Hospital Clinics & Services
Customized Care Plans for Cancer Survivors
For patients with cancer, recovery doesn’t end when the treatment stops. Unprecedented gains have been made in the cure rates for childhood cancer during the past decade. This progress reflects the medical community’s dedication to cancer research, innovative treatment methods, and a relatively new multidisciplinary approach to cancer care. Because of this steady improvement and […]
Orthopedics by the Numbers
The world of pediatric orthopedics has come a long way since the days of heavy, archaic leg braces as seen in Forrest Gump. Now, its people’s perceptions of orthopedic medicine that have to catch up, says Dr. Alan Stotts, Orthopedic Surgeon at Primary Children’s Hospital. From the most basic orthopedic problems, to the most complex […]
A Healthy Look at Bone Tumors
At the turn of the 20th Century there was a large-scale scientific study that focused on the benefits to growing children of adding fluoride to drinking water. As anticipated, the study showed that approximately one in three children involved in the study had a non-ossifying fibroma (a kind of tumor) in their bones. To avoid […]
Primary Children’s Hospital Ranked Nationally in Eight Pediatric Specialties
Primary Children’s Hospital recently received national recognition in eight pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report in the 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. The specialties included: • Neurology and Neurosurgery (12th) • Orthopedics (12th) • Cancer (19th) • Cardiology and Heart Surgery (21st) • Diabetes & Endocrinology (45th) • Gastroenterology and GI surgery (27th) […]
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