June 14th, 2013 | When Jessica Bell was born two months early, her parents Kara and Jim Bell weren’t sure what the future would hold. As doctors expected, Jessica’s lungs weren’t fully developed and she had trouble breathing. The neonatal specialty team from Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health arrived and transported the five-pound…
June 13th, 2013 | Doctors have long had mixed feelings about patients who show up for their appointments with armloads of Internet research. The tendency to self-diagnose based on web-based research has even spawned a whole new term: cyberchondriac. Most medical experts realize that online research by patients is here to stay—and that can be a good thing because…
June 13th, 2013 | When it comes to unexpected childhood injuries, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health provides the highest level of care available. That’s what 11-year-old Kaleigh Newlin learned after an afternoon of sledding in January 2011, with her dad and brother ended with a broken tibia and fibula, the two long bones of the calf. X-rays…