The News Review:
- Health Calendar: all about ADHD; cancer care
- Children in Peril
- Iowa court says child’s health records protected
- Programs for mentally ill poor children at risk
Health Calendar: all about ADHD; cancer care
Dallas Morning News
: Learn more about peripheral arterial disease (PAD) at a free forum on April 29 featuring Dr. Russell Lam medical director of Endovascular Surgery at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. The event will be held from 6 to 7:30 p. in Haggar Hall at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas 8200 Walnut Hill Lane. To register call 1-877-847-9355. Helen Bond E-mail information to healthy living@dallasnews.
Children in Peril
New York Times
This is a toxic mix for children a demoralizing convergence of factors that have long been known to impede the ability of young people to flourish. “It’s actually quite frightening” said Dr. Irwin Redlener president of the Children’s Health Fund in New York. “We’re seeing very unsettling reports of increased numbers of children in poverty. Those numbers may rise from about 12. 5 million before the recession to nearly 17 million by the end of this year.
Iowa court says child’s health records protected
Chicago Tribune
The court’s decision on Friday was in the case of a divorcedNorth Liberty woman who claimed she was entitled to her children’srecords. A counselor objected saying the records should be keptprivate. The woman Susan Harder has joint custody of her three childrenbut is not their primary caregiver.
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Programs for mentally ill poor children at risk
San Jose Mercury News
Advocates for the two groups have banded together to oppose Propositions 1D and 1E saying the short-term benefit of revenue shifts will boomerang with greater long-term social costs. State and local governments could face added costs for homeless shelters social services programs medical care law enforcement and county jail and state prison — which critics say could spiral into further budget cuts or pressures to increase revenues. “What we save in the first year will be more than offset by added costs in future years” said Rusty Selix executive director of the Mental Health Association in California. Propositions 1D and 1E are two in a package of measures on the May 19 special election ballot that are key to closing a $41 billion deficit. Billions of dollars are at stake in Propositions 1A through 1C that would allow the state to continue raising taxes (in exchange for a cap on spending) raise money for schools and borrow from the state lottery. For 1D and 1E to pass voters would have to reverse commitments they made to create special funds for programs for children and the mentally Advertisement yld_mgr. place_ad_here(“adPosBox”); ill.
