Children's Mercy created a magical mock surgery experience for an 11-year-old patient with a rare condition who dreams of ...

It's a narrative almost two decades in the making, even if Carli Tourdot, a child life specialist at Mayo Clinic, didn't always know it would one day become a book.

One Tennessee mother had the most hilarious reaction post-surgery, when she was still feeling the grudging effects of general anesthesia. Prior to Belle Blake’s nose surgery, she told her husband to ...

A note to readers • This story is based on interviews with Leticia Clegg, the first and currently the only certified child life specialist at Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital. Since she started ...

Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new ...