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Shriners Children's New England Welcomes New Medical Director
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/09/New-Medical-DirectorLael M. Luedtke, M.D., has joined the Shriners Children’s New England medical staff and will serve as medical director.
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Shriners Children's Boston Raises Alarm About New TikTok Trend Causing Serious Scald Burns
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/08/TikTok-Trend-Causing-Serious-Scald-BurnsThe trend involves microwaving sugar to the melting point and clinicians are seeing a correlated increase in children coming in with severe burn injuries as a result of spilling hot sugar.
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Patient Story
Learning to Live a New Life After a Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Learning-to-live-a-new-life-after-a-pediatric-spinal-cord-injurySix-year-old Memphis was transferred to the Philadelphia Shriners Hospital after she broke her neck in a car accident near her home outside of West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Father Credits Burn Team With Saving Daughter's Life
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Father-credits-burn-team-with-saving-daughters-lifeWhen she was 3, Lucy came to Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and her life on the line. Chief of Burns David Greenhalgh, M.D., and his team saved her life.
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Shriners Children's Open Announces Groundbreaking Player Exemption: Lexi Thompson
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/10/Lexi-ThompsonThe Shriners Children’s Open has announced that Lexi Thompson has earned a full exemption into the upcoming Las Vegas tournament.
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Spirit of Children – Spirit Halloween Makes a Generous Donation of $11.7 Million to Shriners Children’s System
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/03/Spirit-of-ChildrenEven though Halloween seems so long ago, the efforts of Spirit Halloween’s charitable giving program, Spirit of Children, are felt year-round thanks to their generous donations.
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Saving Kids From Addiction: Shriners Children’s Sets Standards for Adolescent Opioid Use Post-Surgery
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/10/Adolescent-Opioid-UseDr. Tumber and colleagues from 10 other facilities within Shriners Children’s international health system are conducting a comprehensive, three-year study.
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Shriners and Hospital Staff Collect Toiletry Donations
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/07/Shriners-and-hospital-staff-collect-toiletry-donationsAs the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, food banks in the Sacramento region are working overtime to meet the growing needs of community members seeking assistance.
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Spina Bifida Program and Maya Evans, M.D., Receive National Recognition from Spina Bifida Association
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/07/Spina-Bifida-Program-and-Maya-Evans-MD-receive-national-recognition-from-Spina-Bifida-AssociationMaya Evans, M.D., and the Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California Spina Bifida Program were recently recognized as national leaders in spina bifida care by the Spina Bifida Association (SBA).
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Zappos Adaptive Gives Generous Donation of Adaptive Children's Shoes to Patients
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2020/11/Zappos-Adaptive-gives-generous-donation-of-adaptive-childrens-shoes-to-patientsZappos Adaptive made a generous donation of adaptive children’s footwear from the Arthur PBS Collection to patients at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California. These shoes were specially designed for children of all abilities and include Arthur’s image printed on BILLY Footwear’s popul...