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.
New research indicates children are much safer in rear-facing car seats, including a 2007 study that found that children under age 2 were 75 percent less likely to die or be severely injured in a crash if they are riding rear-facing.
The researchers found that 31.9 percent of babies at nine months and 34.3 percent at two years of age were either at obese or at risk for obesity.
A $17.6 million federal bonus awarded to the state for making it easier for children to enroll in Medicaid may help save a program that now insures low-income immigrant children whose lack of documentation keeps them from being covered, writes Seattle Times health reporter Carol Ostrom in today’s paper. Ostrom writes: Gov. Chris Gregoire has [...]
The new health law that bars insurers from denying coverage of children with preexisting conditions but coverage may be still hard to find–and expensive.
Help of uninsured kids with pre-existing conditions may not kick in until 2014
Pediatric dental care is poised to get a major boost from Democratic health reform proposals.
By Carol Ann Campbell August 13, 2009 NEWARK, N.J. – Fourteen-year-old Prince Jackson made a fist and banged his hand on his head, again and again. “It was like this,” he said, trying to describe the blinding pain from the tumor growing inside his head. “It hurt so much. It wouldn’t stop.” Jackson could not [...]
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps achieve better blood-sugar levels than do adolescents who use other methods, according to a new study. Those using insulin pumps also required fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits, the study found. But even with the pump many children and teens still fail to achieve good blood-sugar [...]
Swedish Medical Center has opened a new 27-room pediatric specialty care unit in its First Hill facility. All but one of the rooms will be private. One double room will be used for twins or siblings. Each room has a built-in daybed for parents who which to stay overnight. Every room will have advanced cardiac, [...]
Accidents are the leading cause of death and injury among children in the United States, according to a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention. On average, more than 12,000 children aged 0 to 19 die each year because of accidents, the report finds. Motor-vehicle accidents were the leading cause [...]
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
Laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use. Faced with the prospect of not getting paid for care, some ER personnel sidestep the problem by simply not testing patients’ blood or urine for alcohol.
Travel insurance can protect your wallet — and your health on vacation
Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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