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Neurogenetics: Genes & the Nervous System
Advances in the field of genetics have helped researchers identify specific genes and chromosome locations that are involved in many neurologic disorders.
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Support Your Child and Teen’s Anxiety and Stress Related to COVID-19
Pediatric Psychologists from the Center of Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children’s offer tips to help support your child and/or teen through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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8 Activities to Keep Kids Entertained (And Learning) While At Home
Our Activity Coordinators in the Department of Family Services share activities that parents can do alongside their kids that facilitate active, engaged learning.
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Girl Born Profoundly Deaf Reaches for the Sky, and Finds Her Dream Job There
Ellie Graeber says she has never let the profound hearing impairment in both of her ears get in the way of what she wants, and she has the record to prove it.
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Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia – Our Family’s Journey
One family shares their journey after their child was diagnosed with congenital diaphragmatic hernia in utero.
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Bringing Awareness to Rare Diseases
At five months old, Dominic was diagnosed with congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG).
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