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Halloween Costumes Can Be Scary – Burn Survivors Are Not

Oct 23, 2024 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/10/Halloween-Burn-Survivors

Regrettably, society often uses the portrayal of burn scarring as a visual cue to label characters as monstrous.

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Shriners Children’s Locations Celebrate 100-Year Anniversaries From Coast to Coast 

Nov 25, 2024 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/11/Locations-Celebrate-Anniversaries

Hospitals and clinics have been hosting events to recognize their 100th anniversaries, with more to come in 2025.

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Stopping Pain From the Inside

Feb 10, 2021 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2021/02/Stopping-pain-from-the-inside

What 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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Celebrating National Case Management Week

Oct 14, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/10/Celebrating-National-Case-Management-Week

National Case Management Week is October 11-17 and Shriners for Children Medical Center — Pasadena recognizes our care managers for providing guidance, support and advocate for our patients and families through their health care journey.

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Sports Enthusiast Lincoln is Surprised with New Prosthetic!

Dec 29, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Sports-enthusiast-Lincoln-is-surprised-with-new-prosthetic

Just in time for the holidays, the Portland Shriners Hospital and the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) were able to surprise patient Lincoln with a new prosthetic leg, custom-made to fit his specific athletic needs.

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Bone lengthening and deformities

Dec 29, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Alargamientos-y-deformidades-seas

This interview explains the treatments that the Shriners Hospital currently performs to treat lower limb length discrepancies in patients.

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'Baby Bug' Mobility Invention Allows Child to Move Around

Dec 15, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/12/Baby-Bug-mobility-invention-allows-child-to-move-around

The latest invention from the Shriners Hospitals for Children — Salt Lake City wheelchair, seating and mobility depart­ment is more than just a way for our youngest patients to learn to get around. It’s also a groundbreaking tool that encour­ages their overall development.

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Play-related Accidents Land Two Close Family Friends in Walk-in Fracture Clinic on the Same Day

Jul 17, 2020 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/07/Play-related-accidents-land-two-close-family-friends-in-walk-in-fracture-clinic-on-the-same-day

Two close family friends come to the Philadelphia Shriners Hospital walk-in fracture clinic after incurring different injuries on the same day.

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Texas Nurse Executive is Passionate About Making a Difference

May 19, 2022 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/05/Texas-Staff-Reflection

Jeannie Keith, Shriners Children’s Texas director of patient care services and nurse executive, is proud to help make a difference in the lives of patients and healthcare workers.

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Shriners Children’s Boston Elects New Chairman of the Board of Governors

Jan 25, 2023 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/01/David-Foye

David Foye, PE, CHFM of Swampscott, Massachusetts, has been elected Chair of the Board of Governors for Shriners Children’s Boston.