength to beat cancer. ...

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St. Louis Doctors Change Antibiotic Treatment Tactics for Premature Infants to Curb Drug Resistance

In the newborn intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, physicians and pharmacists are looking at treating babies with ...

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St. Louis Soap Box Derby Extra Special for Pair of Brothers

Landre (11) and his brother Jamerius (13) have Sickle-cell disease, which is when red blood cells have an abnormal shape ...

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Irish Rugby Star Flies Daughter to St. Louis for Life-Changing Surgery

"To actually be witnessing her walking for the first time on Friday, it's just hard to describe as a parent," ...

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The Importance of Specialized Treatment for Complex Fractures

With his mother being a nurse, Mark Miller, MD, was always intrigued by medicine. He knew from a young age ...

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Well Child Visits | A Pediatrician’s Advice

Well child visits are crucial for monitoring your child’s health and development. We’ll discuss a typical well visit schedule as ...