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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
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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
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,
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Research and Discoveries
 

15
Dec 2010
A Gutsy Scientific Breakthrough
A new breakthrough in stem cell research at Cincinnati Children’s is a critical first step to one day being able to grow new intestinal tissue that can be transplanted into patients with gastrointestinal disease. Published online Dec. 12 by the journal Nature, the study opens the door to new studies exploring the use of highly
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Research and Discoveries
 

10
Nov 2010
Healthy eating before pregnancy important – for dads?
Pregnant moms carry most of the responsibility for an unborn baby’s health. They’re the ones taking prenatal vitamins, drinking more milk, being more careful with their diet. But dads aren’t off the hook, says a Chicago Tribune article referencing a recent study. The study shows a direct link between dads’ diets and the health of
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Research and Discoveries
 

03
Nov 2010
Working Together to Improve Treatment of ADHD
Information is power – and the sharing of information among doctors and researchers is one of the best ways to empower physicians to better diagnose and treat ADHD, a chronic condition that affects about 4.5 million children nationwide.  The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued evidence-based guidelines for ADHD care, but most pediatricians and
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Chronic Care Networks
 

28
Oct 2010
Enhanced registry a new chapter in chronic care
Imagine if a doctor, treating a young patient with a chronic illness, could have instant access to information from others all around the U.S. on the latest treatments and protocols, how their patients are responding, and what practices are leading to better outcomes. Imagine if that information were available in real time, as the patients
By: Blog Editorial Team | 0
Health Care Public Policy
 

05
Oct 2010
Comparative effectiveness research must include kids
Comparative effectiveness research is all the rage in medical and political circles these days. It’s the simple-sounding concept of comparing treatments and interventions to figure out which one is best for which patients. It’s not something we’ve done a lot of in medicine, but that’s about the change. As part of this year’s health care
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

16
Aug 2010
Early puberty raises physical and emotional issues
The news out of Cincinnati Children’s last week that the age of onset of puberty in girls continues to decline made headlines around the world. A study by Frank Biro, MD, director of Adolescent Medicine, showed that the number of 7- and 8-year-old girls who have breast development is greater than that indicated in studies
By: Jim Feuer | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

26
Jul 2010
Parental Job Loss Leads to Kids Losing Health Coverage
Take a moment to imagine a large quantity of something – it can be anything. Got it? Ok, so how much of “something” did you imagine? One hundred? One-hundred thousand? These are both considered large quantities, yet both values pale in comparison to 15.3 million currently unemployed Americans. Now consider that the majority of these
By: Gerry Fairbrother, Ph.D. | 0
Health Care Public Policy
 

23
Jul 2010
Senator Brown says efforts are “woefully short”
In pediatric medical circles, we take any opportunity to remind anyone who will listen that “children are not small adults.” We make the distinction because treating children takes special care. You can’t just take adult medicine and “cut it down to size” for children. Unfortunately, when it comes to disease and treatment research, children take
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Technology
 

26
May 2010
Neighborhood-specific identification of preterm birth risks
We all know computers can do amazing things. But reduce preterm births? No way, right? Well, maybe. One of our neonatologists presented research at the annual meeting of Pediatric Academic Societies earlier this month that explains how. Through computer analysis of geographical information, our researchers have begun to identify neighborhood-specific risk factors for preterm birth.
By: Kate Setter | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

28
Apr 2010
A vision for child health in Northern Kentucky
A report released today by Cincinnati Children’s and the strategic planning initiative Vision 2015 indicates that many children in Northern Kentucky face a future of poor health as they are threatened by unhealthy environments.  If you’re not familiar with Cincinnati-area geography, Northern Kentucky (NKY) is a large part of the greater Cincinnati community and as
By: Kate Setter | 0
Health Care Reform
 

23
Apr 2010
HHS chief continues to trumpet health care I-T
Continuing a refrain she used during her visit to Cincinnati Children’s a couple weeks ago, Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of  Health and Human Services, told a group of reporters from across the country that making improvement in health care information technology is what the future of medicine is all about. “The investment we make in health
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Health Care Quality
 

14
Apr 2010
Time to work on real quality in health care reform
There was a time that when the feds talked about quality in terms of Medicare and Medicaid, they were referring to fraud. If you weren’t stealing, you ran a quality program. Times have changed, thankfully. It’s still wrong to steal, of course, but today when quality health care is on the table, we’re talking about
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

19
Feb 2010
Closing in on prematurity one molecular-sized baby step at a time
Solving the puzzle of unacceptably high prematurity rates in the United States isn’t just a matter of finding the right pieces and fitting them together. It can also require doing something extraordinary before even knowing where to look. Experts say the compatible puzzle pieces are in data that detail the vital, delicate and symbiotic relationship
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Research and Discoveries
 

27
Jan 2010
Data is key to understanding prematurity
In November, I introduced the issue of prematurity as one that we care deeply about at Cincinnati Children’s. Since that time, the March of Dimes has issued their annual report card, and the news for Ohio isn’t good.  In the state-by-state assessment of infant mortality, a statistic that is largely based on preterm births, Ohio
By: Kate Setter | 0
Research and Discoveries
 

13
Jan 2010
Consistent funding the right prescription for biomedical research
The effectiveness of biomedical research in the United States is undermined by an inconsistent “bust-boom-bust” funding cycle, according to an editorial written by Thomas F. Boat, M.D., a physician in the Department of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Appearing Jan. 13 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the editorial offers commentary on an
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Health Care Quality
 

11
Jan 2010
It’s Epic: Health Care IT and quality improvement
Something very significant happened early Sunday morning at Cincinnati Children’s. Something the patients and their families didn’t even notice. But something that was a major step toward making their care safer and more effective. The techies among us call it a giant “go live.” You may think of it as “flipping the switch.” The bottom
By: Thomas McCormally | 0
Health Care Quality
 

04
Jan 2010
A Quality New Year
The Ohio Department of Health started off the New Year on the right foot by launching a consumer-friendly website allowing people to compare quality (and eventually pricing) data of Ohio hospitals.  The ODH’s new Ohio Hospital Compare website went live January 1. While only four pediatric measures are included in this first go-round, significantly more
By: Jim Feuer | 0

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