The News Review:
- From Tennessee to Kavunji, on a rural healthcare mission
- What Bullying Does To Your Kids
- Health Sense: US Health Care Priorities Backwards
- Dept. of Public Health bans more children’s toys
From Tennessee to Kavunji, on a rural healthcare mission
Hindu – Mar 22, 2008
“In December 1999, we built a water tank to provide clean water facility for my village people. My dream project is Sri Bala Medical Centre, which will help the upper and lower hills village poor people. ”
The hospital, planned as a non-profit private one, will concentrate on preventive medicine, maternal and child health, he informs. “Bala Care Foundation is a private foundation started in December 1998. I contributed 95 per cent of the funding from the US through my medical practice earnings. ”
Having worked on his dream project for the last eight years, Dr Ganapathy observes, “It is a very challenging task to undertake any project in India. ” The hospital, subject to final approvals from the Government, is anticipated to open for the public by September this year.
What Bullying Does To Your Kids
Nigerian Tribune – Mar 22, 2008
Meanwhile, having such problems early in life increases a person’s future risk of depression and anxiety disorders and efforts designed to fight bullying should not only address the bullies, but should also offer support to their victims, the experts said. Even though bullied children are known to be more likely to have anxiety, depression and thoughts of suicide, as well as to experience social isolation, the question of whether bullying itself is the cause of these mental health problems remains open. They reasoned that just as bullying and mental health problems stem from the same risk factors such as living in a poor neighbourhood or parental neglect, a child with mental health problems is also more likely to draw bullies’ attention. Bullied children fit specific character patterns. Hyperactive and overly bright, sensitive children may face bullying not only from peers but from teachers and school administrators as well, as they are seen as a drain on school resources and are challenging for teachers to manage. They become the class "scapegoat"… Meanwhile, having such problems early in life increases a person’s future risk of depression and anxiety disorders and efforts designed to fight bullying should not only address the bullies, but should also offer support to their victims, the experts said. Even though bullied children are known to be more likely to have anxiety, depression and thoughts of suicide, as well as to experience social isolation, the question of whether bullying itself is the cause of these mental health problems remains open. They reasoned that just as bullying and mental health problems stem from the same risk factors such as living in a poor neighbourhood or parental neglect, a child with mental health problems is also more likely to draw bullies’ attention. Bullied children fit specific character patterns. Hyperactive and overly bright, sensitive children may face bullying not only from peers but from teachers and school administrators as well, as they are seen as a drain on school resources and are challenging for teachers to manage. They become the class "scapegoat".
Health Sense: US Health Care Priorities Backwards
iBerkshires.com – Mar 22, 2008
Health Care Priorities BackwardsBy Peter May – March 22, 2008iBerkshires ColumnistThe health-care crisis in America is not based in insurance coverage, lack of it, or who is going to pay for it. These are cynical questions that only serve to perpetuate the problem and the self-interests of the so-called health-care industry. The real health crisis in America is that we have too many sick people. The only real questions are why are there so many sick people and what are we willing to do about it? The medical, pharmaceutical, insurance-based approach to health care is clearly broken. That model is largely catastrophe-based (illness, disease, injury) and, indeed, works best in that mode… That model is largely catastrophe-based (illness, disease, injury) and, indeed, works best in that mode. For everyday health (prevention, promotion and care) it is an abysmal failure. In 2004, medical doctors wrote four billion prescriptions for 300 million people; 15 for every man, women and child in the country. has 4 percent of the worlds’ population, yet we spend 50 percent of all the money in the world on health care in this country. And, for all that money and care, the World Health Organization ranks the U.
Dept. of Public Health bans more children’s toys
Daily Item of Lynn – The Daily Item of Lynn – Mar 22, 2008
The new regulations would not only affect retail stores, but would also prevent the sale of such items from vending machines and Internet and catalogue sales. The new regulations will define children’s leaded jewelry as jewelry marketed to or intended for use by children under 14 years of age that contains a concentration of lead that either is more than 600 parts per million (ppm) as determined by the U. S screening test for total lead analysis, or jewelry that would expose a child to more than 15 micrograms of lead per day over a chronic exposure period. The regulations were approved Friday at a monthly meeting of the Public Health Council (PCH), the body that approves public health regulations in Massachusetts… A spokesperson for Target International, one of the largest retailers in the Greater Lynn area, said the company had not seen the newest regulations, and has most likely met those standards independently through its own product testing. He did say that Target stores would comply with any new regulations handed down in any state, and would not hesitate to pull products deemed unsafe for children off of store shelves within the suggested amount of time. Massachusetts law requires that every child in the state be screened for lead at ages one, two and three and again at age four if they live in one of 14 communities determined to be high risk for lead poisoning. The Massachusetts Lead Law bans toys, eating or drinking utensils with a coating of paint, enamel or glaze with a lead content of 600 ppm or greater. The state will perform spot checks to ensure compliance after June of this year, and violators will be subject to the penalties described in Mass General Law 94B on hazardous substances, which include a $5,000 fine, possible imprisonment and a product embargo. Later this year, the DPH will explore developing additional regulations to protect children from lead found in other products besides jewelry.
