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How a “Medical Financial Partnership” Can Improve Child Health

A recent study shows how health care organizations can create an innovative program to help families claim tax credits they are entitled to – potentially improving overall health.

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April 2014

Dr. Brian Kaspar discusses a new method for studying ALS, with potential to test therapeutics in individual patients.

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Celebrex-Derived Drug Targets Common Childhood Bone Tumor

Jiayuh Lin, PhD, and colleagues at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have developed a drug to target the most common cancerous bone tumor in children, osteosarcoma, using a version of the FDA-approved drug, Celebrex.

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A New Study on Self-Injury Behavior Encourages Quick and Targeted Intervention

While the disturbing act of self-injury is nothing new to adolescents, researchers and physicians at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have identified a more severe type of behavior that is raising some concern among medical professionals.

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Columbus Duck Race and Food Truck Festival

America’s largest food truck festival and the Development Board of Nationwide Children’s Hospital are again joining forces on the Scioto Mile. The Columbus Food Truck Festival and the annual Columbus Duck Race will take over Bicentennial Park Aug. 17-18.

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National Study First to Describe Sport-Related Concussion Among High School, Collegiate Athletes

An estimated 300,000 sport-related traumatic brain injuries, predominately concussions, occur annually in the United States. In fact, for young people 15- to 24-years-old, sports are second only to motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of traumatic brain injury.

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Nationwide Childrens Hospital Selected Cooperative Education Newcomer of the Year by Wilberforce University

Nationwide Childrens Hospital has been awarded the 2007 Cooperative Education Newcomer of the Year Award by Wilberforce University, Xenia, Ohio. The staff of the Wilberforce University Office of Cooperative Education and Professional Studies annually honors organizations which have significantly

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Study Finds Conduct Disorder in Adolescent Girls Associated With Family Characteristics, Parental Behaviors

Nearly 10 percent of adolescent girls in the United States meet the criteria for conduct disorder, a diagnosis describing youths who persistently exhibit behaviors that violate rules and rights of others truancy, fighting, stealing, lying, cruelty or property destruction are examples of this.

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Nelson Weichold Named Chief Financial Officer at Nationwide Children’s

Nelson Weichold, MHA, has been named chief financial officer at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, effective June 5.