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Helping Hands in India
14
Mar 2014
Helping Hands in India
The lives of six children with complex spine deformities and 21 children with hand and arm deformities have been dramatically improved thanks to the work of a surgical team from Cincinnati Children’s that traveled to India earlier this year. The trip, held Jan. 19-25, was the second of five annual visits planned to help children
By: Tim Bonfield | 1
Research and Discoveries
The Universe Within: Our Communications Equipment
05
Apr 2013
The Universe Within: Our Communications Equipment
Our ability to savor the sounds of our world depends on the remarkable machinery of the inner ear, where highly sensitive hair cells convert sound waves into electric pulses that the brain translates into music, spoken language, the sounds of nature and just plain noise. Zubair Ahmed, PhD, and Saima Riazuddin, PhD, two researchers in
By: Tim Bonfield | 1
Research and Discoveries
The Universe Within: The Highways of Our Minds
11
Mar 2013
The Universe Within: The Highways of Our Minds
Much like cities and towns connected by highways and streets, the neurons in our brains are connected by nerve fibers called dendrites and axons. Neurons are supported by other neural cells called astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s are studying how neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes form from neural stem cells during development and in
By: Tim Bonfield | 1
Volunteerism
Mission trip to India helps children with severe scoliosis
15
Feb 2013
Mission trip to India helps children with severe scoliosis
  Six children in India with complex spine deformities are standing straight and healthy today thanks to a mission trip led by surgeons from Cincinnati Children’s. The surgical team was headed by renowned spine surgeon Alvin Crawford, MD, and was organized by Shital Parikh, MD, a surgeon in our Division of Orthopedic Surgery. The team
By: Tim Bonfield | 5
Research and Discoveries
The Universe Within: From stem cells to real tissue
23
Jan 2013
The Universe Within: From stem cells to real tissue
In late 2010, researchers at Cincinnati Children’s became the first team to successfully convert human skin cells into fully functioning intestinal tissue. This breakthrough in stem cell science eventually may allow doctors to repair organ damage by using the patient’s own cells to grow replacement tissue. This image of the functioning tissue was produced by
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Research and Discoveries
The Universe Within: Holiday Visions
23
Dec 2012
The Universe Within: Holiday Visions
Imagine taking a fantastic voyage deep into your own eye. As you get smaller and smaller, the world around you becomes surreal. This is the developing retina of a mouse, as seen under a powerful confocal microscope. The green structures depict blood vessels reaching out to form new branches. The red objects are myeloid cells
By: Tim Bonfield | 1
Research and Discoveries
The Universe Within: Tiny Cathedrals
26
Nov 2012
The Universe Within: Tiny Cathedrals
The stained glass architecture of these insulin-producing cells found deep inside a mouse pancreas brings new meaning to the idea that our bodies are temples.  Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s are studying these cell groups, known as islets of Langerhans, to learn more about diabetes – a disease that has been rising along with the obesity
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Research and Discoveries
Study shows pot, pregnancy don’t mix
15
Oct 2012
Study shows pot, pregnancy don’t mix
Smoking marijuana during pregnancy may be more dangerous than you think, according to the latest research from Cincinnati Children’s. A study led by Sudhansu K. Dey, PhD, director of the Division of Reproductive Science at Cincinnati Children’s, and his colleagues reports that pregnant mice have trouble forming healthy placentas if they have abnormal levels of
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Research and Discoveries
The Universe Within: Wired for Action
27
Sep 2012
The Universe Within: Wired for Action
This is your brain. Actually, this is your brain’s white matter as seen using a technique called diffusion tensor imaging. White matter and grey matter are the brain’s two main components. White matter, actually pinkish white to the naked eye, works like wiring inside the brain. The tissue transmits signals from one region of the
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Safety and Prevention
 

