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Vaccine Enables Model to Clear Hepatitis C Virus and Prevent Persistence
 Vaccine Enables Model to Clear Hepatitis C Virus and Prevent Persistence 150 150 Kevin Mayhood
By: Kevin Mayhood

Scientists are conceptualizing an effective HCV vaccine using a new animal model. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) subverts responses of immune cells, resulting in chronic infection in more than 71 million people worldwide. The virus causes 1.79 million new infections and 399,000 deaths worldwide annually.…

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Keeping Young Patients With Congenital Heart Disease Connected to Care
 Keeping Young Patients With Congenital Heart Disease Connected to Care 150 150 Mary Bates, PhD
By: Mary Bates, PhD

Race, type of insurance and severity of disease affect likelihood of experiencing a lapse in care for CHD patients younger than 5 years. Lapse in care is prevalent among congenital heart disease survivors by age five, with nonwhites demonstrating elevated risk, according to a…

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Improving Care for Adolescents and Young Women With Pelvic Pain: Highlights From New ACOG Guidelines
 Improving Care for Adolescents and Young Women With Pelvic Pain: Highlights From New ACOG Guidelines 1024 683 Geri Hewitt, MD
By: Geri Hewitt, MD

Between 50 and 90 percent of adolescents and young women report dysmenorrhea- and endometriosis-related pelvic pain. Pediatricians and primary care doctors have many opportunities to recognize and treat these conditions, leading to enhanced quality of life and better long-term reproductive outcomes for these patients.…

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A Simple Measure to Help Early Detection of Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy in Infants
 A Simple Measure to Help Early Detection of Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy in Infants 150 150 Jeb Phillips
By: Jeb Phillips

An easily derived Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination asymmetry score, in combination with the total HINE score, differentiates typically developing infants from those with hemiplegic CP. While cerebral palsy can now be diagnosed at 6 months of age – allowing for earlier interventions and better…

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National Survey of Emergency Department Management of Self-Harm Highlights Successes, Room for Improvement
 National Survey of Emergency Department Management of Self-Harm Highlights Successes, Room for Improvement 150 150 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

Only 15 percent of hospitals surveyed routinely provided all recommended safety planning elements. Approximately half a million patients in the United States arrive in emergency departments (EDs) after deliberate self-harm annually. In the short term following the ED visit, these patients are at high…

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Simple Tip for Elbow Pinning: Adjust Your Wire Size
 Simple Tip for Elbow Pinning: Adjust Your Wire Size 150 150 Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES
By: Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHESKatherine (Katie) Brind’Amour is a freelance medical and health science writer based in Pennsylvania. She has written about nearly every therapeutic area for patients, doctors and the general public. Dr. Brind’Amour specializes in health…

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Clinical Trial Open for Patients With Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2E
 Clinical Trial Open for Patients With Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2E 150 150 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Abbie MillerAbbie (Roth) Miller, MS, MWC, is a passionate communicator of science. As the manager of medical and science content at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, she shares stories about innovative research and discovery with audiences ranging from parents to…

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Growth Hormone Also Has Metabolic Benefits
 Growth Hormone Also Has Metabolic Benefits 150 150 Mary Bates, PhD
By: Mary Bates, PhD

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Mary Bates, PhDMary a freelance science writer and blogger based in Boston. Her favorite topics include biology, psychology, neuroscience, ecology, and animal behavior. She has a BA in Biology-Psychology with a minor in English from Skidmore College in…

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A Multimodal Treatment Approach Produces Excellent Outcomes in Pediatric Paget-Schroetter Syndrome
 A Multimodal Treatment Approach Produces Excellent Outcomes in Pediatric Paget-Schroetter Syndrome 150 150 Jeb Phillips
By: Jeb Phillips

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Jeb PhillipsJeb is the Managing Editor, Executive Communications, in the Department of Marketing and Public Relations at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He contributes feature stories and research news to PediatricsOnline, the hospital’s electronic newsletter for physicians and other health…

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Do All Cystic Fibrosis Modulators Improve Killing of Bacteria?
 Do All Cystic Fibrosis Modulators Improve Killing of Bacteria? 150 150 Lauren Dembeck
By: Lauren Dembeck

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Lauren DembeckLauren Dembeck, PhD, is a freelance science and medical writer based in New York City. She completed her BS in biology and BA in foreign languages at West Virginia University. Dr. Dembeck studied the genetic basis of…

