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NASCAR drivers Ragan, Little Team with Shriners Hospitals for Children

Aug 28, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/08/NASCAR-drivers-Ragan-Little-team-with-Shriners-Hospitals-for-Children

NASCAR drivers David Ragan and Jesse Little will be racing for a cause during the 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Race Weekend presented by Homer’s Foundation.

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Sharing Our Research in Human Movement

Jul 13, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/07/Sharing-our-research-in-human-movement

A biomedical engineer from our motion analysis center and two graduate students presented to the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society (GCMAS). The researchers from the Chicago Shriners Hospital presented projects conducted in our hospital gait lab involving foot and ankle biomechanics for pat...

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Interpreter Receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Equity Award

Oct 26, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/10/Interpreter-receives-Robert-Wood-Johnson-Foundation-Health-Equity-Award

Susy Molano, certified medical interpreter at the Portland Shriners Hospital, was recently honored with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Equity presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health.

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Child Life Services at Shriners Childrens Boston

Oct 11, 2021 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/10/Child-Life-Services-at-Shriners-Childrens-Boston

Pet therapy and music therapy are just two ways our child life specialists connect with our patients.

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Help Prevent Childhood Fractures

Feb 01, 2021 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/02/Help-prevent-childhood-fractures

Fractures are common in childhood, with up to 50% of children experiencing a broken bone. Falls, recreational activity and sports are common culprits. Consider these tips to help prevent common fractures.

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Do you know what pollicization is?

Nov 18, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/Sabes-qu-es-la-pulgarizacin

Pollicization is currently one of the procedures performed quite frequently at Shriners Hospital. This procedure consists in converting one of the fingers of the hand into a thumb for patients who are unfortunately born without this finger, or that have lost their thumb due to some type of trauma. T...

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Virtual Visit From a Cardinals Ace

Dec 19, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Virtual-visit-from-a-Cardinals-ace

In a year in which physical presence has too often been replaced by sometimes fuzzy images of loved ones near and far, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty came through crystal clear Friday afternoon.

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EuroSunday's Rally4Kids Helps Make Christmas a Reality for Hospitalized Children

Dec 08, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/EuroSundays-Rally4Kids-helps-make-Christmas-a-reality-for-hospitalized-children

EuroSunday held their 14th annual Rally4Kids event Sunday, Dec. 6 outside Shriners Hospital for Children — Northern California. Car clubs from communities around the greater Sacramento region were represented by hundreds of vintage, exotic and rare cars whose owners donated roughly 4,500 toys to pat...

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COVID-19 Update: State Transition to 'Phase 3'

Sep 18, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/09/COVID-19-update-State-transition-to-Phase-3

On September 11, the state of Louisiana transitioned to ‘Phase 3’ reopening of the state economy. The move eases certain restrictions on businesses throughout the state, and loosens current gathering capacity limitations.

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Hip dysplasia in children

Sep 28, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/09/Displasia-de-cadera-en-nios

Shriners Hospital is a pioneer in Latin America and has a hip clinic aimed at patients 3 months of age and older with this pathology, and offers treatment follow-up. Regarding the subject, we interviewed Dr. Roberto Galvan, who is the Chief of the teaching department of the hip pathology clinic, so ...