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‘Let’s Go!’ initiative is decreasing childhood obesity in Maine

Launched nearly 20 years ago by MaineHealth and several community partners, Let’s Go! is a community engagement initiative designed to increase healthy eating and active living and decrease obesity.

Certified midwives tapped to eliminate ‘maternity care deserts,’ expand OB/GYN services in Illinois

Women's access to specialized health care is expanding in Illinois because of a collaboration between Bloomington's Advanced Women's Healthcare and OSF Healthcare to integrate certified midwives into OSF Healthcare's system.

Denver Health Doctors Take on Dental Duties to Reach Low-Income and Uninsured

Denver Health is integrating basic dental services into patient care routines, pulling aside the traditional wall between the two disciplines.

Customizing the birth experience through Labor of Love Cart

To help ease the stress and anxiety that many women experience during labor —especially those with a history of trauma or long inductions — the Labor and Delivery team at Logan Health Medical Center has developed the “ Labor of Love” cart, a menu of thoughtfully curated items designed to create a calming and personalized birthing environment.
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Fred Hutch eases school return for kids facing cancer’s aftermath

For kids with cancer, challenges often don’t end when cancer ends. Returning to school can be uniquely difficult.
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Breakthrough algorithm from MUSC reduces hospitalization for the youngest sickle cell patients

The Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology divisions at the Medical University of South Carolina teamed up to create and test an algorithm for treating children with sickle cell disease who arrived at the ED with a fever. The algorithm helps providers better determine which kids should be admitted and who should go home for treatment with close follow-up from the hospital.
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Pediatric urologist at WVU Medicine Children’s innovates safer hypospadias surgery

Hypospadias, a birth defect that results in a baby boy’s urethra forming at the underside of the penis rather than the tip, is commonly corrected through a surgery performed six months to a year after birth.
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Parade for pediatric cancer patients features Cancer Warrior Truck

The Cruise to Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, is an annual convoy of classic and modified cars, parading past the hospital for patients’ enjoyment.

Child and Adolescent Health: Reducing Disparities in Health Outcomes

Disparities in health outcomes must be addressed during childhood.
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SSM Health St. Mary’s makes sure babies sleep safe and sound

SSM Health Hospitals in Missouri are taking a proactive role in combating the state’s high infant mortality rates through their Infant Safe Sleep Program.