Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center


Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) was founded in 1833 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The hospital medical center is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati. Noteworthy, among CCHMC achievements include, an award for exemplary research in Pediatric care from the National Institutes of Health, consistent funding by the NIH, and is one of the five training centers for pediatric care in the USA.

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3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039

News Office

Email

nicholas [dot] miller [at] cchmc [dot] org

Phone

513-803-6035

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Contact

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thomas.mccormally@cchmc.org

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Exposure to lead, tobacco smoke raises risk of ADHD

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children exposed prenatally to tobacco smoke and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.


Doctors' tests often miss high blood pressure in kids with kidney disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who show normal blood pressure readings at the doctor's office have high blood pressure when tested at home, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of ...


Scientists successfully reprogram blood cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers have transplanted genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells into mice so that their developing red blood cells produce a critical lysosomal enzyme -preventing or reducing organ and central nervous system damage ...


All dressed-up and nowhere to go: Inappropriate clothing prevents children playing outside

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents who dress their children in inappropriate clothing could be inadvertently hampering their child's physical activity in childcare settings. The study, reported in BioMed Central's open access journal, International Jo ...


Pandemic flu vaccine campaigns may be undermined by coincidental medical events

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The effectiveness of pandemic flu vaccination campaigns - like that now underway for H1N1 - could be undermined by the public incorrectly associating coincidental and unrelated health events with the vaccines.


Open innovation networks are one key to improved care

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fostering innovation to speed the improvement of health care is the goal of an $8.3 million grant to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.


The making of mucus in common lung diseases

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In the lung, mucus is produced by cells known as goblet cells, which are present in small numbers in the walls of the lungs and airways.


Children with newly diagnosed epilepsy at risk for cognitive problems

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children who have normal IQs before they experience a first seizure may also have problems with language, memory, learning and other cognitive skills, according to a study published in the August 12, 2009, online issue of ...


More than half of Texas physicians do not always recommend HPV vaccine to girls

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends the human papillomavirus vaccination for all 11- and 12-year-old girls, but results of a recent survey showed that more than half of Texas physicians do not follow ...


PET can help guide treatment decisions for a common pediatric cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study published in the August issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) is an important tool for depicting the extent of neuroblastoma in some patients, particularly for th ...


Experimental treatment halts hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in newborns

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inhibiting an enzyme in the brains of newborns suffering from oxygen and blood flow deprivation stops a type of brain damage that is a leading cause of cerebral palsy, mental retardation and death, according to researchers ...


Scientists link immune system's natural killer cells to infant liver disease

Scientists link immune system's natural killer cells to infant liver disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have linked an overactive response by one of the immune system's key weapons against infection - natural killer, or NK, cells - to the onset of biliary atresia in infants, a disease where blocked ...


Discovery of genetic toggle switch inches closer to possible diabetes cure

Discovery of genetic toggle switch inches closer to possible diabetes cure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists have identified a master regulator gene for early embryonic development of the pancreas and other organs, putting researchers closer to coaxing stem cells into pancreatic cells as a possible cure ...


Breakthrough in 3-D Brain Mapping Enables Removal of Fist-Sized Tumor

Breakthrough in 3-D Brain Mapping Enables Removal of Fist-Sized Tumor

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technology involving the fusion of four different types of images into a 3-D map of a patient's brain has helped University of Cincinnati (UC) specialists successfully remove a fist-sized ...


Novel gene found for dilated cardiomyopathy

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers in the Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have discovered a novel gene responsible for heart muscle disease and chronic heart failure in some children and adults with dilated cardiomyopathy ...