Some clinicians say universal screening is an important tool to help identify children who are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and to pinpoint others who could benefit from treatment. Others express concerns that screening may do more harm than good.
Group-based prevention strategies may offer a means of reaching more individuals than most treatment approaches.
Foster kids were more likely to be prescribed five or more psychotropic drugs at a time and at doses that exceed the maximum FDA-approved levels.
Many mothers and children qualify for WIC nutrition help. With just a phone call, parents get an appointment in one to two weeks, and will receive WIC checks at their first appointment.
While ADHD can’t be cured, it can be successfully managed, and there is a wealth of information available that you can access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Matthew Zachary, a brain cancer survivor, founded the I’m Too Young For This Foundation to help young adults with cancer and survivors of childhood cancers.
How do young people with cancer cope with the stress and loneliness that can come with an illness that most of us think of as as a disease of the elderly?
Many young cancer survivors are unaware of their risk for chronic complications due to their treatment; the same is true of many of the doctors they see after leaving the care of cancer specialists.
Survival of children with cancer has climbed dramatically, but progress in treating adolescents and young adults has stagnated. Why? One reason: too few enroll in clinical trials.
LocalHealthGuide is on vacation, so this week the we’re will be running an excellent series of articles on cancer in young adolescents and young adults, or “AYAs”, written by the staff of the NCI Cancer Bulletin. The articles cover a range of topics from the social and psychological challenges these young people face to the latest research.
Can school-based clinics undermine the parent-child relationships and interfere with the child’s relationship with his or her primary care provider?
You might be surprised to know that children as young as 2-years-old can have migraines. Up to 5 percent of elementary school kids suffer migraines, and up to 20 percent of adolescents, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Experts divided over recommendation to screen children for cholesterol
Some clinicians say universal screening is an important tool to help identify children who are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and to pinpoint others who could benefit from treatment. Others express concerns that screening may do more harm than good.
People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Peeking in on your doctor’s notes
Although federal law guarantees patients the right to examine and get copies of their medical records, providers haven’t always made it easy to do so. But the movement to give patients direct access to their health information has picked up steam, and policymakers have encouraged it as a way to empower patients to help manage their health and their medical care.
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