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Nov 23, 2022 Severe Respiratory Illness Increasing in Children: What You Need to Know Pediatrics

Across RWJBarnabas Health, we have seen a recent surge in cases of severe respiratory illness in children caused by an influx of a variety of viruses common to the fall and winter months. Uzma N. Hasan, MD , Division Director of Pediatric Infectious ...

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Nov 10, 2022 A Toast to Children’s Health Raises Funds for Children’s Services, Honors Noted Pediatrician Dr. Meg Fisher Pediatrics

Gathering at the Toast event are, from left, Toast Committee Member & Event MC Molly Kroon, Toast Event Chair Meghan Del Priore; Jonathan Teitelbaum, MD, MMC’s Chairman of Pediatrics; the evening's honoree Meg Fisher, MD, FAAP, Special Advisor to the ...

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Nov 8, 2022 State of Emergency Pediatrics

Hudson County's busiest emergency department gets a $100 million expansion—and a separate pediatric ED. ABOVE LEFT: Members of the Abercrombie Guild unveil the Abercrombie Guild Pediatric Emergency Department sign. (L) Teresa Saltarella, Victoria Samulski, ...

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Nov 8, 2022 Help For Common Birth Defects Pediatrics

How to treat cleft lip, cleft palate and other craniofacial differences. Aditi Kanth, MD Some parents may encounter craniofacial problems like cleft lip and cleft palate only through charitable TV ads. “A lot of people think these problems just affect kids ...

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Nov 2, 2022 Make These Healthy Holiday Snacks with Your Whole Family and Help Kids Eat Healthy Throughout the Season Pediatrics

As the holiday season is nearly upon us, many kids are filling with excitement and anticipation thinking of upcoming family gatherings, parties, and family cooking and baking traditions of delicious – yet, oftentimes, unhealthy – treats (typically high in ...

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Nov 2, 2022 Make This Healthy Holiday Snack With Your Whole Family and Help Kids Eat Healthy Throughout the Season Pediatrics

As the holiday season is nearly upon us, many kids are filling with excitement and anticipation thinking of upcoming family gatherings, parties, and family cooking and baking traditions of delicious – yet, oftentimes, unhealthy – treats (typically high in ...

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Oct 21, 2022 Children’s Specialized Hospital Launches New Website and Resource Hub to Advance Safety Education for People With Disabilities Pediatrics

New Brunswick, NJ, October 21, 2022 - Children’s Specialized Hospital , part of the Children’s Health Network at RWJBarnabas Health, today announced the launch of the Living Safely Online Center for Safety ( rwjbh.org/cshlivingsafely ), a new website ...

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Sep 23, 2022 What You Need to Know About the Current Increase in Pediatric Cases of Respiratory Illnesses Pediatrics

Dr. Uzma Hasan , Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, provides information on the increase in pediatric cases of respiratory illnesses linked to rhino and enterovirus. Dr. Hasan ...

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Sep 22, 2022 Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is First in New Jersey to Perform Successful Implantation of Transcatheter Valve Replacement System Designed for Congenital Heart Disease Patients Pediatrics

Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve System With Alterra Adaptive Prestent, an Alternative to Open Heart Surgery Newark, NJ, (September 22, 2022) – Earlier this year, cardiologists at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC), an RWJBarnabas ...

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