Nationwide Children's News Releases

Jun 16, 2014

Sacral Nerve Stimulation Gives Pediatric Patients Hope

Heather Rayser, 16, has a colon that does not function properly and as a result, she has never been to high school, and has been on home hospital care for nine years.

Jun 10, 2014

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Makes Honor Roll List of U.S. News & World Reports 2014-15 Best Childrens Hospitals

Nationwide Children’s Hospital has once again made U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospital Honor Roll, a distinction awarded to only 10 children’s centers nationwide, by posting high scores in at least three of the 10 specialty rankings.

May 28, 2014

Time For 10! Physical Activity Program Impacts Young Students in Ohios Schools

As May is recognized as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, Ohio First Lady Karen Waldbillig Kasich and Nationwide Children’s Hospital recognize their continued partnership on the Time For 10! program – a statewide physical activity program aimed to make guided exercise easy and

May 28, 2014

Nationwide Children's Hospital Announces Facilities Expansion To Accommodate Growing Patient Need

Nationwide Children’s Hospital has announced plans for two new facilities near its downtown campus to accommodate growth in patient services. Both new buildings will help to decompress parking and current outpatient clinics which have outgrown their available space on the hospital’s

May 27, 2014

Nationwide Childrens Hospital receives $10 million gift from the Nationwide Insurance Foundation establishing the Nationwide Pediatric Innovation Fund

Nationwide Children’s Hospital today announced that it has received a $10 million gift from the Nationwide Insurance Foundation. The gift will establish the Nationwide Pediatric Innovation Fund at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, supporting pediatric research and innovative projects

May 21, 2014

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Marysville Close to Home Center with Urgent Care Open May 21

The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Marysville Close To Home Center with Urgent Care is now open at 100 Coleman’s Crossing Blvd. in the City Gate Development, Marysville.

May 20, 2014

Breastfeeding Initiation and Success is Impacted by Diabetes Status of Mother

Women diagnosed with diabetes before or during pregnancy are less likely to initiate and continue breastfeeding their newborns than women without diabetes, a new study suggests.

May 20, 2014

Boosting Immune Process with IFN-y Helps Clear Lethal Bacteria in Cystic Fibrosis

Boosting a key immune process called autophagy with interferon gamma (IFN-γ) could help clear a lethal bacterial infection in cystic fibrosis, a new study suggests.

May 20, 2014

MIBG Treatment for Neuroblastoma Now Available at Nationwide Childrens Hospital

Meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) therapy is now offered by Hematology/Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplant at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Patients with neuroblastoma who qualify for treatment with MIBG therapy can be treated in this new facility, with round-the-clock supervision by

May 09, 2014

Timothy P. Cripe, MD, PhD, Appointed To Bacterial Robotics Science Directorate

Bacterial Robotics is a life science biotechnology firm. The Company uses synthetic biology tools in an evolutionary engineering approach to develop bacterial robots, or BactoBots™. Today, the Company announced the appointment of Tim Cripe, MD, to its Scientific Directorate.