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Media Advisory: The Don Johnson Family Picnic for Nationwide Childrens Hospital patients living with diabetes and their families
The Don Johnson Family Picnic for Nationwide Children’s Hospital patients living with diabetes and their families is an afternoon ‘country hoedown’ picnic with food, games, magicians and face painting.
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Study: Researchers Identify Way to Increase Gene Therapy Success
Scientists in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have found a way to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to using viruses to deliver therapeutic genes: how to keep the immune system from neutralizing the virus before it can deliver its genetic payload.
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Abusive Head Trauma Injuries Linked to Socioeconomic Status, Age and Gender
A new study estimates that more than seven children under the age of five with abusive head trauma were treated each day in U.S. emergency departments between 2006 and 2009.
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Findings Announced from Landmark Study on Safety of Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
Initial results of a first and largest of its kind study focusing on the safety of adolescent bariatric surgery were published this week in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Local Bruegger's Bagels Hosts Free Coffee Day Today; Benefits Nationwide Children's Hospital
Bruegger’s Bagels hosts its annual Free Coffee Day today, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, and kicks off its annual fundraiser for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals with a coffee campaign that benefits children’s hospitals across the U.S.
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Genetic Signature Identified for RSV, the Leading Cause of Infant Hospitalizations Worldwide
Scientists have identified the genetic signature of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the leading cause of infant hospitalizations around the world. The work is a key step toward a better understanding of the immune response to RSV, which will aid the development of a vaccine and a tool that could
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New Study Helps Explain Why Some Ear and Respiratory Infections Become Chronic
Scientists have figured out how a bacterium that causes ear and respiratory illnesses is able to elude immune detection in the middle ear, likely contributing to chronic or recurrent infections in adults and children.
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PDL-1 Antibody Could Help Immune System Fight Off Influenza Viral Infection, Study Suggests
An antibody that blocks a component of a key signaling pathway in the respiratory airways could help the immune system rid the body of the influenza virus, a new study suggests.
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A Prescription for Touch: Early Experiences Shape Preterm Babies Brains
Newborn babies experience the world through touch. Now, researchers who have measured the brain responses of 125 infants—including babies who were born prematurely and others who went full-term—show that a baby’s earliest experiences of touch have lasting effects.
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First Implant Of Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve in Clinical Study
Nationwide Children’s Hospital today announced its first implant of the Medtronic Harmony™ Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV)—an investigational heart valve designed to help patients with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)—as part of a new clinical study that will evaluate the