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Houston Cancer Patient Using Magnet To Grow Leg
KIAHNine-year-old Morgan LaRue is the first cancer patient in Texas to benefit from a groundbreaking procedure that will magnetically lengthen her leg, sparing her the possibility of up to 10 future surgeries as her body grows. The implant and extension...Tags: University of Texas at Austin, Surgery, Oncology, Drugs and Medicines, Health
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Committed To Caring - Charleta Guillory, M.D
Charleta Guillory, M.D., F.A.A.P., is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Section of Neonatology at Baylor College of Medicine, Associate Director of Level II Nurseries at Texas Children's Hospital and Director of Texas Children's Hospital...Tags: Science and Technology, Demographics, American Academy of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University, University of Texas at Austin
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Emergency Room For Children
KIAHEmergency care in West Houston is closer to home for thousands of children in the area. Memorial Hermann Memorial City hospital is offering parents a peace of mind when it comes to caring for their children in emergency. "A lot of families live in the...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Emergency Planning, Children, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Fruit juice targeted in war on obesity
Over the past decade, the nation's war on obesity has targeted some fairly obvious culprits, including fast food, pastries, fried foods and soda. But recent scientific studies and a new government-sponsored documentary that aired last week on HBO have...
Tags: Science and Technology, American Academy of Pediatrics, Obesity, Health and Safety at School, Food Industry
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Lehigh Valley Health Network adds children's hospital designation
Lehigh Valley Health Network on Tuesday officially rebranded as the region's first children's hospital — a hospital-within-a-hospital designation that is the culmination of decades of improvements in specialized children's health care, officials...
Tags: Travel, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Children's Health, Shriners, University of Pittsburgh
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Future heart-health alarm rises with new statistics on kids
American adolescents already carry a heavy burden of future heart disease risk, and while obesity has contributed mightily to their poorer health prospects, normal-weight kids are by no means off the hook, a study produced by the Centers for Disease...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Obesity, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Health
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Flu Vaccine, Malaria, Allergies, Iron (dietary supplement), Pregnancy and Childbirth
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The Morning Call Sports Calendar
Items for the calendar must be typed and received at least 10 days in advance of your proposed publishing date at: Sports Calendar, The Morning Call, P.O. Box 1260, Allentown, PA 18105. They may be faxed to the sports department at 610-820-8654 or sent...Tags: John Kelly, Youth Organizations, Justice and Rights, Wrestling, Iron (dietary supplement)
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Save the dates for these Lehigh Valley events
BARD FESTIVAL GALA: Luminosity, the Pa. Shakespeare Festival annual gala, begins at 6 p.m. June 2 in the University Center at DeSales University in Center Valley. The "evening of elegance and radiance" includes dinner, silent and special auctions, and...Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Concerts, Auction Service, Arts and Culture
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Maryland doctors probe old cases for lead exposure
A day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut in half the threshold for determining lead exposure in the nation's children, pediatricians faced the task of identifying new cases from thousands of their old files.
The...Tags: Painting, American Academy of Pediatrics, Arts and Culture, Health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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For area kids, the ER doctor is in
In the past year or so since Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest opened an emergency department for children, medical director Andrew Miller has seen the immediate health crises you'd expect in any emergency room serving adults: high fevers, lacerations,...Tags: Lehigh Valley Hospital, Broken Bones, Injuries and Wounds, General Practitioners, Health and Medical Professionals
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My kid's pacifier could hurt him. It's worrying -- to a point.
Some of the longest-lasting relics of my kids’ infancies and toddlerhoods have been their pacifiers and their sippy cups. Even now, with the boys 3 and 5 years old, we devote two drawers in our kitchen to a collection of jumbled lids, valves and...
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Injuries and Wounds, Medical Specialization, Consumers, Health
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