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.
Duke’s ECMO Program Saves Young Girl's Life
As a young girl fought for her life, a life-saving technology called ECMO allowed her lungs to rest and recover.
Spinal implant improves quality of life for little girl with early onset scoliosis
Aubrey Parks’ parents thought their 7-year-old daughter would need at least eight surgeries over the next three years to treat her early onset scoliosis. Inste ...
Conjoined Twins Separated at Duke
Duke surgeons performed separated conjoined twins during a nine-hour operation that took place in June of 2015. Eight-month-old twins, Josiah and Aryan Covingt ...
Robotic Arm Gives Independence to Teen with Muscular Dystrophy
A North Carolina teenager with muscular dystrophy gained an important measure of independence when a robotic arm was installed on his wheelchair.
Help Your Teen Take Charge of her Health
Richard Chung, MD, is an adolescent medicine specialist who knows that parents make a big difference in how teens learn to manage their health. Here, he offers ...
When a Child Faints
Passing out. Blacking out. Keeling over. Whatever you call it, fainting can be frightening—especially when it happens to your child. The medical term for it is ...
Stay Home or Go to School?
Let’s say your child has a low fever but is otherwise behaving normally. Do you send her to school? Clearly, a child who is vomiting or has diarrhea must be ke ...
Infection-Free Despite Rare Immune Disorder
After a year battling recurrent ear infections in her child, Chris Fellows turned to Duke for a second opinion. Experts diagnosed her son, Grant, with a rare i ...
Sleep Solutions for Kids of All Ages
Dozens of methods claim to be THE way to help your child sleep through the night, but which is right for your and your child?
Prenatal Diagnosis of Heart Condition Gives Baby Girl a Healthy Future
When the Olaizs learned their unborn baby had a heart condition, they were transferred to Duke's maternal-fetal experts for care during her high-risk pregnancy ...
Bright Future After Cleft Lip and Palate Repair
Now three years old, one would never know Tate Burch had a cleft lip and palate repair when the adopted child first came to the U.S. from China.
Preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Young Athletes
Sudden cardiac arrest in young people can be tragic. Duke heart specialists are raising awareness about its symptoms and treatment in hopes of preventing death ...