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Smoking and Respiratory Diseases Fast facts According to the CDC: More than 16 million Americans are living with a disease caused by smoking. Across the world, tobacco causes more than 7 million deaths per year. Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases
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Watching Your Weight Why do you need to watch your weight? According to the CDC, more than 7 in 10 U.S. adults older than age 20 are either overweight or obese. Why is excess weight a concern? It may cause new health problems or worsen ones you already have. Staying at a healthy
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Preventing Obesity in Children, Teens, and Adults Facts about obesity Obesity is a long-term (chronic) health condition that can affect people at any age, including children, teens, and adults. It develops over time and is influenced by more than just day-to-day choices. Body
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Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome and Cancer Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare, inherited condition. It's passed to a child from a parent. PJS is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder. This means you need only one copy of the altered (mutated) gene to have PJS. About 3 out of every 4
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Allergy Overview What are allergies? Allergies are due to a problem with the body's immune system. Most allergic reactions happen when the immune system reacts to a false alarm. Normally the immune system attacks harmful things, such as viruses or bacteria. But sometimes it
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Cancer Overview What is cancer? Cancer is an abnormal growth of cells. The whole body is made of cells that act and grow in controlled ways as the body needs them. Cells are controlled by genes. The genes in any cell in the body can be damaged. Then the cell can grow out of
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Surgical Critical Care Fellowship The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Phoenix Children’s is a robust training program for individuals interested in pursuing a career in Pediatric Surgery. The fellowship is supported …
Alumni
Our graduates have gone on to fellowships at: Children’s Hospital of Orange County Stanford University Pediatric Endocrinology University of Texas Health Science Center Cincinnati Children’s Hospital & Medical Center Children’s Hospital Colorado Children’s Hospital of
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Helping Children and Families Build a Bridge from Hospital to Home The move from an intensive or acute care hospital to inpatient rehabilitation is an important part of the healing process. It’s also a joyful step toward your child or teen returning home to the people and
Conditions We Treat
Personalized Support for a Wide Range of Conditions or Surgical Procedures Whether your child or teen has experienced a temporary impairment, trauma or injury, is managing a chronic medical condition or is recovering from a complex surgery, the Inpatient Rehabilitation Program