by erlangerhealth | Jun 13, 2016 | Child & Family Health, Stay Well
The habits of good health start in childhood. Children’s hospitals play an important role in ensuring kids have access to the preventive care they need to get started on the right foot. Health is about more than visits to the doctor to take care of illnesses or...
by erlangerhealth | Jun 7, 2016 | Men's Health, Stay Well, Women's Health
When your liver is healthy, you probably never think about it. But when it isn’t, you’ll definitely know. Here’s a look at what you should know about this important organ: The liver is the second largest organ in the body, and it’s located on the right side of the...
by erlangerhealth | Jun 6, 2016 | Child & Family Health, Stay Well
Temper tantrums. Fears about the monster under the bed. Tears over getting a shot at the doctor’s office. Anyone with a little one is familiar with these emotions. Those are just everyday emotions. When children are injured or facing an illness, they likely don’t...
by erlangerhealth | Jun 3, 2016 | Back, Bone & Joint Health, Orthopaedics, Stay Well
When Matthew Higgins, M.D., fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon at UT Erlanger Orthopaedics, is not treating patients or spending time with his wife and three children, he spends much of his free time competing in endurance mountain bike races. And while most of...
by erlangerhealth | May 30, 2016 | Child & Family Health, Stay Well
Children aren’t just little adults — they have unique needs. Children’s hospitals know how to care for those needs. Even as recently as decades ago, the protocol for treating medical conditions was the same for all patients, regardless of age. In the past few decades,...
