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Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Childrens Hospital Offers New U Jr. Program
The Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Childrens Hospital introduces the New U Jr. Program a 10-week Medical Lifestyle Behavior Change Program designed for children 6 to 10 years who struggle with their weight.* The program includes individualized care; nutrition counsel; fun and
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Investigators Identify Gene Mutations that Predispose Patients with Becker Muscular Dystrophy to Early Onset Cardiomyopathy
Investigators in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have identified a link between specific modifications of the dystrophin gene and the age of cardiac disease onset in patients with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD).
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Central Ohio Child, Family Travel to Capitol Hill to Advocate for Childrens Health Care
One family is taking their story from Union County to Capitol Hill to thank members of Congress for supporting Nationwide Children’s Hospital and ask them to take action on important child health legislation this year.
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Time For 10! Physical Activity Program Impacts Young Students in Ohios Schools
As May is recognized as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, Ohio First Lady Karen Waldbillig Kasich and Nationwide Children’s Hospital recognize their continued partnership on the Time For 10! program – a statewide physical activity program aimed to make guided exercise easy and
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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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Nationwide Childrens Hospital Appoints Dr. David Axelson as Chief of Psychiatry
Dr. David A. Axelson, MD, has been appointed chief of Psychiatry and medical director of Behavioral Health at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He will also serve as chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Ohio State’s Wexner Medical
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Kids' Behavior and the Full Moon
The full moon. Some said it had the power to turn a sleeping human into a ferocious wolf-like creature—if the poor soul drank rainwater out of a wolf’s footprint before falling asleep outside on certain cloudless summer nights.
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The One Chip Challenge: Too Hot to Handle
While it may seem harmless to eat a single chip, these contain two of the hottest peppers in the world. The immediate effects felt after eating the chip come from the presence of capsaicin and can lead to dangerous side effects.
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Nationwide Children's Hospital, Arnold Sports Festival to Team Up for Health Through 2014
Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Arnold Sports Festival announced today a five-year partnership that names the hospital as both a philanthropic beneficiary and official youth sports health partner for the Arnold Sports Festival.
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Vocal Fold Nodules
Vocal fold or vocal cord nodules are small, non-cancerous growths on your child’s vocal cords. They are often caused by voice abuse. Over time, your child’s repeated misuse of the vocal folds results in soft, swollen spots on each vocal fold.