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2024
November
08,
2024
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10:30 AM
America/Chicago
Today on Untold: The Stories of Cook Children’s, we spend time with Paul Thornton, M.D. How did a kid from Ireland, told he needed a backup plan for his dream of becoming a doctor, end up as one of the world’s leading experts in a rare …
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2019
May
17,
2019
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15:12 PM
America/Chicago
“Grace, this is Alecia from Dr. Gamble’s office, do you have a minute to talk?”
The phone from Clinical Genetics came at 5:12 p.m. on April 10, 2018. Grace Wilson-Rabel remembers the exact time and date because it’s the …
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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 …
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2017
December
06,
2017
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14:45 PM
America/Chicago
A new study shows the importance and possibly life-changing impact of losing weight in controlling Type 2 diabetes. In a paper published in the Lancet, UK researchers found that people with diabetes went into remission after participating in a …
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2016
April
27,
2016
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09:57 AM
America/Chicago
Broken bones are a part of growing up for many children. It’s estimated that 1 in 3 children will have at least one broken bone before age 19 with the likelihood of a broken bone higher in boys than girls.
A parent’s natural …
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2015
July
17,
2015
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11:29 AM
America/Chicago
As a pediatric endocrinologist, I see many kids who tend to hide their diabetes or other diseases.
They could all learn a lesson from a young woman named Marissa Heintschel.
I learned about Marissa during one of my recent searches for news …
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2014
October
24,
2014
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11:02 AM
America/Chicago
Artificial sweeteners (AS) have been around for over a hundred years since the discovery of saccharin. The past few decades have seen a boom in the number of AS discovered and approved for use by the FDA. The use of AS remain a source of …
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