More articles about: CS Mott Children's Hospital
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Mobile Clinic Gives Free Prenatal Services to Detroit Moms
The Luke Clinic brings free prenatal and obstetric services to individuals in need.
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1 in 3 Parents Plan to Skip Flu Shots for Their Kids During COVID-19 Pandemic
National Poll finds COVID-19 may not influence parents’ beliefs about the flu vaccine, with just 1/3 believing it’s more important for children to get vaccinated in 2020.
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A 4-Year-Old’s Journey with Sickle Cell Disease
After Shavonn Burgess got her daughter’s diagnosis, she had no idea how her family would cope. Now, after a year of blood transfusions and spleen removal, they’ve found a new normal.
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Boy With Cleft Lip Adopts Puppy With Cleft Lip: “It Was Meant to Be”
A chance visit to a local animal shelter leads one Mott Children’s patient family to the perfect pet match for their 2-year-old son.
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Cancer Isn’t One Size Fits All: Nashawn’s Story
A patient’s genetic makeup and journey with leukemia highlights the need for more gene sequencing in minority children.
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Making Strides Against Childhood Brain Cancers
A roundup of several recent Michigan Medicine discoveries that are shedding new light on pediatric brain cancers and helping to improve treatment options.
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Michigan Medicine Team Separates Conjoined Twins at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Conjoined twins attached at the chest and abdomen recently underwent successful separation surgery at Michigan Medicine C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
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Making Back-to-School Decisions for Families with Underlying Health Conditions
Infectious diseases expert answer questions about safely returning to school, especially if a child or family member has a preexisting health condition.
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How to Support Children’s Emotional, Educational Needs while Remote Learning
Back to school: Experts answer questions about mental health, socialization, screen time, special learning needs and more.
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Is Surgery Necessary for Children with Appendicitis?
A new study shows that antibiotics may offer a non-invasive way to manage appendicitis for some kids.
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Some Children at Higher Risk of Privacy Violations from Digital Apps
Children whose parents didn’t have college degrees were more likely to have digital information transferred to third parties – including Facebook Graph – despite child privacy laws prohibiting the practice.
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Couple Welcomes New Baby in Hospital Driveway
Bobby and Michele Johnson thought they had plenty of time, but then labor advanced quickly – and baby Jack was born in their car outside the hospital entrance.
orange fish in a bowl with kid fish, parent fish and grandparent fish
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Half of Parents Report Butting Heads with Child’s Grandparent Over Parenting
Different parenting styles, generational gaps and overstepping boundaries are cited as causes of tension between parents and grandparents in a recent poll on children’s health.
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Study Suggests New Potential Approach Against Fatal Childhood Brain Cancer
In mouse models of DIPG, simultaneously attacking two metabolic pathways led to significant improvements in survival.
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Understanding Racial Disparities for Women with Uterine Fibroids
Black women are hit hardest by fibroids, diagnosed roughly three times as frequently as white women and with more severe symptoms.