Food allergies among children are on the rise. The number of children diagnosed with food allergies has increased by 18 percent in the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Food allergy affects approximately 2 kids in each school classroom, and can significantly impact quality of…
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There’s a new innovative addition to Dell Children’s Medical Center, meet “Moxi” the hospital robot assistant. Moxi, is about five feet tall and can extend both higher and lower in height, featuring blue and pink LED lights for eyes and one arm capable of picking up supplies.
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The Grace Grego Maxwell Mental Health Unit at Dell Children’s now offers outpatient care for pediatric mental health patients. The Texas Child Study Center recently moved into the Grace Grego Maxwell Mental Health Unit. The pediatric mental health unit opened in May, with both inpatient…
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The inaugural season of NTT IndyCar Series classic recently kicked-off in Austin, where the Ascension Seton emergency medicine team was onsite to provide trauma care. IndyCar drivers also pulled into Dell Children’s to meet with patients. IndyCar racers, Santino Ferrucci, Oliver Askew and Robert Megennis handed out Racing For Kids…
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Thanks to Dell Children’s Medical Center and Austin charity SpineHope, one young man is now able to walk tall. Fourteen-year-old Samuel Esteban, of Guatemala, suffered from kyphoscoliosis, a disorder which left him in pain much of the time. His spine had twisted front to back, and curved outward 180 degrees.
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Hearing Center at Dell Children’s offers advanced technology, coordinated comprehensive care Children with hearing loss have special needs as they learn and grow. Navigating and coordinating their care can be complicated and at times stressful. The new Hearing Center at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas offers the first centralized,…
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Comprehensive care for most complex cases available closer to home One of the world’s leading pediatric heart surgeons, Charles Fraser, Jr., MD, will become chief of pediatric and congenital cardiothoracic surgery at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, part of Ascension. Fraser, who will also join the…
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Surgery lengthens leg after a severe injury A frightening accident on an ATV sent Katie Procter to the hospital with severe leg fractures. Over the next five years Katie underwent six surgeries to repair her broken leg. Following a long healing process, Katie was left with a two-inch difference in the…
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The Grace Grego Maxwell Mental Health Unit at Dell Children’s offers coordinated, comprehensive care for children and teens On May 17, 2018 Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas celebrated the opening of the Grace Grego Maxwell Mental Health Unit at Dell Children’s, a new facility providing comprehensive mental…
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Comprehensive care for most complex cases available closer to home One of the world’s leading pediatric heart surgeons, Charles Fraser, Jr., MD, will become chief of pediatric and congenital cardiothoracic surgery at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, part of Ascension. Fraser, who will also join…
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