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Surgical Services at Specialty Care Center Designed for Convenient, Family-Focused Care
In June, the expertise of Washington University pediatric surgeons is coming to West St. Louis County with the opening of ...
New Approach to Childhood Malnutrition May Reduce Relapses, Death
Children treated for moderate acute malnutrition—a condition suffered by an estimated 35 million children worldwide experience a disturbingly high rate ...
Kohlberg Named Medical Ethics Coordinator
Beth Kohlberg, RN, BSN, MS-HCE, has been named medical ethics coordinator for St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s Medical Ethics Committee. In ...
Difficult Behavior in Young Children May Point to Later Problems
It’s normal for a young child to have tantrums and be otherwise disruptive, but researchers have found that if such ...
Depression, Overwhelming Guilt in Preschool Years Linked to Brain Changes
In school-age children previously diagnosed with depression as preschoolers, a key brain region involved in emotion is smaller than in ...
Changes to Testing for Neisseria Gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia Trachomatis
In March, the Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) Microbiology Laboratory began accepting pharyngeal (throat) and rectal swabs for nucleic acid amplification testing ...
Young Teen Undergoes Rare Heart-Lung Transplant At St. Louis Children's Hospital
Spencer Kolman was a busy, seemingly healthy teen a year ago. He was involved in drama, band, hockey and Boy ...
SLCH Mourns The Loss Of Frederick Peterson, MD, Former Professor Of Pediatrics
Frederick D. Peterson, MD, a professor of clinical pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine, passed away last month at ...