Tag: child
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Largest Pediatric Study Shows Obesity Increases Asthma Risk in Children
ORLANDO – Ten percent of pediatric asthma cases could be avoided if childhood obesity were eliminated, according to research led by Nemours Children’s Health System. The research, published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, reported on the analysis of medical records of more than 500,000 children. The study is among the…
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As CHIP Funding Lags, Doctors And Parents Scramble To Cover Kids’ Needs
Dr. Mahendra Patel, a pediatric cancer doctor, has begun giving away medications to some of his patients, determined not to disrupt their treatments for serious illnesses like leukemia, should Congress fail to come up with renewed funding for a key children’s health program now hostage to partisan politics. In his 35 years of practice, Patel,…
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Children’s Insurance, Other Health Programs Funded — For Now — In Bill
The bill passed by Congress in late December to keep most of the federal government funded for another month also provided a temporary reprieve to a number of health programs in danger of running out of money, most notably the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. Funding for CHIP technically expired Oct. 1. States have…
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Legislative Update: What Happened This Week in Washington…
From President Trump’s new tax plan to renewed funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program to former President Obama’s Independent Payment Advisory Board, health care has been at the center of a lot of discussions this week on Capitol Hill. Vote Expected Today for CHIP — The House is expected to vote today to pass…
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Reading Gives You Wings with Marsha Raulerson, M.D.
BREWTON — According to Dr. Seuss in I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” That’s a philosophy Brewton pediatrician Marsha Raulerson can easily get behind. For more than 30 years, Dr. Raulerson has celebrated her…