At your service Nov 16, 2009
Healthy Communities and KidCare Healthy Start SafeKids: Children's health insurance for children of low-income families. Programs to help women have healthier babies, child safety and injury prevention. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Rare Disease Turning Girl, 5, to Crystal Nov 15, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009. A 5-year-old girl from the U.K. must take a daily cocktail of drugs to avoid the cells in her body from turning to crystal, the Daily Mail reported. (Fox News)
Harvard nutrition expert offers family physician group no-cost alternative to funding from Coca-Cola Nov 13, 2009
Programs and projects range from the molecular biology of AIDS vaccines to the epidemiology of cancer; from risk analysis to violence prevention; from maternal and children's health to quality of care measurement; from health care management to international health and human rights. For more information on the school visit. (EurekAlert!)
16-Year-Old Heart Patient Makes Medical History Nov 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009. Texas Children's Hospital. (Fox News)
Parents in 7 countries feel neutral to living conditions of children: report Nov 12, 2009
Obesity was regarded as a major threat to children's health by more than half of the respondents, whereas a third of them believed adult diseases, such as high blood pressure and diabetes, were also worrisome, the report says. Four out of five respondents regarded "unbalanced diet" as the main contributor to children's physical problems, followed by "lack of physical exercise", "lack of sleep" and "poor hygiene habits". (Xinhuanet, China)
1Maclaren Recalls One Million Strollers After Kids Lose Fingertips in Hinges» Nov 11, 2009
Maclaren Recalls One Million Strollers After Kids Lose Fingertips in Hinges - Children's Health - FOXNews. com. (Fox News)
St. Jude and UF Proton Therapy Institute to begin proton therapy clinical trial Nov 10, 2009
Nemours, one of the nation's leading pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children's health by offering a spectrum of clinical treatment, research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. For more information about Nemours, please visit. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Locals address heath care bill Nov 10, 2009
Despite that amendment, Thompson still found a lot to disagree with, including the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which he said will jeopardize coverage and increase cost for many Pennsylvania children. But local Democrats were anything but frustrated by the House's decision. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Swine Flu Virus Not Mutating, Making Vaccine a Good Match Nov 8, 2009
Among the parents who don't plan on having their children vaccinated against H1N1 flu, 46 percent said they're not worried about their children getting swine flu and 20 percent said they believe the flu isn't serious, according to the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, which surveyed 1,678 parents from Aug. 13 to 31 ... SOURCES: Sept. 25, 2009, teleconference with Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta;... (MEDLINEplus)
Tips to ensure your tot's 'TV diet' is healthy and fun Nov 7, 2009
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that parents think of managing their children's television watching as they would their diet, because the amount of television has an impact on children's health, just like how much and what they eat does. Children who watched educational television improved in reading-related skills such as phonics, phonemic awareness and vocabulary acquisition, according to a study by the Annenberg School for Communication Children's Media Lab at the... (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Breast Feeding May Not Alter Older Kids' Health Nov 7, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exclusive breast feeding for up to 6 months, though beneficial for an infants' immunity and mothers' weight, may not alter children's health risks over the long term, study findings hint. Dr. Michael S. Kramer, at The Montreal Children's Hospital in Quebec, Canada, and colleagues assessed children through age 6. (MEDLINEplus)
Poll: Many parents, high-priority adults who tried to get H1N1 vaccine unable to get it Nov 7, 2009
Programs and projects range from the molecular biology of AIDS vaccines to the epidemiology of cancer; from risk analysis to violence prevention; from maternal and children's health to quality of care measurement; from health care management to international health and human rights. For more information on the school visit: u. (EurekAlert!)
Doctors Miraculously Save Baby With 'Dissolving' Brain Nov 6, 2009
Experimental Drug Miraculously Save Baby With 'Dissolving' Brain - Children's Health - FOXNews. com. (Fox News)
Big Air Pollution Impacts On Local Communities: Traffic Corridors Major Contributors To Illness From Childhood Asthma Nov 6, 2009
The study drew upon data from the Children's Health Study (CHS), a longitudinal study of respiratory health among children in 12 Southern California communities, including Riverside and Long Beach ... 21, 2005) This study focuses on children's health and the burden of pollution from cars and trucks. (Science Daily)
Hill Democrats Critical Of Bush's Budget Plan Nov 6, 2009
The lawmakers focused on Bush's proposal to increase funding for the state-federal Children's Health Insurance Program by $4 ... "Seven out of 10 uninsured children qualify for either Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program but are not yet enrolled. Yet, the president instead makes cuts in the program, ensuring that we will not reach those children, and that more children and their parents will become uninsured," Dingell said. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)
USC study finds big air pollution impacts on local communities Nov 5, 2009
The study drew upon data from the Children's Health Study (CHS), a longitudinal study of respiratory health among children in 12 Southern California communities, including Riverside and Long Beach. Researchers estimated the number of asthma cases and related complications that occurred because of air pollution, using information from epidemiological studies that they then applied to current exposure to air pollution and traffic in Southern California. (EurekAlert!)
