Search Results
Your search returned 6629 results
How to set a schedule for back-to-school success
It's that time of year - you can almost smell the sharpened pencils and fresh notebook paper. Students will be returning to school before you know it and getting used to a whole new routine. Set them...
New Study Uses Machine Learning and AI to Predict Teens’ Response to Depression Treatment
The GOLDILOKs PRISM study aims to match patients with an effective treatment and minimize the amount of time they may receive ineffective treatment.
Preparing for CT Scan
CT scan media block What is a CT scan? A computed tomography scan (CT scan) uses computers and a moving X-ray machine to take pictures of the inside of the body. CTs can make detailed pictures of organs...
ADHD Patient / Caregiver Resources
National resources: CDC CHADD Understood.org Local resources: CHADD Local Chapter (ADHDKC) Behavioral Parent Training Groups: Understanding and Managing ADHD (CMH) ADHD Services (CMH) Lift up KC...
Four Children’s Mercy Researchers Receive 2022 Pilot Awards from Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Four Children’s Mercy researchers received one-year, 2022 Lauren S. Aaronson Frontiers Clinical and Translational Research Pilot Program awards with their project periods starting in July 2022 and wrapping...
Exertional Compartment Syndrome: Saige’s Story
Saige Wimes worked hard to recover from surgery for exertional compartment syndrome (ECS) and return to the soccer field, all with the help of Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine.
Mental Health: Grace and Nate's Story
Children’s Mercy is committed to caring for every aspect of children’s health — physical, mental, emotional and behavioral. As we continue to shed light on the importance of mental health care and...
Pediatric Tracheostomy and Home Ventilation Clinic
At the Pediatric Tracheostomy and Home Ventilation Clinic at Children’s Mercy, you can see all your child’s tracheostomy (trach tube) specialists in one place.
Helmet Safety - Evidence Based Strategies - October 2022
Sport and recreational activity-related head injuries are a significant cause of traumatic brain injury in the pediatric population, leading to disability or death. Helmet use significantly decreases the...
Bariatric Surgery Program
Meet the Team Refer a Patient Weight loss surgery may be an option for teens and young adults who have tried medically-supervised weight loss programs but still struggle with obesity. Obesity is a medical...
The Great Cover-Up
There are a lot of parents in the world. I don’t know the exact number or percentage but it’s a lot. We can all agree there are a lot of parents. And with parents come opinions. You’ll receive parenting...
Rising T1DE Alliance
Our Vision The Rising T1DE Alliance was launched in 2020 to rapidly scale quality improvement efforts and innovation in Type 1 diabetes care. The goal of the Rising T1DE Alliance is simple: get in front of...
Genomic Answers for Kids: Presenting Our Results
Children's Mercy's Genomic Answers for Kids team regularly makes presentations about the program and its results so that other researchers and providers to can apply these results to their work.
Dr. Helena Laroche Receives Funding to Study Social Risk Factor Screening and Referral Evaluations
The study’s goal is to evaluate recent changes that Children’s Mercy Integrated Care Solutions (CMICS) implemented to screening and referrals for social determinants of health risk factors.
Research Administration
Research Business Operations provides oversight and support to clinicians and staff conducting research activities at Children’s Mercy.
Biostatistics and Epidemiology Core Director Named
Vince Staggs, PhD, has been named as the first Director of the Children’s Mercy Research Institute Biostatistics and Epidemiology Core.
Opioid Overdose Reversal Medication
Naloxone (Narcan®) is an emergency medication to use to reverse an opioid overdose. Anyone can save a life during an opioid overdose with naloxone. Giving someone naloxone won’t hurt them, so don’t...
Why teaching personal boundaries is important for kids
Sadly, 1 in 10 children will be sexually assaulted before their 18th birthday. We all want to keep kids safe from this kind of trauma. One way to keep kids safe is to teach them a few things to feel...
Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy
The ketogenic diet—high in fat and very low in carbohydrates—helps children whose epilepsy does not respond well to medications alone.
Distal Radius Fracture
Clinical Pathways promote evidence based, safe, and high-value care for patients by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees of subject...