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Why Growth Matters: Understanding Malnutrition and Growth Faltering

If your child isn’t gaining weight or growing as expected, it can be stressful and confusing. Learn the difference between malnutrition and growth faltering, what can cause slow growth, and how your child’s care team evaluates and supports healthy growth over time.

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Clinic Visits

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends that every 3 months anyone with diabetes should be seen by a healthcare provider who can help manage diabetes. This chapter will help you make sure you are ready for each appointment.

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Barrachina Lab

The Barrachina Lab at Nationwide Children's Hospital studies how obesity and metabolic disease alter platelet biology and increase cardiovascular and thrombotic risk, with the goal of developing more targeted therapies.

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Early Sports Specialization: Does Benefit Outweigh Risk?

Focusing on one sport at a young age may seem like the path to athletic success, but it can come with risks. Learn how early sports specialization can lead to injuries and burnout, and why playing multiple sports may benefit young athletes.

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Curriculum

Our Sports Medicine is built on a broad curriculum that gives our fellows the opportunity to practice in different fields. Learn more about our curriculum.

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3 Tips for Managing Chronic Pain

When bellyaches or other pain won’t go away, learn gentle, practical steps—sleep, movement, relaxation, and coping skills—to help your child live fully despite chronic pain.

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Multi-View Videofluoroscopic Speech Study (MVSS)

A multi-view videofluoroscopic speech study, or MVSS, is a procedure to see how the palate functions during speech. It is basically an x-ray movie taken while the child talks.

Abusive Head Trauma

Abusive head trauma (AHT), formerly called Shaken Baby Syndrome, is a form of child abuse.

Velopharyngeal Dysfunction (VPD)

This Helping Hand™ covers velopharyngeal dysfunction, or VPD, occurs when the soft palate cannot separate the back of the mouth from the nose during speech, swallowing, or both. VPD can be caused by structural differences in the soft palate and pharynx, or muscular causes.