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Trifecta of 'Nobel Prize' Awards
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/02/Trifecta-of-Nobel-Prize-awardsFarshid Guilak, Ph.D., has won what industry insiders call the Nobel Prize for orthopaedics – for the third time. The director of the Research Center at Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis earned this year’s Kappa Delta award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons as he celebrates...
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Stopping Pain From the Inside
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/02/Stopping-pain-from-the-insideWhat if, instead of addressing post-surgery pain with a pill or IV drip, a patient’s own cells could be triggered to prevent it? This is one of the goals of a new field of medicine created by investigators with the Research center at the Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis.
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Patient Story
Mason's Story: An All-Star On and Off the Field
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/02/Masons-story-An-all-star-on-and-off-the-fieldBorn without a left forearm and hand, Mason has received more than a dozen prosthetic devices through the efforts of the hospital’s orthotics and prosthetics department and medical staff. As a baby, the devices helped him balance so he could stand and learn to walk.
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Shriners Hospitals Wants Children and Families to "Be Burn Aware"
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/02/Shriners-Hospitals-wants-children-and-families-to-Be-Burn-AwareFebruary 7-13, 2021 is Burn Awareness Week. During this time, Shriners Hospitals for Children will promote its annual burn awareness and prevention campaign. Since the 1960s, Shriners Hospitals for Children has been a leader in burn care, research and education, and burn injury prevention is a key c...
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What Patients Are Saying About the Salt Lake City Shriners Hospital?
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/02/What-are-patients-saying-about-the-Salt-Lake-City-Shriners-HospitalA third party company, Press Ganey surveys patients after hospital visits to get honest and helpful feedback. The company provides the data on a quarterly basis to the hospital, and is presented confidentially.
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Patient Story
Abie's Story
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/02/Abies-storyWhen Abraham, lovingly called “Abie” or “Abe” by his family, was born with a soft cleft palate, his parents were completely taken off-guard and had no idea where to turn.
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Boston Shriners Hospital Elects New Chairman of the Board of Governors
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/02/Boston-Shriners-Hospital-elects-new-chairman-of-the-Board-of-GovernorsBoston Shriners Hospital elects new Chairman of the Board of Governor, Dean Whalen.
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Patient Story
The Story of Big James
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/02/The-story-of-Big-JamesThey called him Big James, and when he was tracking down varsity quarterbacks as a high school underclassman in the state championships, he was a special sight to see – especially to those who knew The Story.
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Patient Story
From Dislocated to Dancing
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/02/From-dislocated-to-dancingRobert had just moved to Houston in 2000 when he found out cancer was going to claim his mother’s life. Shirley had been the one who was most there for him when he started his St. Louis Shriners Hospital journey in 1969.
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Patient Story
Brennen is Ready for the Big Game
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/02/Brennen-is-ready-for-the-big-gameWhile most of the Tampa Bay area is focused on cheering on the Buccaneers and quarterback Tom Brady in Super Bowl LV, Shriners Kid Brennen will be cheering for Nick Allegretti and the Kansas City Chiefs come Sunday.