Carli Tourdot is a Child Life specialist and a children's book author. Tourdot is pictured with her book "Today is the Day! My First Surgery" on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Rochester.

Jaylen underwent a laser corpus callosotomy, a less invasive surgery than a traditional craniotomy. It disconnects the ...

Lydia Griffin, 33, from Suffolk in England, first started experiencing 'splitting headaches' at age 6 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Dr. Terry Dubrow makes a prolific living as a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. But as he spends so much of his time repairing the work of other surgeons, he knows how quickly things can go ...

Most kids go without clear liquids at least three times longer than guidelines recommend prior to surgery, a new study says. About 4 out of 5 children and infants (79%) are on liquid fasts far longer ...