More than 80% of babies now survive, despite being born 4 months early

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) October 2012 – New guidelines designed to care for extremely premature babies, also known as small babies - those born around four months early, are showing remarkable results by helping more of these babies survive than ever before.

Millions suffer needless aches & pains after believing myths about flu vaccine

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) October 2012 – It’s been said that what you don’t know can’t hurt you, but that’s certainly not the case when it comes to the flu.  Every year millions of people are either uninformed about the flu or buy into long-held myths about it, and end up suffering needlessly.

Up to 40% become resistant, drug developed for other conditions may help

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) October 2012 – Since it was first approved by the FDA in 1977, tamoxifen has become one of the most effective and widely prescribed treatments for breast cancer.  Millions of women have used it, not only as a treatment for breast cancer, but, in some cases, to prevent it from developing in the first place.  And because it is a pill and has few serious side effects, tamoxifen has become a favorite of doctors and patients alike.

Called “deadliest disease many have never heard of”, sepsis cases double¹

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) October 2012 – Through an innovative new program, doctors and paramedics are teaming up to detect and treat dangerous blood infections that have doubled over the last decade.  It’s a condition called sepsis, and even though many people have never heard of it, it claims an alarming number of lives each year. 

New tool coordinates care between kids, schools, doctors & parents

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) September 2012 – It might surprise you to know that a concussion sends a child to the hospital every 5 minutes in this country,¹ and as fall sports get underway, the numbers often go up.