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From ensuring food security and equity's seat at the table to meeting families where they are with mental health resources — Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast is exploring all the ways we can create the healthiest generations of children ever.

Episode 144

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July 7, 2025

Achondroplasia advocate Chandler Crews, founder of The Chandler Project, joins us to discuss life with the most common form of skeletal dysplasia. She shares her personal journey, including her decision to undergo limb-lengthening surgery. We also explore emerging treatments and the evolving conv...

Episode 143

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June 30, 2025

Epic is one of the largest electronic health record systems in America. On this week’s episode, Jackie Gerhart, MD, Chief Medical Officer, and Phil Lindemann, Vice President of Data and Research, join us to discuss how real-world data is transforming pediatric care through Epic’s Cosmos and EpicS...

Episode 142

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June 23, 2025

The United Nations and World Health Organization have long recognized health as a fundamental human right. Yet barriers to care persist — not only in the United States, but around the world. PERSOWN Connect is introducing a bold new care model designed to help break down those barriers. Its in...

Episode 141

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June 16, 2025

From melatonin to probiotics, more parents are turning to herbs and supplements to support their children’s health. But are these remedies effective? Are they safe? And how can pediatricians help families make informed choices? In this episode, Dr. Cora Collette Breuner of Seattle Children’s d...

Episode 140

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June 9, 2025

Hurricanes, wildfires, power outages — disasters can strike anytime, anywhere. But how do they affect children’s health, and how can we better prepare? This episode looks at disaster response through a pediatric lens to highlight the unique risks kids face and the steps we can take to protect the...

Episode 139

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June 2, 2025

Mental health is an essential part of overall health – and pediatric primary care providers are increasingly serving on the front lines. With one in five children facing a diagnosable mental health disorder and rates of anxiety and depression on the rise, the routine pediatric well visit has beco...

Episode 138

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May 26, 2025

When a parent is recovering from a substance use disorder, stigma can impact the entire family – including the children. This episode explores how that stigma affects children and what physicians and others can do to promote a more compassionate approach in pediatric health care. Guests: Andre...

Episode 137

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May 19, 2025

According to the CDC, nearly 1 in 5 children between the ages of 3 and 17 has a diagnosable mental health disorder, and more than half of those children never receive treatment. The reasons most cited for this lack in care include problems getting an appointment, issues related to cost, and lack ...