Children’s Center - October 2017 Archives

When 4-year-old Maksim Messerer's kidney function declined suddenly and unexpectedly, surgical staff from across Mayo Clinic quickly came together to perform his kidney transplant several weeks ahead of schedule.

Classrooms are not only great settings for learning, they’re also the right environment for the spread of infections among students. Walking pneumonia is one ...

Injuries can end up being the Halloween trick nobody wants. Every year, ill-fitting costumes are blamed for cuts, lacerations and fractures that send disappointed trick-or-treaters to the emergency ...

Children around the world are battling increased obesity. A study published in the Lancet reports the number of obese children and adolescents is rising. More than ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter is 9 and worried about going to school this fall because she was picked on by some of her classmates ...