Four things Democrats must do to avoid defeat in 2010 Nov 5, 2009
Remind voters what a Democratic president and Democratic Congress have been able to do in a short amount of time: expand children's health insurance coverage; protect women's right to sue for pay discrimination; release a number of long-detained, never-charged Guantanamo inmates; and return a general sense of goodwill toward America on the world stage. And then get healthcare passed. (Christian Science Monitor)
Many US Children May Live In Families Receiving Food Stamps Nov 5, 2009
Poverty has been estimated to raise the direct expenditures on children's health care by approximately 22 billion per year. "American children are at a high risk of encountering a spell during which their families are in poverty and food insecure as indicated through their use of food stamps," the authors conclude. (Science Daily)
Two Hawaii clinics receive funding for children's health care Nov 5, 2009
Bay Clinic Inc. and the Hawaii Primary Care Association are among 69 organizations receiving $40 million of grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for finding and enrolling children who are eligible for Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program. The department said Bay Clinic, a community health center on the Big Island, and the Hawaii Primary Care Association received $680,000 for the e. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Trauma Deadlier for Kids without Insurance Nov 5, 2009
Children with public insurance, such as Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program, are about twice as likely to die as those with private insurance, the study found. "We have this idea that everyone is treated equally, yet the mortality rate after trauma among uninsured children is much higher when compared to children with commercial insurance," Dr. Heather Rosen, a research fellow in plastic surgery at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School and the study's lead... (MEDLINEplus)
Old Gives Birth on Wedding Day, Father Faces Jail Time Nov 3, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009. An 11-year-old girl has become a mother after going into labor during her wedding to her teenage boyfriend. (Fox News)
Study: Half of U.S. kids will receive food stamps Nov 3, 2009
Nutritional programs such as food stamps officially known as the 's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program improve children's health and help them do better in school, says James Weill of the advocacy group Food Research and Action Center, who wasn't involved in the new study. More than 35. (USA Today -- News)
Toddler Unable to Cry, Tears Trigger Deadly Seizures Nov 3, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009. Crying is typical behavior among toddlers but for 2-year-old Tianna Lewis McHugh the simple act of crying could induce a deadly seizure , the Daily Mail reported. (Fox News)
WCMC-Q biomedical research program builds scientific knowledge, technical workforce in Qatar Nov 3, 2009
Two broad research themes: a Genetic ular Medicine research program with a focus on personalized medicine, gene therapy, stem cell research, vaccine development; and a Women and Children's Health research program with a focus on maternal foetal medicine and the neurogenetic disorders of the newborn. Established in partnership with Qatar Foundation, WCMC-Q is part of Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, the first American institution to offer its MD degree overseas. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Benin: Insecticide 'Wallpaper' Lethal to Malaria Mosquitoes Nov 1, 2009
"Spraying requires frequent applications, which is costly, and it also threatens children's health due to toxic emanations," Vincent Corbel, study co-author and entomologist at France's Institute for Development Research (IRD), told SciDev. Net. (allAfrica.com)
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Schwarzenegger visits state's Capitol Hill Dems Oct 30, 2009
Schwarzenegger told Leavitt and Bush that he opposes proposed cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and a children's health insurance program that could make it harder for California to achieve its plans for universal coverage. California also would be severely affected if Bush's annual push to eliminate a program that reimburses states for the cost of jailing illegal immigrants convicted of crimes is eliminated. (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Several Democrats are worth hearing Oct 30, 2009
(4) Congress should reform Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program the way it reformed it in 1996 when it block-granted the programs. This would help reduce the deficit and encourage states to target resources to those most in need. (Juneau Empire)
Letter: Eating better helps children’s health Oct 29, 2009
Letter: Eating better helps children's health ... Parents and others who care about our children's health should work with PTAs and school officials to demand healthful plant-based school meals, snacks, and vending machine items. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Happiness: a child with a bin on his head Oct 29, 2009
This is why the problem is much greater on sink council estates where good parenting is increasingly absent and less prevalent in the home counties where married couples still predominate and parents take an interest in their children's health and futures. Always there will be exceptions, but they simply prove the rule. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Obama to lay out plans to help small businesses Oct 29, 2009
A group of health care activists is gathering today to urge Congress to override President Bush's veto of the children's health insurance program ... The State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, offers low-cost health coverage to about 6. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Democrats Worth Hearing Oct 29, 2009