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Study Provides New Clinical Evidence That Avoids Painful Tests for Infants With Fever
 Study Provides New Clinical Evidence That Avoids Painful Tests for Infants With Fever 150 150 Nationwide Children's
By: Nationwide Children's
Insulin Resistance Appears to Disrupt Natural Defense Against Urinary Tract Infections
 Insulin Resistance Appears to Disrupt Natural Defense Against Urinary Tract Infections 150 150 Kevin Mayhood
By: Kevin Mayhood

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Kevin MayhoodKevin Mayhoodhttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/kevin-mayhood/January 5, 2015Probing for Links Between Psychotropic Drugs and Severe Liver DiseaseKevin Mayhoodhttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/kevin-mayhood/April 25, 2015Ebola in Children Creates Ethical QuandaryKevin Mayhoodhttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/kevin-mayhood/April 25, 2015To Rest or Not To Rest?Kevin Mayhoodhttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/kevin-mayhood/April 25, 2015Orphan Disease Seeks Parents, Funding

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Novel Approach to Patient Safety Proactively Addresses Common Health Care System Successes
 Novel Approach to Patient Safety Proactively Addresses Common Health Care System Successes 150 150 Katelyn Scott
By: Katelyn Scott

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Katelyn ScottKatelyn Scotthttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/katelyn-scott/January 26, 2016Appalachian and Urban Children Face Similar Health Care ChallengesKatelyn Scotthttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/katelyn-scott/May 1, 2019Suicide Attempts by Self-Poisoning Have More Than Doubled in Teens, Young AdultsKatelyn Scotthttps://pediatricsnationwide.org/author/katelyn-scott/November 1, 2019Newspapers Overlook Best Practices When Reporting a Celebrity Suicide…

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New Guidelines for Home Oxygen Therapy in Pediatric Patients
 New Guidelines for Home Oxygen Therapy in Pediatric Patients 150 150 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Abbie MillerAbbie (Roth) Miller, MS, MWC, is a passionate communicator of science. As the manager of medical and science content at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, she shares stories about innovative research and discovery with audiences ranging from parents to…

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Should “Non-High Risk Patients” With Uncomplicated Influenza be Given Antivirals?
 Should “Non-High Risk Patients” With Uncomplicated Influenza be Given Antivirals? 150 150 Michael T. Brady, MD
By: Michael T. Brady, MD

This question references a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is open to interpretation. For years, the CDC has recommended that all “hospitalized, severely ill and high-risk patients with suspected or confirmed influenza should be treated with antivirals.” Those at…

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A High Risk of Urological Diagnosis in Anorectal Malformations
 A High Risk of Urological Diagnosis in Anorectal Malformations 150 150 Jeb Phillips
By: Jeb Phillips

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Jeb PhillipsJeb is the Managing Editor, Executive Communications, in the Department of Marketing and Public Relations at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He contributes feature stories and research news to PediatricsOnline, the hospital’s electronic newsletter for physicians and other health…

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Predicting Subsequent Hip Slips in Children Using MRI
 Predicting Subsequent Hip Slips in Children Using MRI 150 150 Lauren Dembeck
By: Lauren Dembeck

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Lauren DembeckLauren Dembeck, PhD, is a freelance science and medical writer based in New York City. She completed her BS in biology and BA in foreign languages at West Virginia University. Dr. Dembeck studied the genetic basis of…

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Suicide Deaths Among Incarcerated Youth
 Suicide Deaths Among Incarcerated Youth 150 150 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Abbie MillerAbbie (Roth) Miller, MS, MWC, is a passionate communicator of science. As the manager of medical and science content at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, she shares stories about innovative research and discovery with audiences ranging from parents to…

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The Joys and Challenges of Rural Pediatrics
 The Joys and Challenges of Rural Pediatrics 1024 575 Jill Neff, DO
By: Jill Neff, DO

I often tell my medical students to choose not just a specialty but, first, a place where they want to live. Being happy with one’s life is more important than just being happy with one’s job. If a person prefers to live in a…

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A Novel Role for TGFβ in Boosting Anti-tumor Functions of Natural Killer Cells
 A Novel Role for TGFβ in Boosting Anti-tumor Functions of Natural Killer Cells 150 150 Bailey Dye
By: Bailey Dye

About the authorAuthorArticles by the Author Bailey DyeBailey is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at The Ohio State University, pursuing her graduate studies in the Center for Cardiovascular Research in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Her present research…

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