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News from children's hospitals around the country that are participating in the Benefits That Benefit Children cause marketing program.
School District of Springfield Township Supports:  The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia via ‘Benefits That Benefit Children’ Program

School District of Springfield Township Supports: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia via ‘Benefits That Benefit Children’ Program

Springfield PA, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia received a $4,340 donation resulting from the Benefits That Benefit Children campaign, a cause marketing program through National Benefit Partners and US Employee Benefits Service Group-PA (aka Hillendale Associates)...

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We are now Children’s Wisconsin

If you’re like many parents in Wisconsin, you might have first heard of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin as the hospital where sick kids go to get better. Since the day we were founded in 1894 as Milwaukee’s Free Hospital, we’ve always been there for Wisconsin’s kids...

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Moving to a New Beat

Moving to a New Beat

41 hours in the life of a little girl who received a big gift Surviving everything Stella Paul has been through in her 10 months of life is nothing short of a miracle. But her biggest miracle came on July 23, 2018, when a family made the difficult decision to donate...

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Pediatricians using specialized iPhone app to detect eye diseases

Pediatricians using specialized iPhone app to detect eye diseases

Pediatricians at Norton Children’s Medical Associates practices are using customized iPhones to detect serious eye problems, including amblyopia – lazy eye – and some types of eye cancer, such as retinoblastoma, in children age 6 and younger.

“Detecting these issues in young kids has always been tough, because children don’t want to stay still and can’t communicate vision problems,” said April R. Mattingly, M.D., pediatrician at Norton Children’s Medical Associates – Crestwood. “Some of these issues keep kids from seeing well in the classroom, but others can lead to surgery or vision loss if not caught early enough.”

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