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Companies and Community Provide Patients Toys and Gifts
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Companies-and-community-provide-patients-toys-and-giftsWe are grateful for the support of area businesses, foundations and community organizations who provide toys and monetary donations. In 2020 many companies shifted to electronic or monetary options due to the pandemic.
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Shriners Hospitals for Children Study Reveals New Link to Arthritis
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Shriners-Hospitals-for-Children-study-reveals-new-link-to-arthritisA new study by investigators at the Shriners Hospital for Children — St. Louis suggests the damaging effects of obesity are not due to body weight but rather come from something much smaller – biochemical signals released by fat cells.
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Patient Story
Sibling Helps Make Brother's Spine Cast
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Sibling-helps-make-brothers-spine-castCertified prosthetist Lauren Kells invited Cooper to help her make his brother's cast for a back brace. Both boys have Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
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Maren Conrad Paints Fine Art Piece to Benefit Children
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Maren-Conrad-paints-fine-art-piece-to-benefit-childrenWorld-renowned muralist and fine artist Maren Conrad created a fine art piece that is being auctioned off as part of Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California’s Gift of Care fundraiser.
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Pediatric Motility Specialist Joins Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California Pediatric Colorectal Program
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Pediatric-motility-specialist-joins-Shriners-Hospitals-for-Children-Northern-California-pediatricShriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California recently welcomed Pediatric GI Motility Disorders Specialist Maheen Ahmed Hassan, M.D., to its medical staff. Dr. Hassan brings exciting new capabilities to the services provided in the hospital’s pediatric colorectal center.
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Patients Turned Interns
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Patients-turned-internsTwo impressive interns joined the rehabilitation team at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Salt Lake City last summer. The two students shared a special connection to the hospital as former patients.
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Anticipation Equals Excellence
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/Anticipation-equals-excellenceScott Luhmann, M.D., is in the midst of a complex spinal surgery in a brightly lit, chilly operating room when he reaches up his hand and prepares to call for the next needed instrument. Before the words are even fully formed in the mouth of the chief of staff at Shriners Hospitals for Children — St...
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Fezzy Promotes Holiday Safety Reminders to Patients and Staff
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/Fezzy-promotes-holiday-safety-reminders-to-patients-and-staffIn an effort to promote COVID-19 safety practices during the holidays, Fezzy Bear made his way around the hospital to hand out special Fezzy Bear facemasks and holiday safety tips to patients and staff members.
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Coping with Stress and Anxiety During the Pandemic
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/Coping-with-stress-and-anxiety-during-the-pandemic7 tips to help stress and anxiety during COVID-19. During these challenging times, it is important to take the time to assess the impact of the pandemic on our children and ourselves.
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First in Chicago to Offer New Lightweight Prosthetic Partial Hand for Teenagers
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/First-in-Chicago-to-offer-new-lightweight-prosthetic-partial-hand-for-teenagersThe Prosthetic and Orthotic Services (POPS) department now offers a lighter-weight hand prosthetic for teens. Shriners Hospitals is the first hospital in Chicago to offer the M-Fingers carbon fiber technology specifically designed to fit children.