2023
March
24,
2023
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12:50 PM
America/Chicago
Child Life Week: This week, we’re celebrating our Child Life Specialists at Cook Children’s who make an impact on the emotional safety of children and families in health care.By Lauren Bridge, MS, CCLS, AYA Child Life Specialist at Cook Children’s He...
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March
15,
2023
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10:40 AM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 39 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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March
07,
2023
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10:53 AM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 38 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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March
02,
2023
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12:58 PM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 37 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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February
21,
2023
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13:09 PM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 36 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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2022
December
06,
2022
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14:03 PM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 35 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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November
29,
2022
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10:42 AM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 34 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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November
22,
2022
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10:20 AM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 33 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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November
15,
2022
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08:59 AM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 30 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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November
08,
2022
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15:10 PM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 31 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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November
02,
2022
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13:00 PM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 30 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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September
27,
2022
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11:23 AM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 26 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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September
02,
2022
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11:10 AM
America/Chicago
By Ashley AntleTen years ago this week, Connor Gage blew his mother a kiss as he left for a friend’s birthday party at a rented lakehouse. Little did either of them know, it would be the last kiss he’d ever give her and the last time Dana Gage would ...
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June
28,
2022
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11:27 AM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 16 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. You can also listen on our YouTube channel. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication in...
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June
21,
2022
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11:34 AM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 15 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. You can also listen on our YouTube channel. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication in...
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January
25,
2022
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20:04 PM
America/Chicago
In the world of sports, muscles matter. They are the force behind strength, power and endurance. Muscles play a role in mobility, stability, circulation, respiration, temperature regulation and even injury prevention. Healthy, well-conditioned muscle...
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2021
June
29,
2021
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07:33 AM
America/Chicago
Thirteen in a series. The onset of loneliness, anxiety and depression in teens and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a sharp rise in reports of dangerous eating behaviors.The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) helpline saw...
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March
25,
2021
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09:45 AM
America/Chicago
By Bianka Soria-Olmos, D.O.The last few weeks have been hard, to say the least. Although the new year brought hope that we would begin to look to a “return to normal” after one year of the COVID-19 pandemic, things haven’t felt so positive. It is onl...
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2020
November
18,
2020
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14:53 PM
America/Chicago
As of today, 20 COVID-19 patients are being treated at Cook Children's. This marks the highest number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at the medical center since the beginning of the pandemic. These patients range in age from under 1 year old to 17...
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September
03,
2020
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14:57 PM
America/Chicago
Many parents know TikTok videos are a popular way teens are passing the time these days. However, they may not realize the social media platform has a dark side, and some content may be outright dangerous.
Three teens were treated at Cook Children...
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January
07,
2020
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14:41 PM
America/Chicago
“What do I do when my pre-teen or teenager starts to pull away?”
Man…this is a tough one.
Remember when your child was a toddler, and you taught them to poop on the potty? It was all leading up to this moment. Everything we have taught them alo...
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2019
September
10,
2019
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14:55 PM
America/Chicago
Along with routine questions about your child’s diet, growth and development, more and more pediatricians are asking children difficult questions about depression and thoughts about suicide.
Kristen Pyrc, M.D., co-medical director of Psychiatry at...
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August
20,
2019
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10:36 AM
America/Chicago
By Dr. Diane Arnaout
Earlier this summer, my 17-year-old patient Tryston just wasn’t feeling like himself.
“I was tired all the time. My energy was low. I was losing some weight.”
Then, things quickly turned downhill. He started having chill...
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February
13,
2019
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14:52 PM
America/Chicago
Valentine’s Day can be stressful even for couples who have been together for years, much less kids.
Every Valentine’s Day, KidsHealth asks kids questions about love. The more than 4,300 participants of the survey said they feel uncomfortable when:...
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2018
March
06,
2018
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10:13 AM
America/Chicago
Two new studies emphasize the dangers of teens using e-cigarettes.
The studies published in Pediatrics magazine showed teens who only vape have the highest level of cancer causing chemicals in their bodies and the e-cigarettes are associated with ...
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2017
September
20,
2017
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10:38 AM
America/Chicago
Teen suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds, and the sixth leading cause of dath for 5-14-year-olds.
Lisa Elliott, a licensed psychologist and clinic manager of Cook Children’s Behavioral Health in Denton, says some chi...
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2016
October
17,
2016
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10:02 AM
America/Chicago
While driving home on a dark road one Saturday evening, I hear the loud roar of an engine. I feel the vibration of a speeding car pass me by. We are on a two-lane road where the speed limit is 55, but that person seems to be going almost twice the le...
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May
03,
2016
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09:54 AM
America/Chicago
If you ask most teens what they enjoy doing in their free time, you can bet you’ll hear the words Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat in their answer. Teenagers’ lives exist on social media. They use it to communicate, post photos, share content and ess...
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April
14,
2016
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09:37 AM
America/Chicago
By: Jody S. Hawkins, Information Security Officer
Over the past several years, I have been actively speaking to parents, children, tweens, teens, and young adults regarding the dangers of the Internet and social media. I discovered rather quickly ...
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2015
September
24,
2015
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10:19 AM
America/Chicago
As your daughter travels through her teen years, it can sometimes be tempting to act as her friend rather than her mother.
After all, who doesn’t remember being judged by the cool kid in school. And now it’s your daughter doing the judging?
But...
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