{
  "id": 11442813,
  "title": "Teddy bears with medical devices help normalize them for children",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/teddy-bears-with-medical-devices-help-normalize-them-for-children",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-02T13:00:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-teddy-medical-devices-children.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Teddy bears fitted with medical devices such as gastrostomy (feeding) tubes may help normalize the devices and lessen medical anxiety in children who need them, according to a project presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2026 National Conference & Exhibition Oct. 2–6, 2026, at the San Diego Convention Center.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}