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Seven-year-old Madi loves being active, whether that means dancing, doing gymnastics or riding her bike. Born with spina bifida, she doesn’t let the diagnosis slow her down — but the chronic urinary incontinence it can cause was disruptive and stressful. Known as neurogenic bladder, this condition occurs when the nerves to the bladder and urethral sphincter do not work properly and can lead to urinary retention or persistent urinary leakage.
…Partnering with families to minimize exposure to anesthesia
In medicine, the best imaging can mean the difference between the right diagnosis and the wrong one. A successful treatment and an ineffective one. …
What you need to know about liver tumors in children
Pediatric liver tumors are rare, comprising only 1 percent of all childhood cancers. There are two main types of liver tumors in children: …
Battling aplastic anemia: Clinical trial gives hope to Eli and his family
When Eli came home from baseball practice this past April with bruises on his body, his mom Jessica, an internal medicine specialist, and his dad Bryan, a trauma surgeon, didn’t think anything of it. “We assumed his coach was just throwing hard pitches, because every time Eli got hit with the ball, his skin bruised,” says Jessica. But 10-year-old Eli didn’t let a few bruises stop him. He continued to play baseball and basketball, work hard in his fifth grade classroom and goof off with his two younger sisters, 6-year-old Anna and 3-year-old Sarah.