Starting Monday, newborns in New York will be screened for congenital cytomegalovirus — a virus that can cause deafness or other health complications for babies with the affliction.
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NewsDay - 10/2/23
Starting later this month or early next month, all children born in New York state will receive testing for congenital cytomegalovirus...
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TBR - 9/16/23
Police say a toddler died after being left unattended in a hot car for approximately eight hours in Smithtown.
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News12 - 8/1/23
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, also known as DMD, is a medical diagnosis that affects about one in every 5,000 boys.
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CBS News - 7/7/23
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns travelers to protect themselves against measles before heading out to visit other countries...
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Fox News - 7/4/23
I get calls anywhere from, "I've just been bitten by a tick" to, "I've been sick for 10 years and seen four doctors."
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Newsday - 6/26/23
A group of Commack students showed their peers how to steer clear of distracted and reckless driving Wednesday during a safe driving program.
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News12 - 5/31/23
A new study to be presented at SLEEP 2023 found that teens with greater variability in their sleep patterns have a higher risk for school-related problems.
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Medical Press - 5/30/23
Heart failure—a chronic condition where the heart becomes unable to sufficiently pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs…—can occur in people of all ages, even children.
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Sky News - 6/8/23
Determining whether your child has juvenile idiopathic arthritis can be tricky because there’s no single JIA test. Here’s how your child’s doctors can reach a consensus.
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Health Central- 5/17/23
Long Island Explorium, 101 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson hosts a Teddy Bear Clinic on May 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. Don’t miss this unique workshop with special guests from Stony Brook University.
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News12 - 5/3/23
A 7-year-old Brookhaven boy spent his Wednesday delivering get well cards to young patients battling life-threatening illnesses...
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News12 - 5/3/23
“Protein is the building block for muscles,” says Dr. Anupama Chawla, the director of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital.
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Healthline - 4/18/23
“We’re doing a better job at identifying what the causes are,” says Susan Katz, a nurse practitioner and the infant apnea program coordinator at Stony Brook Medicine in New York
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Popular Science - 4/14/23
Kindergartners at Deauville Gardens East Elementary School participated in a teddy bear clinic with representatives from Stony Brook University Trauma Center
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Amityville Record - 4/13/23
According to orthopedic surgeon James Penna, the biggest problem right now is that many children and teens are not taking time off from their sports activities.
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News 12 - 4/6/23
An unusual number of sick calls came in last Friday for students at Babylon Junior-Senior High School.
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PIX 11- 3/23/23
“The great majority of young children who contract COVID do quite well and recover fully,” Dr. Susan Walker, pediatrician with Stony Brook Children’s, explained.
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Times Beacon Record - 2/23/23
A $630,640 state grant awarded to Stony Brook Medicine to establish a neonatal telehealth consultation program “will increase the support for maternal and child health”…
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Newsday - 2/17/23
“I believe most parents have a general understanding that fruits and vegetables are healthy, but they tend to lose track of what their children are eating,”
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Newsday - 2/16/23
“News12 interviews Stony Brook University Professor Dr. Kristin Bernard and Stony Brook Medicine’s Dr. Wilfred Farquharson about how parents can prevent burnout with family and career...
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News 12 - 2/15/23
(AAP) released new clinical practice guidelines focusing on the treatment of childhood obesity, for the first time in 15 years.
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CheckUp- 1/24/23
Duchenne muscular dystrophy, also known as DMD, is a genetic disorder that weakens skeletal and heart muscles causing cardiac and respiratory issues.
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News 12 - 1/10/23
Stony Brook Children’s has become a frontline fortress in the war against muscular dystrophy. Their Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Comprehensive Care Center has earned Certified Duchenne Care Center accreditation…
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News 12 - 1/10/23
Dr. Carl Kaplan, chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook Children’s, said with an increase of marijuana products in people’s homes, parents and caregivers have to take steps to keep them away from children.
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News 12 - 1/4/23
“Kids don’t tend to ingest pills because they don’t taste good, but they will certainly go for a product that looks just like a chocolate bar or a gummy bear,” said Dr. Carl Kaplan, Stony Brook Children’s
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WCBS-TV - 1/4/23