Wellness Tools & Programs
Norton Children’s Prevention & Wellness provides wellness tools and programs that keep children and families healthy and happy. Learn more about programs we offer:
Safety City: Field trip destination celebrates 25 years
If you were a second-grader in Jefferson County after 1993, chances are you took a field trip to Safety City. For 25 years, nearly 150,000 second-grade students from private, public, parochial and home school programs […]
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Sleep deprivation with a newborn? Restoring sleep habits may take year
Most parents realize they’re in for some sleep deprivation when having a newborn at home, but now researchers have determined it takes much longer for sleeping habits to return to normal. A recent studyfound sleep […]
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Leukemia in children: What it is, signs and symptoms
Leukemia is the most common cancer in children and teens, accounting for almost 1 out of 3 cancers. Most childhood leukemias are acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Most of the remaining cases of leukemia in children […]
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Collaborative heart care helps Indiana boy’s Ebstein anomaly
Audrey Sims’ first clue that her twins’ birth would be complicated came at 14 weeks of pregnancy, when a routine ultrasound found that one of her sons, Aiden, had a blocked lymph node, which can […]
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What is congenital diaphragmatic hernia?
Diaphragmatic hernia is a hole in the diaphragm caused by a birth defect. The diaphragm is the large muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. In a diaphragmatic hernia, organs such as intestines, spleen, […]
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