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Simple Orthodontic Device Helps Baby Breathe, Eat Without Support

Stanford Childrens

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is the first-in-nation to offer a treatment for small jaw other than surgery When Brittany and Ben Proulx started planning their family, they both had one big worry – passing on Stickler syndrome , a genetic condition, to their kids. From there, The SOAP Treatment Program was born.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Nursing Colleagues, Time for Action – Join Forces & Save Lives!

Relentless School Nurse

We have seen the devastation across our nursing specialties that the ravages of gun violence leave behind, the loss, the pain, and the trauma that goes through generations. We know that gun violence is a public health crisis. We can stop the mayhem by adding our voices to our physicians and healthcare colleagues’ calls for action.

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Giving Children Hearing and Confidence

Stanford Childrens

Landing in the specialty of pediatric orthopedic surgery turned out to be a perfect fit. Seeing patients with complex heart problems—desperately in need of advanced treatments—became Dr. Rabinovitch’s specialty. She was also drawn to the field of pediatric surgery. “I

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Why Precision Medicine Leads to Better Diabetes Care

Stanford Childrens

“Traditional medicine takes a one-size-fits-all approach to treatment and diagnositcs,” said Jessie Wong , PhD, a clinical psychologist with the pediatric endocrinology team at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. Of the Type 1 diabetes treatments you reviewed, which findings stood out?

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Micropreemie Twins Grow Up and Give Back

Stanford Childrens

At Stanford Children’s, specialty care for high-risk infants has evolved over this time. Having specialty programs with focused attention on leading-edge treatments, and the unique needs of babies who are born extremely preterm and extremely low birth weight, allows us to provide the absolute best of the best of care,” says Dr.

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Preteen With Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Is Back to Active Life, Thanks to New Drug, Supportive Care Team

Stanford Childrens

Damaris is doing the treatments every day at home, taking her medication, and following instructions. Even though Damaris is taking Trikafta, she still needs to do airway clearance treatments with nebulized medications and wear a vest that provides high-frequency chest wall oscillation several times a day.

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Celebrating Women in Medicine

Stanford Childrens

I joke that this specialty is a procrastinator’s dream because you don’t need to decide to do just one thing—you can keep your options open,” she says. Treatment options haven’t really advanced in decades, and we don’t understand why more kids are getting diagnosed with these conditions,” she says.