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Salud mental en niños y adolescentes

Help in a crisis No está solo. Según la Alianza Nacional sobre Enfermedades Mentales, 1 de cada 6 niños estadounidenses de entre 6 y 17 años experimenta un trastorno de salud mental cada...

Crohn's Disease: Bailey's Story

Bailey has been living with Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect the entire digestive tract, for almost half of her life. She has powered through flare-ups with the help of...

Community Engaged Research Team

This team helps ensure research seeks answers important to the community and implements patient, family, and community centered recruitment, data collection, and dissemination methods.

Vestibular Therapy

Vestibular therapy is often prescribed for athletes who suffered a concussion and have symptoms preventing them from returning to school or sports. Since symptoms following concussions varies from person...

Healthy Home Principles and Assessment Practice for Health Educators and Community Workers

This two-day training course is ideal for community health workers and other health educators and home visitors. The training will help you understand the connection between health and housing, learn the...

Abdominal Pain Outcomes

Award Why should you care? Chronic abdominal pain is a common problem that affects up to 20 percent of all school-aged children and teens. Despite how many youth struggle with abdominal pain, there is no...

Commute Options

Save money, de-stress your commute and take care of our air with these great options. Children's Mercy Adele Hall Campus Children's Mercy Broadway Children's Mercy East Children's Mercy Hospital...

Saneea’s Story

Meet Saneea From the moment Saneea Bevley tore her ACL on April 26, 2019, she had just one goal—get back on the basketball court. After all, basketball is life for this talented 16-year-old who plays point...

Mehta Casting

American College of Surgeons Verified Center Mehta Casting is a type of body casting used to help straighten the spines of pediatric patients suffering with spinal deformities. Our surgical team specializes...

Genomic Research

Award Our gastroenterologists are working with the Genome Center to investigate the genetic causes of gastroenterology disorders and move patients into appropriate treatment. Genomic...

The power of self-esteem: How to prevent bullying in children

Self-esteem begins to develop in early childhood when children start to develop their sense of self. As children begin to understand and know who they are, they start to identify the key qualities and...

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Setting up for back-to-school success

Starting a new school year is exciting but can also be a bit frightening. While this is true for all children, it can be heightened for kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Predictability and routine...

Pediatric Brain Cancer Research Team/Yadav Lab

About the Lab   Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) are the most aggressive pediatric high-grade gliomas and are the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children. At present, there are no effective...

Hand Hygiene

Why is hand hygiene important in healthcare?   Hand hygiene is a simple and effective way to prevent infections in healthcare settings. Hand hygiene is cleaning your hands by washing with soap and water...

Lying to your child: Is it ever OK?

If you’ve ever stretched the truth to get your kids to behave, you’re in good company. According to a study published in the International Journal of Psychology, 84% of American parents they surveyed...

Treating Group A Streptococcal Infections

Although invasive GAS infections are on the rise, outside of peritonsillar abscess, these infections generally do not arise from pharyngitis. Thus, we should continue to be diligent in testing only...

Visual Diagnosis

A 2-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his mother for six days of fever with a maximum temperature of 103 F. See if you can select the best alternative to amoxicillin suspension for...

Baclofen Pump Program

Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Program The Children's Mercy intrathecal baclofen (ITB) pump works with patients who require a baclofen pump to treat cerebral palsy, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and...

Dr. John Perry Receives Funding to Study Bone Marrow Responses to Radiation, How to Reduce Damage from Radiation Exposure

John Perry, PhD, Doctoral Research Faculty, is one of three primary investigators collaborating on a U01 grant from National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) to...

Tristyn's Story

Defying the odds and living a full life Twelve year-old Tristyn wasn’t supposed to live past age 4. She was born with several of her organs outside of her body, and her intestines were severely damaged due...