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A clinical dietitian weighs in on Vitamin D in the family diet.
Clayton Gets Back Up
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On April 19 the Cha family would experience the unimaginable. “After the accident, Clayton couldn’t walk, talk or do much,” says Allis, Clayton’s father. Claty, as his family likes to call him, was 2
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Parents have few alternatives for children in crisis when mental health care is lacking.
Emme Got a New Heart—and Made New Friends—at CHLA
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Expertise and state-of-the-art technology helped Emme get a new heart at the Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Mental Health Disparities in Transgender Youth Populations
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In a new editorial published in JAMA Pediatrics, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, MD, medical director of The Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles discusses
Caiden Moran’s Chance to Hear
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When Caiden Moran was born, he failed the newborn hearing screening, a standard test given to all babies before they leave the hospital. So his parents brought him back for a recheck. And he failed
Keep on Dancing
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Despite all the surgeries, despite the grim prognoses—despite the odds, really—8-year-old Carmella “Ella” Cruz just keeps dancing. It’s a dance all her own, more of a life-affirming wiggle than a full
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