Nationwide Children's News Releases

Dec 07, 2010

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Partners with The Ohio State University Medical Center to Better Understand Preterm Birth

Every year, more than 50,000 babies are born premature in the United States. Despite the notable advances in neonatal care, these premature infants often suffer from preterm birth complications – the single largest cause of infant mortality.

Dec 07, 2010

New National Study Highlights Dangers of Exertional Heat-Related Injuries

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital examined exertional heat-related injuries that were treated in emergency departments between 1997 and 2006.

Dec 06, 2010

Nationwide Childrens Hospital to Introduce New Technology to Enhance Pediatric Assessment and Early Diagnosis

Nationwide Children’s Hospital announced today the introduction of a new pediatric diagnostic tool that assesses developmental milestones in early childhood while helping identify problems so that treatments for various conditions or disorders can begin sooner.

Dec 02, 2010

Media Advisory: Nationwide Childrens Hospital to demonstrate new technology to enhance pediatric assessment & diagnosis

WHAT: Nationwide Children’s Hospital will unveil a new and innovative use of technology, called Pediaglyphs™, that will be used for patient education, pediatric developmental screening and diagnostics. Dr.

Dec 01, 2010

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Program Seeks to Improve the Quality of our Nations Healthcare

A consortium of 11 primary organizations led by Battelle will participate in studies that will evaluate healthcare improvements in practice settings and determine how to implement successful innovations on a broader scale.

Dec 01, 2010

New National Study Examines Concussion Management in High School Sports

Each academic year, an estimated 136,000 sports-related concussions occur among high school athletes in the United States. A new study conducted by researchers at the Sports Concussion Clinic at Children’s Hospital Boston and the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute

Nov 30, 2010

Media Advisory: New Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Rolls Out In Central and Southeastern Ohio

Underserved children soon will have greater access to health care services in central and southeastern Ohio. Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Central Ohio and Nationwide Children’s Hospital are launching today the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile.

Nov 22, 2010

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Neonatology Staff Receives March of Dimes Awards

The March of Dimes recently hosted its 8th annual Health Leadership Awards Luncheon on November 17, 2010, also National Prematurity Awareness Day. This event honors individuals and organizations that have supported the mission of the March of Dimes by their extraordinary contributions in maternal

Nov 19, 2010

Nationwide Children's Hospital Neurologists Author Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring Book

A new book entitled “Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring” has been published by Cambridge University Press, co-authored by Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Neurologists Gloria M. Galloway, MD, and Khaled M. Zamel, MD; Marc R. Nuwer, MD, of UCLA; and Jaime R.

Nov 17, 2010

Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Community Partners Unveil 2010-11 Full Potential Collaborative Childrens Health Report

Today during a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the Columbus Public Health Department and more than a dozen other local organizations came together to, once again, spark a community-wide conversation about the state of pediatric health in Franklin County, and