The News Review:
- Too Much Media May Be Tough on Kids’ Health
- ne new confirmed A/H1N1 case reported in New Zealand
- Health Issues in Childhood ften Show Up in Adulthood
- Swine Flu to be Declared Pandemic
- dds And Ends
- Health reform will help young people avoid brushes with the law
Too Much Media May Be Tough on Kids’ Health
Forbes
09 12:00 PM EDTExpert warns parents to limit access to computers TV and moreTUESDAY June 2 (HealthDay News) — Easy access to a widevariety of media increases a child’s risk for numerous healthissues such as obesity eating disorders drug use and earlysexual activity according to a U. n average American children and teens spend more than sixhours a day with media such as TV computers Internet video gamesand VCR or DVD players — more time than they spend per dayreceiving formal classroom instruction says Dr.
ne new confirmed A/H1N1 case reported in New Zealand
Xinhua
The child arrived in Auckland on Air New Zealand flight NZ1 on Sunday. The child was at home in isolation and was being treated with Tamiflu Jacobs said. Health officials were contacting passengers on the flight.
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Health Issues in Childhood ften Show Up in Adulthood
Atlanta Journal Constitution
In a cumulative process chronic diseases occur as the result of repeated physical and mental stress the study authors noted in a news release from the journal. “Strong associations have been shown between retrospective adult reports of increasing numbers of traumatic childhood events with greater prevalence of a wide array of health impairments including coronary artery disease chronic pulmonary disease cancer alcoholism depression and drug abuse as well as overlapping mental health problems teen pregnancies and cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity physical inactivity and smoking” Shonkoff and colleagues wrote. Biological embedding of risk factors for poor health can occur during sensitive periods when a child’s developing brain is more receptive to a variety of input both positive and negative the findings show. “Early experiences of child maltreatment and poverty have been associated with heightened immune responses in adulthood that are known risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease diabetes asthma and chronic lung disease” the study authors wrote. More informationThe American Academy of Family Physicians offers.
Swine Flu to be Declared Pandemic
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He said she is in good condition. A child has become the fifth person in New York City to die with swine flu. The medical examiner is conducting tests to determine what role the virus played in the child’s death. Ukraine Reports Swine Flu CaseThe Health Ministry on Tuesday reported “with 99 percent certainty” its first case of H1N1 flu a Ukrainian who had spent two years in the United States. The case involves a 24-year-old man who had been living in the U. city of Detroit and became ill after flying back to Ukraine last week.
dds And Ends
New York Daily News
The middle ground away from the extremes is to promote family planning sex education child care support adoption contraception; and the rejection of the Church’s medieval approach to contraception. gecannonJune 2 2009 7:31 PM(Sen. Max Baucus is set to meet with five single-payer health care advocates in Washington D. Last week members of Baucus’ staff held 20 listening sessions across the state on health care reform. At several of those meetings Montanans expressed anger over Baucus’ steadfast refusal to consider a single-payer option.
Health reform will help young people avoid brushes with the law
Seattle Times
Health-care-reform legislation can also ensure coverage for pregnant women with benefits that include substance-abuse treatment. Not only is a pregnant drug user harming herself but her actions often have damaging effects on her unborn child. And once the child is born to a mother hooked on drugs the chances that this child will be abused or neglected increase substantially. Health-care reform must cover pregnant women and ensure treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. Not only will this help the mother get clean it also can protect the health and safety of her new child. We also hope Congress will address the need for screening and treatment of children with mental-health and behavioral problems. Nearly one in 10 children suffer from a serious mental-health problem but 75 to 80 percent of children needing mental-health treatment do not receive it.
