Nationwide Children's Research News

Dec 12, 2016

New Study Finds Handheld Phone Ban May Reduce Drive-time Conversations

Distracted driving is a prevalent safety hazard for everyone, but especially for drivers in their first several years behind the wheel. A new study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital shows that universal handheld phone

Dec 06, 2016

Covelli Enterprises Opens First Panera Bread Location at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Covelli Enterprises, the largest franchisee of Panera Bread, is proud to announce the Grand Opening of its newest Panera Bread location at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH) on Tuesday, December 13 at 6:00 a.m. The new bakery-café will be located at 611 E.

Nov 10, 2016

New Study Points to a Possible Cause of Many Preterm Births

Most spontaneous preterm births do not have causes that are easy to identify. Physicians frequently have not known why uterine contractions begin weeks earlier than they should, in one major form of preterm birth; or why a mother’s water breaks well before the fetus is fully developed, in

Oct 04, 2016

Perky Jerky® to Support Nationwide Childrens Hospital Beginning in October

Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Perky Jerky® announced today that from October through December, customers at 16 participating Kroger stores will have an opportunity to donate to Nationwide Children’s by purchasing Perky Jerky®.

Oct 03, 2016

Becker's Hospital Review Names 50 Hospitals with Innovation Programs

NOTE TO EDITOR: The Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the 50 programs listed CHICAGO (October 3, 2016, 10 a.m.

Oct 03, 2016

New Study Finds Exercise Treadmills Significant Cause of Hand Burns in Children

In recent years, home exercise equipment has become increasingly common, and treadmills have continued to be the largest selling exercise category by a large margin.

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Leads Effort for Gene Therapy Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Sep 20, 2016

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Leads Effort for Gene Therapy Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Sarepta Therapeutics announced yesterday that the FDA has granted accelerated approval for eteplirsen for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Nationwide Children's Hospital was the sole original site for the clinical study that resulted in this approval, led by Dr.

Sep 19, 2016

Researchers Find Relationship, Behavioral Differences between Children and Early Adolescents Who Die by Suicide

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide was the 10th leading cause of death for children ages 5 to 11 in 2014. This was the first time suicide had shown up in the CDC’s top ten leading causes of death for children in this age group.

Aug 25, 2016

New Study Finds Low Transfer Rates of Pediatric Burn Patients in the U.S.

According to a new study from researchers in the Center for Pediatric Trauma Research and the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, nearly 127,000 kids in the U.S had burn injuries in 2012.

Aug 23, 2016

Specialized test detects bacterial infections in youngest infants with fever

Physicians from Children’s Hospital of Michigan, UC Davis Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital, in collaboration with 19 other pediatric emergency departments around the country, have established a “proof of principle” for measuring patterns of ribonucleic acid