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Broken Bones 101
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Broken Bones 101

Kids are experts at testing gravity—so fractures are bound to happen. Learn how to tell a break from a bad sprain, what to do if a bone is sticking out, when splinting at home is helpful, and why today’s casts and treatments are often lighter, cooler, and easier for kids to manage.

What Running Distances Are Safe for Children?
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What Running Distances Are Safe for Children?

The American Academy of Pediatrics supports running and gives some helpful recommendations for families considering whether to have their children compete in longer distances, such as a 5K race or longer.

Helping Your Preterm Baby Learn to Eat: Why Early Oral Stimulation Matters
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Helping Your Preterm Baby Learn to Eat: Why Early Oral Stimulation Matters

Learn how skin-to-skin time, pacifier practice, and non-nutritive breast/chest feeding help preterm babies in the NICU develop coordinated sucking, swallowing, and breathing so they can transition from tube feeds to successful oral feeding.

Is a Baby with a Flat Head Normal?
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Is a Baby with a Flat Head Normal?

Learn why back-sleeping is still the safest choice, when to talk with your pediatrician, and easy ways to help your baby’s head round out over time with tummy time, position changes, and play.

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Study Shows Younger Children Experience Persistent Symptoms Following Concussion

A new study from researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital finds that while a toddler’s concussion experience is often different than an older child’s, symptoms can last just as long.

Helping Children (and Parents) Prepare for an MRI
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Helping Children (and Parents) Prepare for an MRI

MRIs can feel loud and scary—especially for kids—but practice can make a big difference. Discover how Nationwide Children’s MRI simulator and radiology child life specialists help children rehearse the experience, build coping skills, and, in many cases, complete their scan safely without anesthesia.

Planning Family Vacations With an Extra Guest: Bleeding Disorders
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Planning Family Vacations With an Extra Guest: Bleeding Disorders

A bleeding disorder doesn’t have to keep your family close to home. With some extra planning, you can still enjoy vacations and new adventures together. Learn how to choose a destination with the right medical resources, pick safe and fun activities, and work with your hemophilia treatment center to create a travel treatment plan so you can focus on making memories—not worrying “what if.”

How to Choose an Urgent Care
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How to Choose an Urgent Care

Middle-of-the-night earache? Weekend sports injury? Not every illness or accident needs the ER—but not every urgent care is right for kids, either. Learn how to tell what’s an emergency, what can wait, and how to choose an urgent care center with true pediatric expertise, including options from Nationwide Children’s in Central Ohio.

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