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Feb 24, 2025 Children as Young as 10 years old May be at Risk for High Cholesterol 11 Ways to Help Prevent High Cholesterol in Your Child Pediatrics – Cardiology

Newark, NJ (February 24, 2025) – The number of children and adolescents diagnosed with high cholesterol is growing every day. According to national survey data, one in five children in the United States between the ages of 12-19 are living with a ...

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Jan 16, 2025 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset to Host Free Cardiac Screening for Young Athletes Pediatrics – Cardiology

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health hospital, will offer its annual Cardiac Athletic Screening on Saturday, February 1, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the hospital’s Cardiac Diagnostic Testing Department located ...

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Jun 26, 2024 Belize Toddler Comes to Newark for Life-Saving Heart Surgery at Children’s Hospital of New Jersey Pediatrics – Cardiology

Procedure Facilitated through Gift of Life NJ and RWJBarnabas Health On the morning of Belize patient Nyle’s heart surgery at Children’s Heart Center at Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, L to R: Dr. Padam Neopane, ...

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May 8, 2024 Routine Flu Shot Leads to Life-Saving Heart Surgery for Second Grader: ‘Unthinkable’ Pediatrics – Cardiology

Kelly Wheeler Thibault, RN, MSN, CPNP, Nurse Practitioner, Children’s Heart Center at Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center on the day of Lily’s discharge. Denise Leonard and her three kids had a ritual every fall — they ...

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Oct 26, 2023 Pediatric Heart Conditions: More Common Than Parents Would Think Pediatrics – Cardiology

In the United States, it’s estimated that about 40,000 babies are born with a congenital heart disease or defect each year — that’s 1 out of 100. Each year, more than 4,000 children in the United States are diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, a major cause of ...

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