(4) Congress should reform Medicaid and the State Children's health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) the way it reformed it in 1996 when it block-granted the programs. This would help reduce the deficit and encourage states to target resources to those most in need. (Townhall.com)
Obama says he's just getting warmed up Oct 29, 2009
Obama also won passage of laws bolstering the rights of credit card holders, expanding the state Children's Health Insurance Program, protecting victims of hate crimes, boosting volunteerism, helping victims of pay discrimination in court and putting anti-terrorism restrictions on aid to Pakistan. Presidential initiatives. (USA Today)
Preschoolers not active Oct 29, 2009
Researcher Trina Hinkley said although the study participants fell massively short of the benchmarks, the guidelines were based on sound evidence that such levels of activity were good for children's health. She said children should be encouraged to be as active as possible from an early age. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Study: Psych Drugs Tied to 'Alarming' Weight Gain in Kids Oct 28, 2009
Study: Psychiatric Drugs Linked to 'Alarming' Weight Gain in Children - Children's Health - FOXNews. com. (Fox News)
EPA releases guide to help scientists understand children's exposure to pollutants Oct 28, 2009
It will serve as an additional resource for those who work on children's health issues, which the agency has been highlighting during Children's Health Month. EPA developed the reference guide to provide important information necessary for answering questions about exposure through drinking water, breathing, and eating foods, such as. (EurekAlert!)
Gallery: Is Obama keeping his promises? Oct 26, 2009
Feb 4, 2009 Presidential Memorandum -- State Children's Health Insurance Program Jan 30, 2009 Executive Order -- Economy in Government Contracting Jan 30, 2009 Executive Order -- Notificiation of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws Jan 29, 2009 Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Jan 27, 2009 Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Gaza Jan 26, 2009 The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Jan 26, 2009 California Request for Waiver Under the Clean Air Act Jan 23, 2009... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Editorial: No more free insurance riders Oct 26, 2009
People have experience with numerous public options Medicare for the elderly, the Veterans Administration, the State Children's Health Insurance Plan. But what we don't have in this country, unlike every other wealthy, technologically advanced, industrialized country, is a requirement that everybody buy insurance. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
H1N1 now a national emergency Oct 26, 2009
Those requirements are contained in Medicare, Medicaid and state Children's Health Insurance programs, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy rule. Since the H1N1 flu pandemic began in April, millions of people in the United States have been infected, at least 20,000 have been hospitalized and more than 1,000 have died, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the. (CNN)
Specter touts himself as consensus-builder Oct 25, 2009
"I've been over there a lot in a sense all during my career because I've really voted with the Democrats more often than with the Republicans," Mr. Specter said, recalling his support for stem cell research, children's health insurance and several other instances of breaking ranks with Republicans. "He still has his independent streak -- as we all do," said Sen. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Editorial: Good eating habits: a gift to the next generation Oct 22, 2009
While this may sound extreme, it will help make sure that parents are doing what is best for their children's health. Poor eating decisions do not affect only your own body, but someday they will affect your children's bodies also. (The Daily Campus, CT)
An uphill battle to combat Latino childhood obesity Oct 22, 2009
According to the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, 16. 6 percent of Latino high school students were obese and 18. (CNN -- Health)
U.N.: Can halt violence against women Oct 22, 2009
Latest news, Latest News Headlines, news articles, news video, news photos - UPI.com (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
Why the Teen Train Suicide Cluster in Calif.? Oct 22, 2009
"Parents are eager for information," said Joan Baran, clinical services director of the Children's Health Council in Palo Alto. "I think parents are wanting to know what they can do.". (ABC News)
Cashing In A (Shrinking) War Dividend Oct 21, 2009
There is every reason to believe that this is a trend, not an anomaly, which means that Title 1, Head Start, Community Development Block Grants, and the Children's Health Insurance Program will just have to make do with less. In fact, if you want a true measure of whats important to our nation, think of it this way: if you the total 2010 budgets of all those 48 states in deficit, they wont even equal projected U.S. military spending for the same year. (CBS News)
Boy Dies During High School Basketball Tryouts Oct 21, 2009
Teen Dies While Trying Out for High School Basketball Team - Children's Health - FOXNews. com. (Fox News)
Water wonder Oct 21, 2009
Amanda Solis worries her children's health will be affected. This is simply incompatible with the capital's water resources. (BBC News -- Americas)
Report: Schools should adopt healthier meals despite costs Oct 20, 2009
"There will be incremental cost increases, but it is an investment in children's health," Stalling says. She says the recommendations will go to Congress to be used in creating legislation for child nutrition programs. (USA Today -- News)
