Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center - News

Physician-Scientist Earns Schmidlapp Scholar Award For Research

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Kimberly Risma, MD, PhD, has been selected to receive a Schmidlapp Scholar Award from the Fifth Third Bank/Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Women Scholars Program. The $100,000 honor is given annually to a female faculty member at Cincinnati Children’s.

Cincinnati Children’s Among Top Five Pediatric Hospitals

Monday, December 29, 2008

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is one of the top five children’s hospitals in the United States, according to a Parents magazine survey. Cincinnati Children’s ranked fourth among more than 100 children’s hospitals.

Type 2 Diabetes Reversed after Weight Loss Surgery in Adolescents

Monday, December 29, 2008

Teens who underwent gastric bypass surgery showed dramatic, often immediate, remission of type 2 diabetes, many leaving the hospital without any diabetes-related medications, according to a new Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center study in the January issue of Pediatrics.

Jeffrey Towbin, MD, Named Director of Cardiology And Co-Director of Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children's

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Jeffrey Towbin, MD, one of the leading pediatric cardiologists in the United States, has been named director of the division of cardiology and co-director of the Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He also will be professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Towbin is expected to join Cincinnati Children’s in March.

Study Strengthens Link between Tobacco Smoke and Behavioral Problems in Boys with Asthma

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Boys with asthma who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke have higher degrees of hyperactivity, aggression, depression and other behavioral problems, according to researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Holiday Safety Tips from the Drug and Posion Information Center

Monday, December 01, 2008

The holiday season is usually a time of joy but it also brings the potential for poisonings, according to the Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC), a service of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Learn about safety hazards and precautionary ways to ensure that families have a safe holiday season.

Cincinnati Children’s Receives $6.4 Million NIH Grant to Study Genetic Nerve Disease

Monday, November 24, 2008

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has received a $6.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund the Center for Neurofibromatosis Research and find possible new treatments for a rare genetic disease that causes nerve tumors, which can become malignant.

Inherited Genetic Cause, Possible Treatment Found for Complex Lung Disorder

Monday, November 24, 2008

A tale of two sisters has helped researchers solve a medical mystery and discover a familial genetic mutation that causes an inherited form of the lung disease Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP). Reporting their results in the Nov. 24 Journal of Experimental Medicine, a research team led by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center also points to the possibility of an inhaled therapy to overcome a chain of molecular events that lead to PAP. The lungs of people with PAP fill with pulmonary surfactant, a substance composed of lipids (fats) and proteins, causing labored breathing and respiratory failure. Surfactant’s normal role is to coat lung tissues and keep the lungs from collapsing.

Scientists Show Gene Mutation May Cause Immature Lungs in Newborns

Monday, November 24, 2008

Scientists have identified a gene critical to lung maturation in newborns and the production of surfactant, which lines lung tissues and prevents the lungs from collapsing. In a study posted online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), investigators at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center deleted the Foxm1 gene in embryonic mice.

Cincinnati Children's Seeking High School and College Athletes for Knee Injury Study Funded by the National Football League Charities

Monday, November 24, 2008

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is currently recruiting high school and college athletes to take part in a study to identify the long-term impact of knee ligament injuries, specifically the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The study is funded by the National Football League (NFL) Charities.