Nationwide Children's News Releases

Mar 21, 2012

Harry Connick Jr. to Kick-Off Celebrations for Nationwide Childrens Hospitals New Main Campus

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is pleased to announce that Harry Connick Jr. will perform a private concert during The Opening Gala celebrating the completion of the hospital’s new main campus, the largest pediatric expansion ever undertaken in the United States.

Mar 19, 2012

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Ironton Close to HomeSM Center and ChildLab Moves Back to Ironton, Ohio

Effective, March 19, 2012, the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Ironton Close To HomeSM Center has moved back into Ironton, Ohio. The new permanent location, located at 2301 South 7th St., Ironton, Ohio, will continue to offer cardiology, neurology and urology clinics in addition to ChildLab

Mar 19, 2012

Newborn Screening for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Shows Promise as an International Model

Investigators at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, working with the DNA Sequencing Core Facility at the University of Utah, have developed an approach to newborn screening (NBS) for the life-threatening genetic disorder, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and potentially other muscular

Mar 15, 2012

Kroger Recognized as Valuable Partner in Prenatal Support Program

The Kroger Company is being recognized as a valuable partner in a prenatal support program designed to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes in the Weinland Park neighborhood and Near Eastside of Columbus.

Mar 14, 2012

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Neonatologist Receives March of Dimes Funding to Expand Education Program for Pregnant Women

Carl Backes, Jr., MD, a neonatologist and current cardiology fellow at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, has been awarded $35,000 from the March of Dimes Ohio Chapter for his project to expand an outpatient methadone education program.

Mar 12, 2012

Network Approach Improves Outcomes in Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Despite Lack of New Treatment Options

Many children with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis who received treatment through ImproveCareNow, a national quality improvement and research network, ceased to have symptoms and no longer needed to take steroids for disease management.

Mar 12, 2012

Preemies Still Receive Inhaled Nitric Oxide Despite Lack of Supporting Evidence and Standards

Many premature infants throughout the United States continue to receive inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) during their NICU stay, despite the lack of evidence to support its use.

Mar 12, 2012

New Study Examines Stair-Related Injuries Among Children in the United States

A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that from 1999 through 2008, more than 93,000 children younger than 5 years of age were treated in U.S. emergency departments for stair-related injuries.

Mar 09, 2012

Ben Folds to play annual charity concert benefiting the Nicklaus Childrens Health Care Foundation and Nationwide Childrens Hospital alliance

Officials of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance announced today the details of its 2012 benefit concert. IGS Energy Evening with Ben Folds presented by City of Dublin will benefit the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation and Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Mar 06, 2012

The 9th Annual Evening of Hope benefitting The Center for Family Safety and Healing to be held April 21, 2012

The 9th Annual “Evening of Hope” to benefit The Center for Family Safety and Healing will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at 8 p.m. at Bon Vie Bistro, located at Easton Town Center.