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Factor Program

The Homecare Factor Program supports patients who use Factor: a medication used to treat hemophilia.

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Resources for Patients

At Nationwide Children's, we've created an online community for our patients and potential patients. Learn about upcoming support groups, past events and enroll in our patient education series.

Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents

The 10 million children who have had a parent incarcerated face social, behavioral and health challenges. Nationwide Children’s Hospital has recently finished piloting a program – perhaps the first of its kind from a children’s hospital – that focuses on the well-being of these children and their families.

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Multi-View Videofluoroscopic Speech Study (MVSS)

A multi-view videofluoroscopic speech study, or MVSS, is a procedure to see how the palate functions during speech. It is basically an x-ray movie taken while the child talks.

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Pai Lab

The Pai Lab studies the factors that influence how patients and their families manage prescribed treatments to manage a medical condition or illness. In addition, we develop and test interventions so that families feel confident, supported and can accurately deliver their child's prescribed treatments at home.

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Why Your Child Might Need Home-Based Palliative Care

Home health care is often thought of for elderly patients, to allow them to reside at home while receiving ongoing nursing care or therapies. However, there is a wide variety of at-home health care services that can be provided to children.

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New Study Uncovers the Dangers of Portable Pools

As the weather gets warmer, many parents will turn to pools to keep their family cool. Due to their low cost and ease of use, portable pools - which include wading pools, inflatable pools and soft-sided, self-rising pools - have become an increasingly popular alternative to expensive in-ground

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Study: Youth Prescription Opioid Overdoses Increased During Early Stages of COVID-19 Pandemic

New research from experts at Nationwide Children’s Hospital shows a spike in emergency department visits among youth for prescription opioid overdoses during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the need for increased prevention efforts for children and teens.

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Bicycle-related Injuries Send 25 Children to Emergency Departments Every Hour

A new study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, published online in Accident Analysis & Prevention, found that from January 2006 through December 2015, more than 2.2 million children age 5-17 years were treated in US hospital emergency departments for bicycle-related injuries. This averages 608 cases per day or 25 every hour.