At your service Oct 19, 2009
Healthy Communities and KidCare Healthy Start SafeKids: Children's health insurance for children of low-income families. Programs to help women have healthier babies, child safety and injury prevention. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Medicaid, S-CHIP expansion plan could hurt states' budgets Oct 19, 2009
Medicaid, one of the fastest-growing government programs for two decades, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program would grow from about 50 million people today to more than 60 million in 2019, according to data from the and. That would be the biggest single expansion since Medicaid was created in 1965. (USA Today -- News)
Yankees fired singer hopes for another chance Oct 18, 2009
Gold-von Simson's Facebook page says KiDs of NYU is an organization that supports children's health services at New York University Langone Medical Center. The page also says she is a fan. (ESPN -- Baseball)
Nobel Peace Prize“then and now Oct 17, 2009
"3. Setting a fixed timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat forces from Iraq.4. Ordering 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan and enlisting, with modest new assistance, European allies in a new multi-layered strategy there and in Pakistan.5. "Returning science to its rightful place" by lifting the Bush restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research.6. Signing laws to expand children's health insurance (financed by a 61-cent per pack increase in the federal cigarette tax the... (Cameron Observer, MO)
Children restricted from parts of WMC Oct 17, 2009
"Children and young adults are more susceptible to the H1N1 flu and tend to spread infection more easily," Kristi Keller, the nurse manager for women and children's health, said in a statement. "Young patients, pregnant women and newborns are more vulnerable to infection. We must take every precaution to protect them while they are under care.". (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
What's in a brand? Generation XL should take a look Oct 17, 2009
Paul Ehrmann, a physician and founder of the Children's Health Initiative Program, a nonprofit, community-based program to encourage healthy habits, followed this year with "Generation XL: The Childhood Obesity Pandemic.". Demographers haven't decided on a definitive end birth date for Generation Y. It's not exactly clear when the youngest generation began, and what to call it remains up in the air. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Early dietary flaws become addictions Oct 16, 2009
Parents and others who care about our children's health should work with PTAs and school officials to demand healthful plant-based school meals, snacks and vending machine items. They can get additional information at schoolnutrition. (Juneau Empire)
Community clinics crucial in health reform Oct 15, 2009
"I will always put my children's health first, but I wonder what will happen tomorrow? What will happen if even this clinic goes away?" she asked. The centers cut health costs by providing primary care to a population that might otherwise delay treatment and end up in an emergency room a far more expensive alternative. (MSNBC -- Health)
Hill Democrats Critical Of Bush's Budget Plan Oct 15, 2009
The lawmakers focused on Bush's proposal to increase funding for the state-federal Children's Health Insurance Program by $4 ... "Seven out of 10 uninsured children qualify for either Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program but are not yet enrolled. Yet, the president instead makes cuts in the program, ensuring that we will not reach those children, and that more children and their parents will become uninsured," Dingell said. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)
Insurer Changes Mind: Fat Baby to Get Health Coverage Oct 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009. DENVER A Colorado insurance company is changing its attitude about fat babies. (Fox News)
317-Pound, 4-Month-Old Baby Denied Health Insurance for Being Too Fat» Oct 14, 2009
17-Pound, 4-Month-Old Baby Denied Health Insurance for Being Too Fat - Children's Health - FOXNews. com. (Fox News)
Girl, 16, Burns Off All But 2 Fingers in Art Class Accident Oct 13, 2009
Girl, 16, Burns Off All But 2 Fingers in School Art Class Accident - Children's Health - FOXNews. com. (Fox News)
NGO hands over rescued children to their parents in Sankor Oct 13, 2009
This would save them from giving them to people to use them in thei= r businesses or homes to the detriment of the children's health and educati= on, he added. He commended Challenging Heights for their efforts at protecting th= e rights of children, adding that it had been the pride of the Municipality. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
AIG sells Taiwan subsidiary to Primus for $2.15B Oct 13, 2009
An expected presidential veto of a bill that would boost spending on a children's health insurance program could leave hundreds of thousands of California children without coverage, health experts say ... The federal government's State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, provides low-cost health coverage for about 6. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Pelosi reaches her defining moment Oct 12, 2009
She has moved such a flood of legislation - including a landmark climate change bill, a rewrite of food safety laws and an expansion of children's health care - that much of it has gone unnoticed amid larger battles over health care, a bank rescue and record fiscal stimulus. Despite rumblings from Blue Dog Democratic conservatives that she needs to pay more heed to their political viability, most of her caucus sings her praises. (San Francisco Chronicle)
