Many parents know that their own pulse or heart rate should be within about 60 to 100 beats per minute. Your child, however, may have a higher pulse rate, depending on their age. Because heart rate ...

The device is about the size of a AA battery, and it has the potential to help a baby or infant heart keep beating in the face of failure. It’s called the PediaFlow, an implantable artificial heart ...

Nataly Paramó was preparing to celebrate her 15th birthday in October when she experienced unexpected and alarming fatigue during basketball tryouts. The teen from East Chicago, Indiana, had always ...

I recently shared several passages from a sermon my dear friend Rev. Shannon Daley-Harris, who served the Children’s Defense Fund for 30 years, preached at Princeton University Chapel titled “Draw the ...

For two days at the end of 2024, Journi Kelly, 11, complained about stomach pain. Worried, mom Rachel Kinsey took her to the emergency room. “Her symptoms became full throttle to the point that she ...

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I still remember my first day at preschool – a quiet, thoughtful girl thrust into a world of screaming toddlers, kids running around wildly and an older boy who stole my bag. I never went back.

About 1 in 100 children in the U.S. is born with a congenital heart defect. But for babies or young kids with the most serious ailments, there is no artificial heart specifically designed for them.