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A mother's tale

...says Kathleen Keenan, a friend who became acquainted with mother and son while working as a spokeswoman at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. ''Chrissy has shown us all how a smile or a move of a finger can mean something.'' Chrissy...

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Study suggests avoiding mites, pets can keep asthma at bay

...Medicine, published by the American Medical Association. Dr. Richard Evans, a childhood asthma expert at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said that because asthma is thought to be inherited and is difficult to diagnose in babies...

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Study: Children suffer 2.1 million bike-related injuries over six-year period

...compared with about 93,000 for girls the same age. The findings by Drs. Elizabeth Powell and Robert Tanz of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago were published in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The researchers...

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Itchy skin remains a puzzle

...the devastating discomfort caused by this condition,'' says Dr. Amy Paller, pediatric dermatologist at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. ''Many sufferers and their families express frustration and sometimes stop medication because...

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Mental health care for youths in crisis getting harder to find

...Rob Garofalo, an adolescent health specialist at a clinic for teenagers and young adults that Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital recently opened on the city's North Side. A first-ever mental health report issued by the U.S. Surgeon...

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Study says duct tape effective for removing warts

...about the gray, heavy-duty, fabric-backed tape. Pediatric dermatologist Dr. Anthony J. Mancini of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago said he uses duct-tape therapy for warts in his practice. "The whole point of this is a non-painful...

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Kids may be having tough time today

...thermometers, sort of the pulse of what's going on," says Dr. Karen Pierce, a child psychiatrist at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. "We allow kids their feelings. But we, as adults, don't often allow ourselves those feelings...

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