Nationwide Children's News Releases

Oct 07, 2010

Pediatric Psychiatry Network Launches Statewide

To address a shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists in Ohio, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the Ohio Department of Mental Health and provider organizations across the state have launched Pediatric Psychiatry Network, an easy-access consultation and support service for primary care

Oct 06, 2010

Gene Therapy Reveals Unexpected Immunity to Dystrophin in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

An immune reaction to dystrophin, the muscle protein that is defective in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, may pose a new challenge to strengthening muscles of patients with this disease, suggests a new study appearing in the October 7, 2010, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

Oct 06, 2010

Depression During Pregnancy Increases Risk for Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight

Note to Editor: Jeffrey Bridge, MD, an investigator in the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, was a co-author of this study on maternal depression.

Oct 06, 2010

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Ranks on InformationWeek 500 List of Top Technology Innovators Across the United States

Nationwide Children’s Hospital has earned a spot on InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology.

Oct 04, 2010

Center for Injury Research and Policy Welcomes International Affiliate Faculty

The Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has invited selected scientists outside the United States whose work is primarily concerned with injury control and prevention to become international affiliate faculty.

Oct 01, 2010

Media Advisory: K.I.S.S. Awards Event Friday Evening at Nationwide Childrens Hospital

WHAT: K.I.S.S. Awards Event Friday Evening at Nationwide Children’s Hospital WHEN: Friday, October 1, 2010 6 p.m. – media opportunity WHERE: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Ann I. Wolfe Education Building Stecker Auditorium 575 S. 18th St.

Sep 30, 2010

Sturge-Weber Syndrome Textbook Published

Eleven years after the first edition, a new edition of the Sturge-Weber Syndrome textbook has been published by the Sturge-Weber Foundation in New Jersey. Co-author E. Steve Roach, MD, is chief of Neurology and vice-chair of Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Sep 30, 2010

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Investigators Receive Grant to Distinguish Bacterial Infections from Viral Infections in Infants

Octavio Ramilo, MD, chief of Infectious Diseases at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is one of three principal investigators who will share in a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Dr.

Sep 27, 2010

Pumpkinpalooza Slated for October 2 at Lynd Fruit Farm

The 2nd annual TWIG Pumpkinpalooza, benefiting The Memorial Tournament Neonatal Intensive Care Unity (NICU), will be held on Saturday, October 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lynd Fruit Farm in Pataskala.

Sep 27, 2010

Unique Gastroenterology Procedure Developed in Adults Shows Promise in Pediatrics

The use of device-assisted enteroscopy, a technique that allows complete examination of the small bowel, may be just as successful pediatrics as it has been in adult medicine, according to a study from Nationwide Children’s Hospital.