We're all about children!
 April 2008
This edition:
 Dear faculty, Children's Hospital staff and other friends,
I want to remind each and every one of you of the great contribution to children's care that Dr. Charles Darby has made. As Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Darby fought valiantly to develop funding to bring a new Children's Hospital into being in Charleston. [read more] 
 The Medical University has entered a new era with the opening of Ashley River Tower (the ART). Our MUSC specialists in adult heart, vascular and gastrointestinal diseases and their patients now have a beautiful new facility for patient care.
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You're most likely to find Michael J. Toole, MD, working with fathers in a small village in Laos, mothers and children in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, or healthcare providers in Tibet.
Family Advisory Council's Importance
Three years ago we realized that we were making a lot of decisions regarding patient care without input from the families that had actual experiences in our facility. Knowing how critical their feedback could be, we decided to ask several of our patients' families about their experiences at MUSC Children's Hospital.
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New researcher focuses on role of cilium in rare diseases
With a prestigious NIH-funded K award in hand, last month Robert Kolb, Ph.D., returned to his native South Carolina to "set up shop" and conduct research on rare diseases that affect children and adults.
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See You on the Bridge!
 The obesity crisis is a very real threat to our health - and to the lives of our children. Children today are likely to have a shorter lifespan with a third of them getting diabetes during their lifetime. Shifting the balance toward health is incredibly important and includes two very basic and achievable things: eating fewer calories and exercising more.
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A special thanks to the following individuals for their efforts in putting together Kids Connection each month.
Editor-in-Chief: Bernard L. Maria, MD/MBA
Editorial Assistant: Jennifer Cherock, Trio Solutions, Inc.
Publishers: Brian Cendrowski and Roxanne Hicks, Trio Solutions, Inc.
Feature Writer: Mary Sue Lawrence
Contributing Writers: Lyndon Key, Bernard Maria, Philip Saul, John Sanders