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Leukemia

This Helping Hand™ covers leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer. Leukemia is a cancer of the bone marrow, which is the tissue found inside many of the bones of the body. There are two main types of childhood leukemia: acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions about giving to Nationwide Children's Hospital. 

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Eating Disorder Myths

Eating disorders, which include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, and other specified feeding and eating disorder, are very serious conditions that have the second highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness. 

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RSV: A Common Virus Causing Severe Respiratory Infection in infants and Young Children – And Prevention is Now Here!

Most pediatricians and those of us who study and treat respiratory viruses in children often say that respiratory syncytial virus is the most common illness that no one knows about. Called RSV for short, the virus infects almost every child at least once before the age of 2. Why, then, haven’t you heard of it?

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How to Choose Safe Toys

Picking out toys is fun—but safety should come first. Learn how to choose age-appropriate toys, avoid hidden hazards like button batteries, magnets, and water beads, and make active play and e-rides safer so kids can enjoy more worry-free fun at home.

Helping Kids Keep Their Same Provider

Children who visit the same primary care provider over time have better overall outcomes. Over the last five years, an innovative project at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has raised the continuity rate to greater than 70%.

Helping Students With Developmental Disabilities Thrive in the Workplace

Project SEARCH at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is helping train high school seniors with developmental disabilities for jobs – including positions at the hospital. Learn how a partnership with the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio, Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities and The Alpha Group is making it possible.

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Nationwide Childrens Hospital Championship joins Web.com Tour Finals

Tournament Officials announced today a new name, date and format for the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. The Tournament, to be played the week of September 9-15, 2013, will help usher in a new era on the Web.com Tour as it will host the third of four tournaments that will

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Nationwide Childrens Hospital Launches Miracles At Play

Today, on Valentines Day, Nationwide Children’s Hospital joined with partners from Nationwide Insurance and the City of Columbus to introduce “Miracles At Play” – what the hospital hopes to be a community-wide movement aimed at celebrating the many miracles that take place