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Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (SMART) for Asthma

SMART is a type of therapy to help control moderate to severe asthma in children that are at least 4 years old. With SMART, your child will use 1 inhaler each day that has 2 medicines in it rather than 2 separate inhalers.

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Fungus Among Us: What Patients and Parents Need to Know About Histoplasmosis

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection that’s especially common in the Ohio River Valley. Learn how children are exposed, which symptoms to watch for, who is at higher risk for serious illness, and when to seek medical care.

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Malerba Lab Staff

Paola Malerba, PhD Principal Investigator Paola Malerba, PhD, is an applied mathematician who has dedicated her studies to neuroscientific research. Her work focuses on understanding how neural networks produce brain rhythms and what role they play in brain function.

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Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

In this Helping Hand™ document, we discuss pertussis, also known as whooping cough. Pertussis is an infection of the respiratory tract caused by bacteria. The bacteria are easily spread by breathing in droplets from an infected person who coughs or sneezes. Call 911 if your child stops breathing.

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Why Your Toddler is Biting and Hitting

First published November 2011 Updated March 2026 Biting and hitting are common problems during the toddler years, and whether your child is on the giving or receiving end, your goal is the same: to have the behavior stop.

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Meet Our Fellows

Learn more about the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellows training at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Mosquito-borne diseases are spread to people and animals by the bite of an infected mosquito.

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Urgent Care or Emergency Department: Which One Is Right for Your Child's Needs?

Not so long ago, parents had two choices for after-hours medical care: wait for the doctor’s office to open or head to the local emergency room. Today’s parent has more choices, including urgent care centers, grocery store clinics and the newest player in town – the stand-alone ER.

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Stem Cell Transplant: Who Can Benefit and Who Can Be the Donor?

A stem cell transplant is a treatment that involves infusing hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells from a donor into a recipient. The collection of infused stem cells is called the stem cell “graft.”