#pediatric-care

#pediatric-care

"Kids who understand why they're here in the hospital are more compliant, and they have less stress because they know what's going on," Ellis explained. "We also do support for families, whether that be bereavement, new diagnosis, just kind of helping support the whole family and the patient while they're here in the hospital."

"After a year of mayhem, Stich is on a mission to secure a spot on Santa's nice list, and spreading holiday magic to family and kids all around the world," said Shannon Smith-Conrad, a Walt Disney ambassador. Ellie is recovering from a recent injury. "Seeing Stitch kind of made our day, made us feel a bit more normal after last couple of days," her father Gabriel Orelov said.

A new face is lighting up hospitals and nursing homes across the country. It's an animated, cartoonish persona displayed on a digital screen roughly the size of an iPad, mounted on top of a robotic torso shaped like an elongated traffic cone. It slowly rolls around from place to place, cracking jokes with patients, making silly faces, and playing small games.

Rachel Castor recalls the shocking experience of her son being denied hospital admission during an asthma attack due to the closure of obstetric services by Bonner General Hospital.

Your child's healthcare will likely be impacted by the Big Beautiful Bill. Even if you are gainfully employed and you have private insurance. The Big Beautiful Bill has significant tax cuts. And if you decrease the money coming into the government, you also have to decrease the spending, and one of those cuts is coming at the expense of Medicaid.

Maimonides Health's Golf Classic Tournament raised almost $400,000 to support vital upgrades for the Pediatric Infusion Center, enhancing patient care and comfort.

Paul's intense reaction to imagined stimuli highlighted the significant role that psychological factors can play in managing physical conditions like asthma.

The latest data from the 2024 Nation's Report Card indicates that while math scores show slight improvements, reading proficiency, particularly among fourth-graders, is declining.

The current approach for transgender youth is to affirm gender identity, but the new report calls that approach 'fundamentally misguided' and claims it harms young patients.

When using aromatherapy with children, it can be a safe and effective complementary intervention for common pediatric concerns, requiring specific management and pediatric consultation.