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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.

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Episode 162

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October 30, 2025

In the second part of our series on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), we speak with two Nemours associates and mothers of children diagnosed with CMV at different stages of their journeys. They share personal stories of diagnosis, advocacy, resilience, and the everyday realities of parenting chil...

Episode 157

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October 2, 2025

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we speak with Adela Casas-Melley, MD, Chair of Surgery, Nemours Children's Health. She shares her journey from a young Cuban immigrant in Miami to a leader in pediatric surgery, how her family’s belief in education guided her, the challenges she faced, a...

Episode 151

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August 25, 2025

Latham Thomas, founder, Mama Glow, shares her journey into birth work and maternal health advocacy, inspired by her early exposure to women’s health through her mother. She explains the vital but distinct roles of doulas and midwives, reflects on her own breastfeeding experience and unpacks the s...

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 136

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May 12, 2025

Dr. Anita Ravi, President, CEO and Founder of PurpLE Health Foundation, shares how the organization provides free, trauma-informed health and mental health care to children and adults affected by violence, including human trafficking and sexual assault. PurpLE Health Foundation also uses data to ...

Episode 133

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April 21, 2025

According to Larry Moss, MD, FACS, FAAP, President and CEO of Nemours Children's Health, delivering on Whole Child Health is the next step toward creating the healthiest generations of children. This approach emphasizes accountability for every child's health — not just for those in geographic ar...

Episode 127

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March 10, 2025

According to the American Psychological Association, trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event: experiencing or witnessing violence, neglect or abuse, just to name a few. Trauma comes in varied sizes and shapes and affects just about everyone. But what happens when our children experien...

Episode 119

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February 3, 2025

Each year, the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) marks the first Wednesday in February as National Girls and Women in Sports Day®. For nearly 40 years, this day has raised awareness about the physical, educational, and psychological benefits of sports for women and girls throughout their lives. WSF...