The News Review:
- Dental hygiene can begin before a child has any teeth
- Parent health sways views of asthmatic kids’ health
- Law on Flu Vaccinations May Be Tested
- Lead for car batteries poisons an African town
- Recession inflames ache of health care costs in Rochester area
Dental hygiene can begin before a child has any teeth
Detroit Free Press United States
vidio Penalver a Puyallup Wash. pediatrician is one doctor who’s on board with the message. “Neglected baby teeth lead to problems with permanent teeth” he says. “Dental problems can lead to further problems that affect the whole health of a child. “Low-income kids sufferDental problems are especially acute among low-income children. A 2005 survey by the state Department of Health found that 45% of low-income preschoolers in Washington had dental decay compared with only 28% of preschoolers nationally. In 2004 45% of low-income preschoolers in Washington showed signs of tooth decay compared to 38.
Parent health sways views of asthmatic kids’ health
Reuters
The study of more than 500 children with asthma found that those whose parents had a chronic health problem tended to miss more school days. Their parents were also less likely than other parents to rate their child’s health as “very good. n average children whose parents had a chronic disease missed one to two more days of school per year the researches report in the journal Pediatrics. The findings suggest that parents with chronic health conditions of their own may have “altered perceptions” of their children’s health explained lead researcher Dr. Lipstein of MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston.
Law on Flu Vaccinations May Be Tested
New York Times United States
Tolan said that vaccines are a matter of public health. “If you don’t vaccinate your child you’re putting my child at risk” he said.
Lead for car batteries poisons an African town
The Associated Press
thers said the families were cursed. The mysterious illness killed 18 children in this town on the fringes of Dakar Senegal’s capital before anyone in the outside world noticed. When they did — when the TV news aired parents’ angry pleas for an investigation when the doctors ordered more tests when the West sent health experts — they did not find malaria or polio or AIDS or any of the diseases that kill the poor of Africa. The dirt here is laced with lead left over from years of extracting it from old car batteries. So when the price of lead quadrupled over five years residents started digging up the earth to get at it. The World Health rganization says the area is still severely contaminated 10 months after a government cleanup.
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Recession inflames ache of health care costs in Rochester area
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle NY
While private insurers and employers are trying to control costs governments are trying to trim costs in public insurance programs. The state has stepped up efforts to find and enroll eligible Monroe County residents in government-funded programs through an ad campaign. The state also expanded eligibility for Child Health Plus so that children in a family of four earning up to $84000 qualify. Monroe County is trying to control Medicaid costs by encouraging preventive care for patients with mental health issues to help them avoid costly emergency room visits said Kelly Reed county commissioner of human services. Some say that the financial crisis may force individuals and the health care system to improve efficiencies or find better ways of operating. Even Campbell from Highland Family Medicine said he’s making more decisions based on cost now that his insurance plan requires him to pay the first few hundred dollars of health care himself. He was shocked to find that Advair a two-drugs-in-one steroid inhaler for his asthma cost $140.
