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“A Beautifully Adventurous Life”: New Mom Reflects on Twin’s Life-Saving Heart Surgeries
An ultrasound showed that Baby B’s heart was not fully formed, a result of a congenital heart defect known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).
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CAR-T Therapy Offers Individualized Cancer Treatment Using a Patient’s Own Immune System
Individualized CAR-T therapy uses a patient’s own immune system to fight certain types of cancers.
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Letting Kids be Kids: Meet Lurie Children’s Activity Coordinators
Our activity coordinators arrange and implement programs and activities for patients of all ages and abilities.
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Greg Finds Solution for Sunken Chest with Lurie Children’s Experts
When he was three years old, Greg was diagnosed with a condition known as pectus excavatum, or sunken chest.
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Stepping Up to Give Back – Patient with Brain Tumor to Participate in Aon’s Step Up For Kids
Just five days before his seventh birthday, Michael was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma.
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"This is Surreal": New Breakthrough Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis Gives Family Hope
With Trikafta, a newly FDA-approved treatment for cystic fibrosis, Joe's lung function appears the same as a person without the disease.
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