Akron Children’s Anywhere is your new go-to app for managing your children’s health

In an effort to continually add services to assist families in managing their children’s health, Akron Children’s Hospital has launched a mobile application that puts its new and existing services into one convenient location. Now, managing your children’s health has never been easier. Akron Children’s Anywhere, which is available for both Android and Apple devices,… Read more…
Akron Children’s celebrates the wonders of childhood with new campaign

18 years. 6,570 days. 157,680 hours. Childhood is both fleeting and finite – a million moments big and small, from heroic first steps to awkward middle school crushes and countless other milestones along the way to independence. Akron Children’s recognizes the importance of each of those milestones and moments. That’s why preserving, protecting and enriching… Read more…
New Infusion and Sedation Center puts patients first

During a recent visit in our new Infusion and Sedation Center, 13-year-old Colton settled in front of a large video wall to play a car racing game. For kids like Colton, video games are a welcome distraction while they’re receiving infusions, which usually take several hours to complete. The new play zone, which features the… Read more…
Full circle: Miracle preemie analyzes neonatal research with clinicians who cared for her 2 decades ago

When Devika Walia was born at Wooster Community Hospital on Oct. 1, 1999, at 23 weeks gestation, she weighed a mere 1 pound, 6 oz. – her premature birth made all the more harrowing because her mother delivered 3 babies that day. Doctors told the triplets’ parents they likely only had hours to live. Although… Read more…
E-cigarettes are providing teens with a gateway to smoking – (VIDEO)

Developed to help adults quit smoking, Juuls and other e-cigarettes are finding an audience in teens who are experimenting with nicotine for the first time. In this Children’s Channel video, Crystal Cole, MD, an adolescent medicine specialist at Akron Children’s Hospital, shares the impact these devices may be having on young adults.

Staff goes out of the hospital and into the theater to see how Hollywood portrays cystic fibrosis in ‘Five Feet Apart’

Richland County charm on display in Akron Children’s new health center

Adapt-A-Car provides gift of mobility for kids with disabilities

Akron Children’s Anywhere is your new go-to app for managing your children’s health

Dr. Todd Ritzman teaches ‘Geometry in Orthopedics’ for healthcare academy students

Special needs don’t stop kindergartner from having a ball on bowling outing

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