If your child has a curved spine, rest assured he or she is not alone. Spinal deformities in kids are commonly managed in the Department of Orthopedics at Children’s Hospital of Michigan. The most common spine deformities are scoliosis (curved spine) and kyphosis (hunch-back). Scoliosis is a curvature of spine, often shaped like an S […]

The warm weather is upon us. This is great news for kids that have been cooped up inside. But as kids hit the playscapes, trampolines and other activities requiring jumping and climbing, parents should be forewarned these activities have the potential to cause elbow injuries. “It is one of the more common injuries we see […]

Recently published findings in Annals of Internal Medicine by Steven Lipshultz, M.D., Wayne State University professor and chair of pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, part of the Detroit Medical Center, and colleagues could help to reduce health care charges while also protecting childhood cancer survivors from heart ailments caused by drug […]

The Children’s Hospital of Michigan at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) received approval from the City of Troy Planning Commission on preliminary site plans to build a new free-standing outpatient facility in Troy. The new facility will be located at 350 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy, Michigan. The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center – […]

A recently published clinical study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has answered an urgent question that long puzzled ER pediatricians: Is the drug lorazepam really safer and more effective than diazepam – the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved medication as first line therapy most often used by emergency room doctors to control […]

The Children’s Hospital of Michigan at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) is among the best in the country in eight pediatric specialties according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. The Children’s Hospital of Michigan is nationally ranked in: Cancer (#24), Cardiology & Heart Surgery (#37), Nephrology (#41), Neurology & […]