01
Sep 2012
Relief Begins After Hurricane Isaac
Kevin Titus, business director for the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Cincinnati Children’s, has headed to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to help nearly 900 American Red Cross volunteers working to provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Isaac. He is working as the public affairs manager for the entire disaster operation in Mississippi. “My primary role is to ensure that all
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Research and Discoveries
The Universe Within: Exploring Mysteries of the Mind
27
Aug 2012
The Universe Within: Exploring Mysteries of the Mind
Much of what makes us human comes from a part of the brain called the telencephalon, also known as the forebrain. This region controls cognition, emotion and how we move. Inside the forebrain is an area called the amygdala, which plays a major role in controlling emotion. Cincinnati Children’s researchers Kenneth Campbell, PhD and Ronald
By: Tim Bonfield | 1
Research and Discoveries
 

04
Aug 2012
Learning from dummies
They sweat. They bleed. They moan. They make great teachers. Patient simulator mannequins play a growing role in training medical students, residents, nurses and other staff at Cincinnati Children’s, especially in critical care. Traditionally, healthcare teaches technical skills, or algorithms of care, but equally important for patient safety and positive outcomes are non-technical skills like
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Vaccines
 

20
Jul 2012
Rotavirus vaccines making a global difference
From Cincinnati to Mexico to Belgium to Australia, vaccines to protect against rotavirus are significantly reducing deaths and hospitalizations from severe childhood diarrhea. Worldwide, rotavirus causes more than 453,000 deaths a year, according to the latest mortality estimates. That’s down from a pre-vaccine estimate of 527,000 deaths a year from the World Health Organization (WHO).
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

29
Jun 2012
The Universe Within: Innovation Starts With An ‘Eye’
This is the compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster , more commonly known as the fruit fly. Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s use fruit flies as models to learn about the genetic and molecular roots of vision disorders.  Although the structure of a fruit fly eye appears very different than a human eye, they have a surprising
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Hospital Operations
 

14
May 2012
Allergy-safe foods go on sale
As a national leader in treating kids with eosinophilic disorders and severe food allergies, Cincinnati Children’s often becomes a home away from home for families seeking our highly specialized care. Now our guests with allergies can count on finding something they too can enjoy at our hospital cafeteria. Starting today, patients, families and employees who
By: Tim Bonfield | 1
Featured Faces
 

05
Apr 2012
Excited About Opening Day
We know one young Reds fan who is excited that Joey Votto is staying put in Cincinnati for a while! Watch Brody’s story here and Happy Opening Day everyone! Go Reds!
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Ghana 2012
 

02
Apr 2012
Ghana 2012: Fulfilling, humbling experience
(Reported by Della Heiman and Cliff Goldkind, volunteer members of the Ghana 2012 mission, organized by the Colorectal Center at Cincinnati Children’s) As the team gathered at the Accra Airport Holiday Inn for one final dinner, one final speech by Dr. Levitt, and one final group photo, the air was filled with pride, camaraderie, and
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Ghana 2012
 

24
Mar 2012
Ghana 2012: Big mission requires months of planning
It takes a lot of work to schedule patients, obtain supplies and arrange the staff to run three operating rooms for a week. It takes even more work when the operating rooms are located on another continent. So when a team of 34 surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses and volunteers assembled in Ghana this weekend to begin a week-long surgical mission
By: Tim Bonfield | 2
Ghana 2012
 

23
Mar 2012
Ghana 2012: Surgeon returns to childhood home
For Leslie Ayensu-Coker, MD, next week’s surgical mission trip to Ghana is more than a chance to help young girls with complex gynecological conditions. It’s an opportunity to bring her skills to her childhood home. Ayensu-Coker is an expert in the surgical repair of congenital reproductive anomalies, reproductive genetics and other conditions affecting young women. She joined Cincinnati Children’s
By: Tim Bonfield | 0
Ghana 2012
 

22
Mar 2012
Ghana 2012: Nurse prepares for first medical mission
Sarah-Ross Tolin, RN, is about to fly off for the experience of a lifetime. She’s one of a dozen registered nurses and registered certified nurse anesthetists joining a surgical mission led by the Colorectal Center at Cincinnati Children’s to the West African nation of Ghana. The team includes 34 surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses and other volunteers who will spend
By: Tim Bonfield | 0

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