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07
Mar 2012
Eating disorders: the impact, the signs
Last week marked National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, and while we recognize the tardiness of this blog post, we didn’t want to completely miss an excellent opportunity to give due recognition to this group of conditions, the life-altering impact they have on families and the experts that are dedicated to helping people who suffer with
By: Blog Editorial Team | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

29
Feb 2012
Ridding the world of meningitis
Even in a world of modern antibiotics, meningitis maintains a stubborn foothold.This bacterial infection of membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord continues to kill or permanently disable an alarming number of infants, children and adults. Effective vaccination programs against the two most common causes of meningitis mean that today it primarily affects low and
By: Blog Editorial Team | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

10
Feb 2012
Discover the source, prevent the problem: the never ending quest
The news is never short on stories about efforts to make healthcare more effective, more affordable and that endless quest to find new treatments for terrible diseases. Humankind constantly puts together its greatest minds and newest technologies, and then invents even newer technologies, for this cause. Could it be that a thought from our long-distant past
By: Blog Editorial Team | 1
Rare and Complex Conditions
 

02
Feb 2012
Could Your Child Have Tourette Syndrome?
The following article was written by Jeannette Moninger and published by iVillage.   Recently, 12 teenage girls who attend the same upstate New York high school suddenly began experiencing uncontrollable movements and sounds called “tics,” which are common symptoms of Tourette Syndrome. Although experts say these teens most likely are suffering from a psychological disorder — Tourette’s
By: Blog Editorial Team | 2
Safety and Prevention
 

27
Jan 2012
Digital Life, Childhood and Pediatrics – Apologies to Norman Rockwell
Were he alive today, one might wonder how Norman Rockwell would portray childhood in a world increasingly obsessed with digital media. Maybe Mr. Rockwell’s images would be of kids wearing earplugs hooked to iPods, cell phones in hand, their fingers furiously texting, sitting in front of a computer and playing video games. Not one at
By: Blog Editorial Team | 1
Safety and Prevention
 

20
Jan 2012
Helping find food security for families in need
New training is helping doctors in the Pediatric Primary Care Center at Cincinnati Children’s diagnose food insecurity in local families.Cuts in the federal WIC program, which provides vouchers for families to help buy infant formula, cereal and other nutrition basics, mean many families coming into the hospital’s two primary care clinics can’t afford to buy a
By: Blog Editorial Team | 2
Safety and Prevention
My 7 year old still wets the bed. Should I be concerned?
12
Jan 2012
My 7 year old still wets the bed. Should I be concerned?
Learn why bedwetting at age 7 is a common problem among children and how parents can help fix the problem.
By: Blog Editorial Team | 5
Research and Discoveries
 

06
Jan 2012
Heavy Metal Back on Radar Screen
Lead never really goes away. The heavy metal doesn’t degrade. So, once a person is exposed and gets lead in their system, it tends to hang around and cause a lot of trouble – sort of like a gift from Hell that just keeps on giving. And that’s if someone doesn’t get a high enough
By: Blog Editorial Team | 1
Research and Discoveries
 

07
Dec 2011
Research raises important new questions about sports concussions in kids
Sports-related concussions continue to be a frequent topic in the media, and new research from Cincinnati Children’s sheds important new light on concussions involving younger athletes. A study recently published by the journal Pediatrics raises questions about how soon student athletes who suffer concussions should return to the sports they play, or perhaps even to school. Led
By: Blog Editorial Team | 1
Childhood Obesity
 

14
Sep 2011
Teach Young Athletes the Goldilocks Principle: Not too Much, Not too Little, but Exercise That’s Just Right
When it comes to physical activity in children and adolescents, we often see two extremes. Inactivity is widely known as a contributing factor of obesity, but too much physical activity can be harmful to children as well. According to Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, kids should be active for at least one hour per day
By: Nicholas M. Edwards, MD, MPH | 1
Safety and Prevention
 

08
Sep 2011
9/11 and Kids: Talk About It!
The explosive impact of the planes, the unfathomable collapse of the towers, panic in the debris-clouded streets, stunned faces, grieving families. The inescapable images of Sept. 11 that overwhelmed us a decade ago will once again dominate the airwaves as we mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Reliving the trauma of that day
By: Blog Editorial Team | 0
Uncategorized
 

31
Aug 2011
Guest post from Jill Sunderland, mom extraordinaire
Our family traveled to Washington DC the last week of July as part of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals Family Advocacy Day to share our story with members of Congress and to advocate for Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) as well as Medicaid. When we were asked to do this, we said yes
By: Blog Editorial Team | 1
Research and Discoveries
 

