The News Review:
- UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
- Health Buzz: Baby Bottles Get Banned in Chicago and ther Health News
- Natividad Pediatrician Advocate for Child Health Justice
- Albert Hawkins commissioner of Health and Human Services will retire
- Michigan preps child health information system
- Colorado Trust donates $4.5M to child health services
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
United Press International
medical scientists says it has in a mouse study identified two proteins that are apparently essential for ovulation to occur. The researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other facilities said their finding has implications for treating infertility resulting from a failure of ovulation as well as for developing new means to prevent pregnancy by preventing the release of the egg. The proteins — ERK1 and ERK2 — appear to bring about the maturation and release of the egg. “vulation results from a complex interplay of chemical sequences” said Dr. Duane Alexander director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. “The researchers have identified a crucial biochemical intermediary controlling the release of the egg.
Health Buzz: Baby Bottles Get Banned in Chicago and ther Health News
U.S. News & World Report
Depressed Teens Have Big Trouble Getting Helpf the nearly 2 million teens who experienced clinical depression last year more than 60 percent never got treatment according to a new federal report. While teens and parents.
Natividad Pediatrician Advocate for Child Health Justice
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Born in Dublin Ireland Barnes' journey to Natividad passed through Singapore Hawaii and then as a pediatrician for the U. Army at the former Fort rd. Along the way she picked up the passion needed to make up for what was lacking in Monterey County child health care. In terms of Natividad's Level III NICU nursery Barnes pushed for the highest certification; before that preemies in intensive care needed to be sent to hospitals in the Bay Area which Barnes says was both costly and problematic. “Everytime you're moving one of these tiny little creatures when they're very critical it puts them at risk” she says. “Even though we've got superb teams to do that still you want to keep them right here where they're born.
Albert Hawkins commissioner of Health and Human Services will retire
Dallas Morning News
com AUSTIN — Albert Hawkins who has led state social programs through six turbulent years of cuts consolidation privatization and hurricanes is retiring. Hawkins 56 notified Gov. Rick Perry today that he’ll soon quit his $200000 a year job as executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission where he oversees 50000 employees in five agencies. "It has been an honor” said Hawkins a 35 year veteran of state government. He doesn’t yet "have a definitive timeline" on when he’ll step down said commission spokeswoman Stephanie Goodman. "He’ll work with the governor’s office on the transition. " There are believed to be two finalists to succeed Hawkins including Austin lawyer Lowell Keig.
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Michigan preps child health information system
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Matt Longjohn project director for the Altarum Institute Childhood besity Prevention Mission Project which is working with the state on the project. The project also represents a step toward creating a more comprehensive childhood electronic health record in the state. ?We?re really moving toward a child health information system in Michigan not just an immunization registry? Longjohn said at a May 13 event in Washington sponsored by the institute. besity threatens to increase health care costs because it is linked to other chronic diseases and conditions. ther states collect BMI data including Arizona which has the most extensive data collection system through its school system but the program has been labor intensive Longjohn said. While all states have immunization registries not all states require providers to report immunization data Longjohn said. Michigan requires it so 95 percent of physicians already use the Michigan Care and Improvement Registry a Web portal that also tracks lead levels newborn health outcomes and hearing and vision in addition to immunizations.
Colorado Trust donates $4.5M to child health services
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5 million to 14 health care providers that provide services to children the nonprofit said Tuesday. Among the recipients of the grants are community clinics federally qualified health centers school-based health centers and local public health departments including Denver Health a local “safety net” hospital and the Inner City Health Center a community health center that serves low-income patients in the Five Points neighborhood. Another nonprofit Colorado Asian Health Education and Promotion works with health providers to ensure that Asian-American and Pacific Islanders children have access to culturally appropriate health care including connecting patients with a bicultural case manager and an interpreter if needed to overcome barriers to needed health care. Some of the grant recipients will use the money to hire additional health care professionals to serve more patients. For example Denver Health will add another pediatrician to its medical team at the Montbello clinic.
