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Hampton Roads Parenting Education Network What is HRPEN? Hampton Roads Parenting Education Network ( HRPEN) is a network of agencies and organizations that have come together to offer education, support, information and referral for parents,...
ABC Pediatrics ABC Pediatrics, located in Hampton, VA, is a Children's Hospital Network affiliate of CHKD. Vickie Motley, MD, provides comprehensive care for infants, children and adolescents and can diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries. To make an...
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A Breath Away from Disaster When the CHKD transport team arrived, they found 13-year-old Bryce Callaway struggling for breath from a severe asthma attack. The team had been called to the hospital near Bryce's home to transport him to CHKD. " I knew there...
A Change of Heart Loretta Coureas Twenty-year-old Collin Kobelja arrived at CHKD for his final pediatric cardiology checkup in early June. It was 18 years after he was featured in Kidstuff as CHKD’s first heart transplant patient. His mom, Suzanne, said...
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A Better Test for Down Syndrome? WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 ( Health Day News) -- A new test that examines fetal DNA from a mother's blood is more accurate at spotting chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome than standard tests offered to pregnant...
A Child's Concept of Death Every child, at any age, has his or her own unique concept of death. Past experiences with death for the terminally ill child, as well as, his or her age, emotional development, and surroundings are what most influence a child's...
