Listen in as Dr. Hiren Patel discusses end stage renal disease, more commonly referred to as severe kidney failure. When a person’s kidneys function p...

Our patients have told us that they want three things from us, and in this order: Don’t hurt me, heal me and be nice to me. Every one of these is impo...

More than 1.4 million Americans suffer from irritable bowel disease (IBD). Of these, 25 percent are children. There are two main types of IBD that peo...

Are you aware that some of the most dangerous substances to children and adolescents may be sitting in your medicine cabinet? Every year, children mis...

Infant mortality rates among the African American population are higher than those of the Caucasian population in this country. Part two of this infan...

The measurement of infant mortality says a lot about a country, especially its quality and accessibility of good public health. Even in some of the we...

Pediatric asthma is a big problem in this country. Did you know that each year, 10 million school days are missed due to asthma? And, over half a mill...

Here at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, we try to get useful information out to the community through as many channels as possible. If you’re reading ...

Hypothermia might not even cross your mind when you think about having surgery. But it’s actually not unheard of in hospital operating rooms across th...

Do you know what a button battery is? With the increasing production of electronic products in the consumer market, more button batteries are found in...