Nationwide Children's News Releases
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Jan 15, 2010
MEDIA ADVISORY: K.I.S.S. Awards Event
WHAT: K.I.S.S. Awards Event WHEN: Friday, January 15, 6:15 p.m. WHERE: Nationwide Children’s Hospital (contact Media Relations for event escort) WHO/WHY: Nationwide Children’s designed the Kohl’s Is Sold on Safety program earlier this year with generous support from Kohl’s
Jan 13, 2010
Investigators Identify Gene Mutations that Predispose Patients with Becker Muscular Dystrophy to Early Onset Cardiomyopathy
Investigators in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have identified a link between specific modifications of the dystrophin gene and the age of cardiac disease onset in patients with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD).
Jan 13, 2010
New National Study Finds Table Saw-Related Injuries Have Remained Consistently High
New technology to prevent injuries needs to be available and affordable Woodworking is a popular hobby, with table saws being owned and used by an estimated 6 million to 10 million people in the United States.
Jan 12, 2010
MEDIA ALERT January 12, 2010 Visitor Restricition Notice
Effective immediately, visitor restrictions are being lifted to most areas of Nationwide Children's Hospital due to decreased seasonal influenza and H1N1 activity in our community.
Jan 11, 2010
Quality Transformation Collaborative Effort by Hospitals Saves Childrens Lives by Eradicating Bloodstream Infections
Catheter-associated blood stream infections (CA-BSIs) are infections that occur in hospitalized children’s central venous catheters (a catheter is flexible medical tubing inserted into the body).
Jan 08, 2010
Nationwide Children's Hospital to Break Ground in 2010 for Third Research Facility as Final Piece to Expansion Plan
Nationwide Children’s Hospital will break ground on property west of Parsons Avenue and north of Livingston Avenue in early 2010 for its third research facility as the last piece of its $840 million strategic facilities expansion plan, first announced in 2005.
Jan 07, 2010
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Designated OptumHealth Center of Excellence for Pediatric Heart Transplant
Nationwide Children’s Hospital has been designated an OptumHealth Center of Excellence for Pediatric Heart Transplant, joining Cleveland Clinic as the only such centers in the state of Ohio.
Jan 05, 2010
Child Abuse, Neglect Cases Up; Stress, Economy May Be to Blame
The holidays are over and the tree is down. For millions of families reality is setting in. Between the bills that will come due in January, the struggling economy and the stress that comes with it, it can be a very dangerous time for children.
Dec 22, 2009
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Selected as Biospecimen Core Resource for The Cancer Genome Atlas
Nationwide Children’s Hospital recently was awarded an initial $5.5 million contract from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to serve as a Biospecimen Core Resource (BCR) for The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a program co-managed by the NCI and the National Human Genome Research Institute
Dec 21, 2009
Pleasure Guild, a Volunteer Organization of Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Calls for New Members
Pleasure Guild, one of the oldest women’s organizations in Columbus originating in the 1890s, is calling for new members for 2010. Although the group has changed in size and function, its primary mission has remained the same – to bring pleasure to the young patients of Nationwide