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Podcast
Muscular Dystrophy
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Podcasts/2023/10/Muscular-DystrophyKathryn Fuchs, M.D., discusses muscular dystrophy and other frequently asked questions.
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Patient Story
Mason's Story: An All-Star On and Off the Field
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/02/Masons-story-An-all-star-on-and-off-the-fieldBorn without a left forearm and hand, Mason has received more than a dozen prosthetic devices through the efforts of the hospital’s orthotics and prosthetics department and medical staff. As a baby, the devices helped him balance so he could stand and learn to walk.
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Patient Story
Going the Distance
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Going-the-distanceNarshare and her son Kareem are a long way from home. The two are adapting to life in the United States while Kareem undergoes treatment for Blount’s disease, a problem with the growth plates around the knees that causes severe bowing of the lower legs.
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Patient Story
Finding the Beautiful Swan Within
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Finding-the-beautiful-swan-withinThe year was 1979, and Shari was a shattered 11-year-old girl. With a spine curved so severely by scoliosis that she struggled to lift her head to look forward, she was the target of her classmates’ abuse. But then Shriners Hospital for Children — St. Louis entered her life via a scoliosis screening...
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Patient Story
Shriners Hospitals for Children Feels Like Home to Michael
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/03/Shriners-Hospitals-for-Children-feels-like-home-to-MichaelEight-year-old Michael has been a patient at the medical center since he was a baby, and has had nearly a dozen surgeries to treat his scoliosis and a congenital condition called arthrogryposis, which involves stiffness of the joints that limits the range of motion.
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Patient Story
Bridget's Story: The Prima Ballerina
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/02/Bridgets-story-The-prima-ballerinaIn September 2020, Bridget, a 12-year-old dancer from Westfield, Massachusetts, landed on her left knee while performing a front aerial, an acrobatic move she had perfected many times before.
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Patient Story
The Tools of the Trade
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/09/The-tools-of-the-tradeA tear slid down Ashleigh Bentz’s cheek as she opened the toolbox. A shoe horn. A pipe cutter. Clamps. The tools that helped make Marvin Hohbein the master prosthetist that he was for decades at Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis now were held tenderly in the hands of a former patient who h...
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Patient Story
Patient Ambassador Featured on 2020 Holiday Card
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Patient-Ambassador-featured-on-2020-holiday-cardPatient ambassador, Katie, is the featured artist on our 2020 holiday card. Katie was born with spina bifida and has been a patient at Shriners Healthcare for Children — Florida since she was 3 years old.
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Patient Story
Patient Springs Back After Spine Surgery
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/07/Patient-springs-back-after-spine-surgeryAs an active gymnast, Madeline underwent a routine physical at practice one day and the examiner discovered a noticeable curve in her spine and an unevenness in her shoulders and hips. After learning of the curve, her family went to the Portland Shriners Hospital for scoliosis treatment.
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Patient Story
Colton: Patient Ambassador
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Colton-Patient-AmbassadorColton, from West Springfield, Massachusetts, became a patient at the Springfield Shriners Hospital in 2012 when he was 3 years old. He was born with a condition known as spina bifida, specifically L2-L3 myelodysplasia, a birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly.
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