More articles about: CS Mott Children's Hospital

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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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Camp Little Victors 2020: All About Animals

The last week of C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital’s virtual fun teaches kids all about animals in new and exciting ways.
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Why the Relationship Between Kids and the Spread of COVID Remains Unclear

With many schools reopening in the COVID-19 era, much is still unknown about the relationship between children and the novel coronavirus.