The News Review:
- Health-care reform
- Health officials confirm death of 9-year-old with swine flu virus …
- New Study: Bankruptcy Tied To Medical Bills
- Child younger than 2 becomes city’s 5th swine flu death
- 11 more schools join Illinois obesity program
- Health Buzz: Americans Bankrupted by Health Costs and ther Health …
Health-care reform
Seattle Times
There is yet another cost to society health care and abused children. Besides their lifetime of unhappiness formed through neglect and abuse they are at greater risk for chronic disease. The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study referred to as the ACE study informs us that the long-term consequences of childhood abuse can last well into old age. The study done in the late ‘ 90s first reported the relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to increased risk for many of the leading causes of death in adults including heart disease.
Health officials confirm death of 9-year-old with swine flu virus …
San Jose Mercury News
Wendel Brunner talks about the death of a child who tested positive for the H1N1 virus during a press conference in Martinez Calif. Thursday June 4 2009. The elementary school-aged child who also suffered from a bacterial infection died on May 29 and the presence of the H1N1virus was confirmed by a state laboratory June 3.
New Study: Bankruptcy Tied To Medical Bills
Washington Post
That’s nearly 20 percentage points higher than that pool of respondents reported were connected to medical costs in 2001. f those who filed for bankruptcy in 2007 nearly 80 percent had health insurance. Respondents who reported having insurance indicated average expenses of just under $18000. Respondents who filed and lacked insurance had average medical bills of nearly $27000. Since 2007 the number of Americans without insurance has increased and filing for bankruptcy has become more difficult due to more stringent laws according to the report. The authors of the study David Himmelstein Deborah Thorne Elizabeth Warren and Steffie Woolhandler say their findings “reflect the U.
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Child younger than 2 becomes city’s 5th swine flu death
Newsday
It is what the Health Department has cited in declining to provide certain information on the cases involving swine flu. The health department’s Web site Tuesday showed five deaths related to swine flu since the outbreak began in the city in April. The aunt of Montañez who found the baby unconscious told the Daily News that city health officials said the baby had swine flu. The child’s family could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Wednesday the city plans to close two more schools – PS 15 and the PAVE Academy Charter School both in Brooklyn – to control the spread of influenza. The schools will reopen Monday.
11 more schools join Illinois obesity program
Chicago Tribune
- State health officials say more schoolsare joining a program that helps combat childhood obesity. It’s called the Coordinated Approach to Child Health or CATCHprogram. Illinois Department of Public Health Director Damon Arnold saysobesity is a growing problem for young children and teenagers. The 2007 Illinois Youth Risk Behavior Survey says 13 percent ofIllinois high school students are overweight or obese.
Health Buzz: Americans Bankrupted by Health Costs and ther Health …
U.S. News & World Report
The costliest medical conditions are neurological problems which cost patients $34167 in average out-of-pocket healthcare expenses according to a study in Thursday’s online edition of the American Journal of Medicine. The study found that from 2001 to 2007 the number of bankruptcies caused by medical bills rose by about 50 percent. Insured Americans bankrupted by health problems had an average $17749 in medical bills; those without insurance had bills amounting to $26971 on average.
