Search Results
Viewing: 2651-2660 of 11731 | All
News
The Memorial Tournament Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Named at Columbus Children's Hospital
The Memorial Tournament and Columbus Childrens Hospital announced today the dedication ceremony for the Memorial Tournament Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Childrens.
News
Study Finds Safety Intervention Successfully Increases Use of Child Safety-Restraints in Shopping Carts
More than 20,000 children were treated in United States hospital emergency departments in 2005 for shopping cart-related injuries. According to a study published in the August issue of Pediatrics and conducted by Gary Smith, MD, DrPH, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) in
News
Mental Health Concerns and Traumatic Events Are Common Among Young Children Who Die By Suicide
A study published today by Nationwide Children’s Hospital researchers found that although the circumstances around any suicide death are complex, there are often shared characteristics and experiences among young children who die by suicide.
News
The Collaboratory for Kids & Community Health Launched by Nationwide Children’s Hospital to Share Best Practices for the Health of the Whole Child and Communities
Nationwide Children’s Hospital has launched The Collaboratory for Kids & Community Health, to provide community partners, corporate leaders, policy makers, health care systems and researchers a resource for sharing best practices in pediatric population health strategies. The hospital will fuel the Collaboratory with content based on their extensive experience working with diverse partners to improve communities, implement school-based health, provide high-quality housing, address mental and physical health and more. The site will also collate and share best practices from leaders in the community health space.
News
Columbus Children's Hospital Named To U.S. News & World Report America's Best Hospitals List
Columbus Childrens Hospital has been named to the U.S. News & World Reports 17th annual Americas Best Hospitals 2006 list. For its first time on the list, Columbus Childrens ranked 22nd, joining 176 U.S. hospitals (out of 5,189 evaluated) ranked in 16 specialty areas.Since U.S.
News
Consumer Fireworks Found To Cause Preventable Injury To Children In U.S.
Conscientious parents would not knowingly hand their children dangerous explosive devices to play with and yet every Fourth of July thousands purchase firecrackers and sparklers for their kids.
News
Doctors Collaborate To Spare Kids the Scars of Surgery After Removing Facial Tumors
COLUMBUS, OhioJuvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA) is a benign tumor around the cheek area, occurring exclusively in adolescent boys. The symptoms, which are easy to overlook initially, include repeated nose bleeds, nasal congestion, nasal discharge and hearing loss.
News
First U.S. Trial of DMD Gene Therapy
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, 2006Contacts: Bob Mackle Pam Barber Jade Samulski Director of Public Information Director of Media Relations and Support Services Director of Program Management Muscular Dystrophy Association Columbus Childrens Hospital Asklepios
News
Passive Injury Prevention Strategies Credited with Decrease in Baby Walker-Related Injuries
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: March 6, 2006 Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Columbus Children’s Hospital have shown that mobile infant walker-related injuries decreased 76% between 1990 and 2001, thanks to the use of passive injury prevention strategies, such as baby
News
New Study Finds Hands-free Cellphone Laws Associated with Fewer Driver Deaths
A recent study led by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital looked at drivers, non-drivers (passengers, pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists), and total deaths involved in passenger vehicle crashes from 1999 through 2016 in 50 U.S. states, along with the presence and characteristics of cellphone use laws.