24
Aug 2011
Major leaguer’s 22q strikeout pitch visits Cincinnati Children’s
Most people know Ryan Dempster as an all-star pitcher who once played for the Cincinnati Reds and now takes the mound for the Chicago Cubs. Dempster’s real heroics, however, are not found in the blazing speed of his fast ball. Through the Dempster Family Foundation, Dempster and his family devote time, energy and financial resources
By: Blog Editorial Team | 1
Research and Discoveries
 

12
Aug 2011
A competitive edge for academic biomedical research
Every year hope is put on hold as promising medical research is delayed while scientists struggle to obtain rare resources vital to their work. The resources are patient tissue and blood samples containing cells, plasma, serum, DNA, RNA and other biological components that help form the building blocks of life. They are essential to research
By: Blog Editorial Team | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

10
Aug 2011
Using flies and fish to unravel the mysteries of human health
The ongoing debate over what constitutes wasteful government spending spurred a recent dinner conversation among friends over the use of federal tax dollars to study reproductive sciences in small fish and insects. The discussion meandered into someone asking what the study of such matters has to do with the well being of people. Talk about
By: Blog Editorial Team | 0
Chronic Care Networks
 

13
Jul 2011
IBD Collaboration Continues to Gain Traction
One of the exciting things about my role at Cincinnati Children’s is being part of initiatives that are truly changing the way we approach healthcare and improve the quality of life for children and their families. A great example is the work underway on inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, that is having significant impacts on
By: Peter Margolis, MD, PhD | 1
Research and Discoveries
 

27
Jun 2011
Genetically altered virus tracks down early tumors
Cincinnati Children’s scientists have genetically re-engineered a herpes virus to track down early stage cancers and prompt tumor cells to secrete a detectable biomarker that reveals their presence. The research, published in the online journal PLoS (Public Library of Science) One, was covered by Scientific American. Timothy Cripe, MD, the cancer physician and research scientist
By: Blog Editorial Team | 0
Health Care Public Policy
 

12
May 2011
Ohio Budget Bill Puts Children’s Hospitals at Risk
Ohio has the best statewide network of children’s hospitals in the country. Thanks to the high quality, cost effective care at six freestanding children’s hospitals across the state — in Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Akron, Toledo and Cleveland — no child in Ohio is more than a two-hour drive from a flagship hospital. Today, however, we
By: Michael Fisher | 0
Health Care Quality
 

19
Apr 2011
Collaboration Advances Preemie Care and Lowers Costs
Not long ago, hospitals worked independently and information about medical advances in patient care was shared only in professional journals or at medical conferences. Today, however, evidence-based collaboration is the name of the quality improvement game that’s advancing child health and reducing its related costs – as proven once again by the Ohio Perinatal Quality
By: Barbara Rose RN MPH | 1
Research and Discoveries
 

14
Apr 2011
Home safety devices are worth the effort
If you’ve ever wondered exactly how much safer your home would be for small children by using safety devices such as stair gates and cabinet locks, we now have a precise number for you. Seventy percent. About 2,800 U.S. children die each year from preventable injuries in the home, and millions more are treated in
By: K.J. Phelan MD | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

01
Apr 2011
Cincinnati Region Leading in Successful Deliveries of the Smallest Preemies
Cincinnati Children’s is leading the way in meeting national goals for delivering the smallest preemies at the places that are best equipped to handle them. A compendium of U.S. Public Health Services/Department of Health and Social Services goals and objectives, Healthy People 2010, calls for delivering 90 percent of very low birth weight infants in
By: Jim Greenberg MD | 0
Heart Conditions
 

24
Feb 2011
The right care for grown up heart kids
Of the 600,000 American adults with congenital heart disease, fewer than 50,000 are believed to be treated by cardiologists trained to care for them. That’s largely because advances in pediatric heart surgery and cardiac care have increased the lifespan of these patients, who either stop going to cardiologists when they reach adulthood or show up
By: Gary D. Webb MD | 0
Health Care Public Policy
 

16
Feb 2011
Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education funding in jeopardy
The 2012 federal budget, offered to Congress on Monday Feb. 14, would eliminate the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program. As Dr. Tom DeWitt discussed here last week, since the program’s inception in 1999, this funding has helped ensure children receive care from pediatric specialists trained to meet their unique health care needs. “The
By: Blog Editorial Team | 1
Research and Discoveries
 

10
Feb 2011
A booster shot for the medicine of tomorrow
It made the news in Cincinnati when the state of Ohio’s Third Frontier program awarded a $2 million grant to Cincinnati Children’s to commercially develop new biomedical discoveries from the medical center. Understandably, the grant didn’t generate much coverage outside of the city. Still, the potential significance of the grant extends well beyond Cincinnati’s borders,
By: Blog Editorial Team | 1
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