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Nationwide Childrens Hospital Offers Kenpo Personal Defense Program
Nationwide Childrens Hospital is offering a self-defense program Kenpo Personal Defense for children age 12-years or older. This interactive program teaches the basics of personal protection.
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Propranolol for Hemangiomas
Does your child have a Hemangioma? Learn more about how propranolol can be used to treat it.
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Columbus Childrens Hospital Named One of Americas Top 10 Childrens Hospitals by Child Magazine
Child magazine today announced the results of its fourth exclusive survey to identify the best children's hospitals in America and for the first time Columbus Children's Hospital is selected among the top 10 by securing sixth place.
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American Academy of Pediatrics Releases First Policy Statement on Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released its first policy statement for the multidisciplinary care of metabolic or bariatric surgery for pediatric patients with severe obesity. The statement, published in Pediatrics, provides recommendations for practitioners and policy makers, and accompanies a technical report which provides additional details and supporting evidence.
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Nationwide Foundation Pediatric Innovation Fund Accelerating Lifesaving Progress at Newly-Formed Institute For Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Childrens Hospital
The Nationwide Foundation today announced a new $10 million gift for the Nationwide Foundation Pediatric Innovation Fund at Nationwide Children’s Hospital to help accelerate the most promising research and clinical discoveries at Nationwide Children’s.
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Smoke Alarms Using Mother’s Voice Wake Children Better than High-Pitch Tone Alarms
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – When residential fires happen at night while people are sleeping, deaths are more likely to occur. Smoke alarms are important for preventing these deaths, yet many young children don’t wake up to traditional high-pitch tone alarms.
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Study Finds Significant Increase in Number and Severity of Suicide-Related Calls to U.S. Poison Control Centers Involving Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers
In a new study, researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital analyzed the 549,807 calls made to Poison Control Centers (PCCs) in the US for suicide-related cases involving OTC analgesics from 2000 through 2018 and found that both the overall number and rate of these cases increased significantly by 57% and 34%, respectively, during this period.
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Jaimie D. Nathan, MD, Achieves Surgical Milestone: 100th TPIAT Procedure
Nationwide Children’s Hospital congratulates Jaimie D. Nathan, MD, on a significant milestone in an advanced procedure known as a total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT). Dr. Nathan performed his 100th TPIAT on September 19, 2023.
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Antibiotics alone successfully treat uncomplicated appendicitis in children
Appendicitis is the most common cause for emergency abdominal surgery in childhood, affecting 80,000 children in the United States each year, but nonoperative treatment options are viable.
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Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Dayton Children’s Hospital Announce Cancer, Blood Disorder and Bone Marrow Transplant Collaborative
The collaborative will enhance services, create more research opportunities for both institutions and allow more patients from the Dayton region to stay closer to home during treatment.