Children's Health
Learn about the ways Duke pediatric specialists use medical and surgical advances to treat children of all ages. Read the stories of brave children being treated for a range of conditions from common injuries to rare diseases.
Baby with Congenital Heart Defect Doing Well After Complicated Heart Surgery at Duke Health
Eli Hodges was born with a life-threatening congenital heart defect that prevented his heart from pumping oxygenated blood throughout his little body. After tw ...
Chest Pain in Children and Adolescents
Chest pain is a common complaint in children and adolescents. Chest pain is often perceived as “heart pain” both to children and their parents, and it can caus ...
Living Liver Donor and Robotic Liver Transplant Surgery Save Baby
When baby Kara Pace needed a liver transplant, a friend of the family stepped up to donate part of her liver. After undergoing the first robotic liver transpla ...
Transnasal Endoscopy Eliminates Need for Anesthesia for Children and Teens With Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
To diagnose and treat his eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), Richard Best, 15, has undergone multiple endoscopies -- procedures in which a narrow, flexible tube w ...
A Flu Vaccine Protects Mom, Fetus, and Infant
If you’re pregnant or plan to be, it’s important to get a flu vaccine every fall. According to Duke perinatologist Geeta Swamy, MD, the annual immunization off ...
Cochlear Implant Boosts Teen’s Hearing and Speech Skills
Andy Torres was a toddler when he was diagnosed with moderate to severe hearing loss. Hearing aids and speech therapy helped Andy learn to communicate, but his ...
Back to School Weeks After Minimally Invasive Surgery for Atrial Septic Defect
Giselle Olivas was 8 years old when she was diagnosed with an atrial septal defect, also known as a hole in the heart. Her parents chose Duke for her surgery. ...
Isabella Strahan Looks to the Future After Rare Brain Tumor Treatment
In October 2023, Isabella Strahan spent her 19th birthday in the hospital recovering from brain surgery to remove a rare cancerous tumor. Nearly 10 months late ...
Duke Health Offers Saturday Morning Sports Injury Clinic
Athletes who experience a sports injury, sprain, strain, or bone fracture on the field can be seen quickly at Duke Health’s Saturday Morning Sports Injury Clin ...
The Value of Saving Umbilical Cord Blood
Jessica M. Sun, MD, a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at Duke Children's, explains why you might want to save your child's umbilical cord blood.
Epilepsy Surgery in Infancy Allows Toddler to Walk, Talk, and More
Seven-month-old Lily Twiddy was having up to 30 seizures a day despite taking six different epilepsy medications. Doctors worried that continued seizures could ...
Duke Program Helps Families Talk About Parent’s Cancer
Seth Cuni, a single dad, lived with tongue cancer for months without telling his two young children. “I decided this is my problem, and I can do this alone. We ...