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Medical Animation: Epilepsy

St. Louis Children's Hospital explains how epilepsy works and how it should be treated. Learn more. ...

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Medical Animation: Allergies

An allergy occurs when the body reacts to substances it can't tolerate. The substances, like tree pollen or dust mites ...

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Medical Animation: Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that alters the body's respiratory, digestive, and reproductive systems. It affects the body's epithelial ...

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Medical Animation: Down Syndrome

The human body is made of millions of cells. Inside the nucleus of each cell is genetic information, found in ...

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Robot Could be Key to Decreasing Maternal Deaths in St. Louis Area

A "mom" robot is being used by Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital to train their staff as well ...

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Missouri 5-Month-Old Survives Heart-Lung Transplant

On May 23, cardiologists at St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s Heart Center performed the transplant on Jack, making him the youngest ...

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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 ...