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Spondylolisthesis is an injury is marked by back pain. This condition is caused by excessive flexion and extension of the low back. X-rays show that a part of one vertebra in the low back slips forward on the vertebrae below it. It is commonly seen ...

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is proud to have the only comprehensive and multi-disciplinary hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplant (BMT) rehabilitation team in Missouri. Our specialized rehabilitation team is comprised of experts in the fields of occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech and language pathology. ...

A heat-induced or thermal burn can occur when the skin comes in contact with any heat source, such as a cooking pan, an iron, a fire, a hot surface or a hot, scalding liquid or gas. Caring for a heat-induced or thermal burn: Remove the ...

The Children's Runners 10 program focuses on 10 stretching and strengthening exercises designed to improve flexibility, strength and endurance of the muscles used for running. ...

On June 2, St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) will launch Epic, a leading electronic health records (EHR) system, in which all of a patient's information appear on a single electronic medical record -- and the patient can access that record securely online. Referring physicians are ...

The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital provides care and treatment for children with Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis. ...

Phone -- Contact the hospital operator at 314.454.6000 to have the ethics committee member on call paged. Mission Statement At St. Louis Children's Hospital "we do what's right for kids." Doing the right thing is often simple and clear: find the medical problem, do all ...

In 1987, at 18 months old, Alex Dixon was the first infant at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) to successfully be treated with cardiac ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a therapy that adds oxygen to blood and pumps it through the body. Earlier this year he ...

Over time cochlear implantation has proven effective in helping restore sound awareness. It is now being offered to infants and children. Learn more. ...

Ian Farley, now age 12, was born with single-sided deafness. A cause for his deafness was never identified; according to his mom, Lisa, both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed topography (CT) scans showed no abnormalities in the structure of his inner ear. ...