The Peds Pod by Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

At a children's hospital, where patients often can't tell their doctors what they think is wrong, medical mysteries can become especially intensified. Dr. Sandra Arnold discusses diagnosing Infantile Botulism as well as how she teaches the next generation of doctors how they can solve similar medical mysteries.

In an effort to reduce hospitalizations of diabetes patients, Le Bonheur has developed two clinics, Fresh Start and BEGIN, for children and adolescents with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes. Led by Le Bonheur Endocrinologist Kathryn Sumpter, MD, these clinics use a comprehensive approach to diabetes control, including education, psychoscocial support, social workers and easy access to diabetes pr...

Vaccines to protect against COVID-19 are now available for adolescents and teens 12 and up. This is an encouraging development and a big step forward in the fight to end this pandemic. The pediatric experts at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital know that parents want to make informed decisions about their children’s health care and may have questions about whether the vaccine is right for their child....

A secondary effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the significant increase in eating disorder diagnoses and relapses in the pediatric population. Eating disorders are among the most fatal psychiatric illnesses, so concerns raised by parents, friends, teachers, or others should be taken seriously and evaluated by a physician as soon as possible. However, eating disorders take many forms and can...

Dr. Jara Best Jones discusses how to prepare teenagers for adult life and how they can take responsibility for their own health.

Ryan Stephens talks about his personal experience with a congenital heart defect, how it impacted his adolescence, and how his life has greatly improved since his open-heart surgery.