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Cytomegalovirus: What Pregnant Women Need to Know About CMV
Cytomegalovirus is a very common virus that affects people of all ages and most people will be infected during their lifetime. About one out of every 200 babies is born with congenital CMV; meaning it was passed to them during pregnancy from their mother through the placenta.
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Liquid Gold
Do you know about a critical donor opportunity to help sick and premature newborns? Just as blood donation creates a life-saving bank for people needing transfusions - did you know there is a local bank for donated breast milk? Clearly not everyone can be a donor, but for nursing mothers this is an
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National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day
This day highlights the importance of HIV prevention through education, testing, and treatment, in addition to addressing health inequities Black communities face with HIV treatment and engaging in care.
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Prader-Willi Syndrome: 4 Things Parents Need to Know
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWI) is a genetic disease that is diagnosed by a blood test. Here are four things to know about this rare genetic disorder that is diagnosed in 1 out of every 30,000 individuals.
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Should Parents with Diabetes Breastfeed?
Parents who have diabetes of any kind are similar to other new parents in many ways. But according to a study here at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, they are less likely to breastfeed their newborn baby in the hospital and continue breastfeeding for at least two months.
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Nationwide Children’s Hospital Awarded Nuestra Familia Award
For outstanding support of Ohio’s Latino and Hispanic community, Nationwide Children’s Hospital is being awarded the 2019 Nuestra Familia Award by the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs. The Nuestra Familia Award - which the Commission announced today - is given every year to non-Hispanic leaders or organizations “performing service of exceptional benefit to Latino Ohioans.”
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Genomics: Colorectal cancer characterized
The genome-wide characterization of colorectal carcinoma was published online today in the journal, Nature. Nationwide Children’s Hospital was one of several institutions involved in this study.
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Necrotizing Enterocolitis: What You Need to Know
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a disease of the intestines that most commonly affects premature babies. It is characterized by excessive inflammation of the intestines that can lead to intestinal damage and death.
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What Parents Need to Know About the Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana
So far, 94 cases have been reported in 17 states and two people have died from bleeding from the use of synthetic cannabinoids.