Stanford Childrens

APRIL 24, 2023

For 12 hours each day, she was hooked up to parenteral nutrition , or TPN, which delivers liquid nutrients through a central line or semipermanent IV. Not being able to enjoy food and having to live on TPN were what motivated the 18-year-old and her parents to go forward with an extremely rare operation—a second intestinal transplant.

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PLT4M

MARCH 4, 2024

Health education is a vital component of a well-rounded curriculum, as it provides students with the essential knowledge and skills needed to maintain and improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce risky behaviors. Students navigate nutrition based on a wide variety of factors including family, culture, socioeconomics and more.

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Stanford Childrens

MARCH 1, 2024

She partners with the transplant surgeons and then cares for the child “the minute they’re out of surgery, through their hospital stay, and, well, evermore,” she says. Most of them are completely dependent on IV nutrition. Overall, my goal is to move the science field forward while doing well for our patients now.”

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