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As temperatures warm up, parents should refresh their knowledge of pool safety. These 6 tips from Michigan Medicine will help promote water safety for kids all summer.
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Past research has shown that very young kids gain no educational benefit from handheld devices. A new study finds they might even hinder development.
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Nurses are the beating heart of any hospital. In the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, which houses the youngest and tiniest patients, the job becomes even more crucial.
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In light of advancing fetal diagnostic capabilities, a team of U-M physicians is working to improve the decision-making process for families facing complex decisions about their unborn child’s care.
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An unpreventable birthmark, many port wine stains can be managed with laser treatment. How one family is doing so — and educating others in the process.
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Read about how, after 16 years of fighting a rare, life-threatening disease, Derek Gropp finally met the organ donor who would save his life.
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The life’s work of a Michigan surgeon demonstrates the importance of support for science research and big thinking.
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Learn how to treat your child's seasonal allergy symptoms, including tips for giving allergy medication to kids, from the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.
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Learn how severe pediatric epilepsy led one family to a hemispherectomy — a complex and specialized surgery and why, within days of the procedure, their lives were transformed.
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A friendly therapy dog provides emotional support to patients at Michigan Medicine. Learn more about the animal’s special role in the healing process.
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Learn about the many ways a specially trained Mott team makes hospitalization more comfortable for young patients thanks to a host of fun tools and tricks.
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With their young daughter unable to eat on her own, a family finds assistance — and, in time, sustenance — with the help of a special Michigan Medicine program.
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It took a nearly seven-hour surgery (called a Kasai procedure), but one tiny patient avoided the need for a liver transplant in his first year of life.
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A sick kid can leave parents at a crossroads, unsure of how to act. Two MichiganMedicine pediatricians offer advice.
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A new U-M poll shows parents who struggle to get their children to eat a balanced diet aren’t alone, but there are easy ways to eat healthier at home.