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Kid health: entice picky eaters with themed meals
Let's face it, we all have those standard meals we eat every week. It’s often hard to break out of old habits and get creative with meals that won’t cause a serious uprising. So how about trying themes?
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Summer safety: 7 tips to prevent kids from falling out windows
In Pierce County, falls are the most common unintentional injury that requires a hospital stay for a child.
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Children's Therapy Unit to benefit from Northwest Corks & Crush
The young patients might not realize it while they're throwing a ball or pedaling a tricycle, but their treatment-disguised-as-play is truly the result of a team effort. Now you can support their team just by attending Northwest Corks & Crush.
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Tips for parents: child sexual abuse prevention
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to recognize that we can each play a part in promoting the social and emotional well-being of children and families in communities.
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Child psychologist offers 5 ways to help kids process tragedy
Children may feel anxiety if they hear people talking about the explosions at the Boston Marathon, or see graphic images or media coverage. For advice about how to talk to kids and help them express their feelings, we turned to Bob Beilke, Ph.D., a pediatric and clinical child psychologist who has worked for 21 years at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center in Tacoma, Wash.
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Students with Hilltop Artists install glass art at Mary Bridge
Drop by drop, one glass sphere at a time, waves of color illuminated the sky and washed away the gray. Inside two newly built skybridges at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, students with the Hilltop Artists program carefully filled floor-to-ceiling windows with more than 1,500 hand-blown glass floats.
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Mt. View students deliver cheer to kids at Good Samaritan
Staff, parents and students alike agree that Puyallup’s Mt. View Elementary School is a small school with a big heart. So when members of the close-knit community learned that a school employee’s 2-year-old grandson was in the hospital, they knew they had to help, and quickly collected more than 800 toys for children staying in the hospital.
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Always turn the light on: tips to prevent accidental poisoning
More than 2 million poisonings are reported each year to the 57 poison control centers across the country. More than 90 percent of these poisonings occur in the home. The majority of non-fatal poisonings occur in children younger than six years old. And, poisonings are one of the leading causes of death among adults. Follow these tips to help prevent poisoning in your home.
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For kids in oncology clinic, tokens are a carrot for every stick
This is 6-year-old Cole Vukich. He earned this token today at the hematology/oncology clinic at the Mary Bridge Health Center. To earn a token, "I have to get a poke," Cole explained.
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Mary Bridge patient and family helping design new PICU
Young Riley Bridge and her parents, Dana and Josh, spent more than a month at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital. Today Riley and Dana are part of a design team charged with making our new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU ) a better place for kids and the people who love them.
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For 5 years, test has found hidden heart defects in newborns
Hidden heart defects in five healthy-appearing newborns have been found and fixed, thanks to a quick and painless test that’s celebrating its fifth anniversary today at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital. Since Feb. 14, 2008, more than 10,000 day-old babies have received the screening that is free to all children born at Tacoma General. Called pulse oximetry, the test detects low levels of oxygen in the blood, which may be indicative of a heart defect.
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Video: Tutus, capes, hats bring smiles to patients at Mary Bridge
Thanks to the efforts of Janay Conner, a huge collection of superhero capes, fairy wings, magic wands, tutus and flower hats will allow children to dress up during visits to Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center. KOMO-4 News was there to capture the moment.
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Video: Good Samaritan innovations featured on Discovery Channel
A TV program that aired last week on The Discovery Channel highlighted the innovative work at the Children's Therapy Unit at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Wash.
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Seattle Mariners begin 2013 caravan with visit to Mary Bridge
The Seattle Mariners kicked off their 2013 caravan tour on Wednesday with a special "Get Well" visit to MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, Wash.
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Christmas spirit shines bright at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
It’s not quite the same as being home for the holidays, but Santa Claus still knows how to find 32 young patients and their families who will wake up Christmas morning at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital. “It’s humbling to see how many people have donated, especially in this economy,” said one mother whose son was recently diagnosed with leukemia. “People are so generous.”
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