Here is the summary of the press releases for the Central Ohio and Columbus, Ohio Hospital Systems through September 31, 2015:   Ohio State University Wexner’s Medical Center: Neurologists Encouraged To Educate, Warn Patients About ‘Stem Cell Tourism’ Wexner Medical Center Earns National Pancreas Foundation Center Designation Ohio State Earns National Pancreas Foundation Center Designation Heart Researchers Take Important Step Toward New Target to Treat Arrhythmia Ohio State Receives Award To Improve Antibiotic Delivery, Administration Ohio State Appoints Faculty to Pathology Leadership Positions Study Shows Maintained Social, Behavioral Benefits From RisperidoneRead More

Here is the summary of the press releases for the Central Ohio and Columbus, Ohio Hospital Systems through August 31, 2015:   Ohio State University Wexner’s Medical Center: John C. Byrd Awarded Prestigious 2015 William Dameshek Prize Oncologists Should Use Dual-Delivery Treatment More Often for Ovarian Cancer, Study Shows Ohio State Surgeons Implant Knee Cartilage Grown From Patient’s Own Cells Wexner Medical Center, Hocking Valley Community Hospital Sign Affiliation OSU Wexner Medical Center Reunites Transplant Patients, Donors, Families and Staff Ohio State Study Reviews How Antidepressants Affect Fertility Research ShowsRead More

By the end of July 2015, Central Ohio, including Columbus, Ohio and its surrounding areas, was found to have more mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus (WNV) compared to other areas of the state, according to information that comes from the Ohio Department of Health and Franklin County Public Health. While there may be more mosquitoes in Central Ohio carrying WNV, there are only 2 reported cases of human WNV infection in Ohio so far in 2015, and both cases were from outside the Central Ohio and Columbus, Ohio areas. West Nile Virus (WNV)Read More

Here is the summary of the press releases for the Central Ohio and Columbus, Ohio Hospital Systems through July 31, 2015: Ohio State University Wexner’s Medical Center: Protein-Rich Nutrition Key to Helping Patients Recover from Severe Burns   Ohio Health: OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital Nationally Ranked in Neurology & Neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report IDG’s Computerworld Names OhioHealth to 2015 List of 100 Best Places to Work in IT OhioHealth’s Doctors Hospital, Dublin Methodist Hospital, MedCentral Mansfield Hospital and MedCentral Shelby Hospital Named 2015 Most Wired   MountRead More