Patient resources from Norton Children’s Orthopedics of Louisville
Our staff wants to help you get healthy faster. We have resources for you to help with surgery prep, healing and making sure you keep those joints loose and casts clean.
- Ankle exercises
- Caring for your cast
- Hip spica cast
- Remodeling of bone
Quality children’s cardiology care from Ashland to Paducah
When a pediatrician suspects a child has a serious heart issue, the physician and parents want to understand the situation quickly with a speedy diagnosis. If families in Kentucky or Indiana had to drive to […]
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Poison control center: 65 years of preventing illness and death
The Kentucky Poison Control Center of Norton Children’s Hospital has been working to reduce illness and death from poisoning in Kentucky for 65 years. The center provides 24/7 free and confidential access to specially trained […]
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What are brain tumor symptoms in kids?
Brain tumors are growths of abnormal cells that occur in the brain or the tissue or structures near it. Brain tumors can be invasive (destroying nearby tissue or travelling to other spots in the body) […]
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Is poison ivy contagious? How does it spread?
Now that the kids are getting out more, they’re at greater risk of brushing up against some poison ivy and inadvertently spreading its oil on their skin. Poison ivy doesn’t typically spread from person […]
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Study shows adolescent girls at risk for intimate partner homicide
Nearly half of women who die by homicide in the U.S. are killed by a current or former intimate partner. Now a new study in JAMA Pediatrics shows that adolescent girls are at risk for […]
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