Two New York City hospitals are getting serious about childhood obesity by writing prescriptions for fruits and vegetables. …
Seattle Children’s Hospital
A Unit of Their Own: Addressing the Special Needs of Hospitalized Teen Cancer Patients
At her Seattle high school, Shannon Keating wears a hat to camouflage a head made bare by chemotherapy. In the hospital, surrounded by other teens her age, she’s more comfortable going bald. “I feel fine not wearing a hat …
How OkCupid Led an Organ Donor to Find the Teen with His Kidney
This is a Valentine’s Day tale that involves a love connection of one kind and ends with a match of an entirely different sort.
Young Cancer Patients May Get a Boost — and a Visit — from Kelly Clarkson
The original American Idol was so starstruck by a video of children with cancer lip-synching to her song, “Stronger,” that she intends to swing by Seattle Children’s Hospital to meet them in person.