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It's been just over a year since my favorite aunt died of pancreatic cancer. I've been thinking about her a lot this week - about …

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In this new Lucile Packard Children's Hospital video, Yvonne Maldonado, MD, the hospital's chief of infectious disease, discusses what's coming this flu season and provides …

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I've been reading a lot about childhood obesity this week, thanks in part to Michelle Obama's announcement of her "Let's Move" campaign aimed at reducing …

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After hearing Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air interview science journalist Rebecca Skloot on my commute home last night, I'm itching to read Skloot's new …

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Will medication help overweight teens control their weight? That's the question posed by a new study published today in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & …

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Several physicians at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital are working on novel methods for minimizing scarring in children. There's good reason for their efforts. Children with …

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Listening to Mozart could help premature babies gain weight more quickly and go home from the hospital faster, suggests a study published in the January …

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The right drug regimen might ameliorate some of the cognitive problems of Down syndrome, making it easier for children with Down syndrome to learn and …

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