Your toddler is cranky and not her usual sweet self. She’s had her nap, so she can’t be tired. Suddenly she tugs at her ear and you think, “Oh, no, not another ear infection. Why is this happening again?” Ear infections are caused by bacteria or viruses entering the middle ear through the eustachian tube….
Do you suspect your child has asthma? Take a quick quiz and consider discussing asthma with your pediatrician. Powered by
My 3-year-old son and I stopped by my buddy’s house to borrow a tool for a plumbing repair. While we were in the garage, Matthew wandered away and into the house. I don’t know how long he was gone, but at some point, I noticed how quiet everything was —never a good sign with Matthew….
Eye poisonings are plaguing Kentucky families and, without proper treatment, these injuries can have devastating effects. Last year the Kentucky Poison Control Center received nearly 2,000 calls about Kentuckians getting chemicals in their eyes. Experts estimate that’s only a fraction of eye splashes, as many people look up treatment information online or go straight to…
Shortly after he was born, Evan Karr was diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect that occurs in around five of every 10,000 babies born. It’s one of the most common heart defects and is actually four defects in one, involving a hole between the chambers of the heart, a narrowing of the…
Our kids argue about everything we ask them to do. But earlier this month, when my wife and I asked if they wanted to go to the local high school track, they were in the car before we had even changed clothes. We went with a plan to run and they went to have fun,…
Norton Children’s Hospital is expanding to improve critical care services for children and grow its family-centered approach to treating the region’s sickest kids. Norton Healthcare announced plans to invest $78.3 million to create the Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) and renovate the “Just for Kids” Critical Care Center and two of the neonatal…
It was spring of 1985 when 14-year-old Maria appeared in the Norton Children’s Hospital burn unit. She’d been flown to Louisville from Ecuador and she really needed help. More than a third of her body had been torched — for an unknown reason she had put gasoline in her hair and walked by an open…
It’s been nearly one year since we shared that pale is the new tan, but studies show 18- to 29-year-olds still make up a significant number of individuals who use indoor tanning beds. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), using a tanning bed before going on a beach vacation does not…
UPDATE: Thank you for your interest. We’ve been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and have far more applications than we have openings. We’re forced to end the application period early. Thank you again.
The Piggies for Preemies program challenges children and individuals throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana to fill piggy banks with spare change. Funds raised support premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Norton Children’s Hospital. Each spring, kids who return a full piggy bank, canister or virtual piggy bank will be entered to…
As parents and caregivers, we want what’s best for our kids. We feed, clothe and nurture them, read and tell stories, comfort them and listen. We want them to do well in school and succeed, which is linked with positive health outcomes. In order to succeed in school, young students must be ready to learn…