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- Health Needs of Autistic Children Often Unmet
- China: 6 babies may have died from tainted milk
- Media Bombardment Is Linked To Ill Effects During Childhood
- Study links child hunger and poor health to unstable housing
- Health Calendar
- Hot Docs: AIDS in America Criminalizing HIV Obama’s National …
- State budget plan cuts services
Health Needs of Autistic Children Often Unmet
Forbes NY
Both groups were also compared with a third pool ofalmost 27000 children coping with a wide range of otherspecial-care needs running the gamut from allergies to cerebralpalsy. The research team found that the families of children with ASDwere more likely to develop financial difficulties in the face oftheir child's medical expenses. As well ASD families were more likely than other special-needsfamilies to have their child's health-care needs go unattendedor delayed while facing insufficiencies or obstacles in terms ofgetting the medical care they needed. "There were no differences [across special-needs groups] inhaving a usual source of care or having a personal provider ornurse" Kogan noted. "But where the special problems showup for families with autistic children is when they get beyond theprimary point of contact. Then there's a difficulty gettingreferrals coordinating care and dealing with unmet needs forfamily support services. "In terms of the particular financial hardship associated withcaring for an ASD child the researchers noted that 57 percent ofsuch families had to reduce or stop working because of theirchild's needs.
China: 6 babies may have died from tainted milk
The Associated Press
There are other families who say their children died from drinking milk powder made by Sanlu the dairy at the center of the crisis but their cases were apparently still uncounted. These include cases in Henan Shaanxi and in far western Xinjiang province. “When the county health bureau first came to us they said my child died because of the milk powder” said apple farmer Tian Xiaowei of Shaaxi province whose year-old boy died in August. “But later when the case was reported to the district health authority they said there’s no proof that the death was linked with milk powder. “In Henan Li Shenyi the uncle of a 9-month-old girl who died of kidney failure in September also said he had not been contacted by local health authorities on whether the child’s death has been classified as caused by tainted formula. Without the official verdict families fear they will be refused compensation promised by the government through the Health Ministry which has also said it would provide free medical treatment for children sickened by tainted milk. “I’ve talked with a lawyer and at first we want lots of compensation but later we agreed to settle for a much smaller amount although I wasn’t happy.
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Media Bombardment Is Linked To Ill Effects During Childhood
Washington Post United States
"We need to factor that in as we consider our social policies and as parents think about how they raise their kids" said lead researcher Ezekiel J. Emanuel director of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health which took on the project with the nonprofit organization Common Sense Media. "We tend not to think of this as a health issue and it is a health issue. "The average modern child spends nearly 45 hours a week with television movies magazines music the Internet cellphones and video games the study reported. By comparison children spend 17 hours a week with their parents on average and 30 hours a week in school the study said. "Our kids are sponges and we really need to remember they learn from their environment" said coauthor Cary P. Gross professor at.
Study links child hunger and poor health to unstable housing
EurekAlert (press release) DC
The study was carried out by the Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP) which has the largest clinical data base on poor children under age three in America. C-SNAP has been reporting on the impact of economic conditions and public policies on children’s health since 1998.
Health Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times NC
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Hot Docs: AIDS in America Criminalizing HIV Obama’s National …
U.S. News & World Report DC
The attorney general post will be filled by Eric Holder and Gen. James Jones will serve as national security adviser. Obama praised the range of experience the appointees have and noted that in today’s interconnected world their task is profound: "From our markets to our security; from our public health to our climate—we must act with the understanding that now more than ever we have a stake in what happens across the globe.
State budget plan cuts services
Statesman Journal OR
5 billion in the general fund the cuts will affect virtually all human-services programs. Child-welfare protection was largely shielded from cuts however. Health care would be extended to virtually all of the 116000 children without it and 75000 to 100000 adults if legislators increase existing provider taxes on hospitals and health plans. “With the significant burden of an increased hospital tax Oregon’s policy makers could be creating the perfect storm for an increasingly fragile health care delivery system” said Andy Davidson president of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems. The proposed budget includes $43. 3 million for increased staffing at Oregon State Hospital and $296.
