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Miyah Williams, 3, holds her old prosthetic leg while showing off a new one in Washington, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, during a meeting on the need for innovative pediatric medical devices hosted by Children’s National Health System. Miyah struggled with a painful and hard-to-move socket attaching her prosthesis until last August, when she received a new softer and more flexible kind. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)"
WASHINGTON - Improvise isn't a word parents want to hear from their kid's doctor. Yet pediatric specialists too often have to jury-rig care because many of the medical devices needed to treat sick children were built for adults.
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