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Ways to increase comfort and calm
… Ways to increase comfort and calm Blog Pain Psychology Barrow Neurological … from doing something really dangerous. Thank your brain for picking up on those pain signals and keeping you from …
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Easton never gives up
… his life changed on Jan. 22, 2023, following a horrible accident while riding a motorized dirt bike. The crash left … to Phoenix Children’s, where the team at the Center for Trauma Care went to work to save his life. The center is … into surgery, where neurosurgeon David H. Shafron, MD , performed a bifrontal craniectomy – removing a portion of …
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Phoenix Children’s Names Katherine Perry, MD, MS, Division Chief of Nephrology
As Phoenix Children’s Division of Nephrology continues to grow to address the needs of children in Arizona and beyond, the health system has named renowned pediatric nephrologist and researcher Katherine Perry, MD, MS, the chief of the division. Dr. Perry comes to Phoenix Children’s from UCLA Health, where she worked as a board-certified pediatric nephrologist since 2006.
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Giving patients access to life-sustaining specialty medicines
… Giving patients access to life-sustaining specialty medicines Blog Cystic … even though her kids are doubly insured. Prescription formularies change yearly, forcing Melissa to renegotiate …
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A home away from home: Brooke’s story
… child,” Brittany says. Aicardi syndrome is very rare – it occurs in around 1 in 100,000 babies born per year in the U.S. Brittany felt fortunate that the neurologist on-call when Brooke was …
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Gwen’s 22q story – The brightest light
… light Patient Stories Patient Stories 22q Gwen may be small for her age, but her personality is anything but. Her mom … Nicole is referring to 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, or 22q for short, a genetic disorder that Gwen was diagnosed with … of 22q are not inherited. Instead, the deletion typically occurs randomly during early fetal development. Most …
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The privilege is ours: Transplant programs at Phoenix Children’s
… of children with advanced, end stage disease. In 2020 we performed 94 transplant procedures for children in our … we have performed 119 transplants. We are the only center performing pediatric heart transplants in Arizona and have …
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Remembering Maddox: The story of a heart warrior
… has of his son Maddox’s time at Phoenix Children’s Center for Heart Care is the smiling faces. From the moment Maddox … coloring was off and he was making strange noises. Doctors performed an echocardiogram – also called an echo – and …
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10 Things to Know About Epilepsy
… Seizure symptoms vary widely; some people stare blankly for a few moments, while others may fall with twitching of … Seizures beget new seizures as the brain becomes more accustomed to seizure activity. Simply stated, the brain …
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The Right Diagnosis Helped Brennan Get Back to Being a Kid
… In the spring of 2023, 11-year-old Brennan was in Phoenix for a soccer tournament when he started complaining of stomach pain. It was the Friday night before the tournament began, and Brennan’s family had met …
