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Supreme Court accepts appeal over vaccine safety CNN Share     Parents who say that a range of preventive vaccines given their young children can cause serious health problems will have their appeal heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices agreed to decide whether drug makers can be sued outside a special judicial forum set up by Congress in 1986 to address specific claims about safety. The so-called vaccine court has handled such disputes and was designed to ensure a reliable, steady supply of the drugs by reducing the threat of lawsuits against pharmaceutical firms. More
Webinar: "What now? Planning in the midst of a turbulent economy" NACHRI Share
Unable to join us in San Diego for the NACHRI 2010 Creating Connections Conference? We invite you to participate in this FREE webinar Friday, March 12 at 8:30 a.m. (PST). Learn how to leverage partnerships and identify key factors for facility planning in today's economy. More NACHRI 2010 Annual Leadership Conference call for proposals NACHRI Share
NACHRI is excited to announce the 42nd annual call for proposals for the 2010 Annual Leadership Conference (formerly Annual Meeting) in Minneapolis on October 17 – 20. The NACHRI Council on Education is seeking proposals around this year’s theme, "Breakaway: Transforming Leadership Models, Enterprising Technology Solutions and Evaluating Tough Options." More
Studies show danger of even small amounts of lead in children's blood Chicago Tribune Share
High doses of lead have for some time been linked to chronic kidney damage. But a recent study out of Johns Hopkins Children's Center found that even small levels of lead exposure may be damaging to children's kidneys. The report, published January in the Archives of Internal Medicine, looked at the records of 769 healthy youth ages 12 to 20 with average blood lead levels of 1.5 micrograms per deciliter (well below the 10 microgram "threshold" of concern per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). More Childhood: 1 in 4 parents link autism to vaccines The New York Times Share
Most parents believe that vaccines protect their children against disease, but one in four think some vaccines cause autism in healthy children, and nearly one in eight have refused at least one recommended vaccine, a new study has found. The vaccine most likely to have been rejected by parents was for human papillomavirus, or HPV, to protect against cervical cancer, according to the report. It was based on questions asked of more than 1,500 parents of children 17 and younger. Many parents also rejected the chickenpox vaccine, the meningococcal conjugate vaccine against bacterial meningitis and, to a lesser extent, the MMR, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella. More
Study links soda tax and better health The Philadelphia Inquirer Share
Can soda make you fat? In what may turn out to be fortunate timing for Philadelphia Mayor Nutter's proposed two-cents-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks, the most comprehensive study yet on the issue was recently published. Researchers followed more than 5,000 young adults for 20 years as they moved around the country and faced changing prices of soft drinks, which were then matched to the participants' dietary choices and health. More Obama turns up the volume in health care bid The New York Times Share
President Obama challenged wavering members of his party not to give in to political fears about supporting health care legislation, asserting that the urgency of getting a bill through Congress should trump any concern about the consequences for Democrats in November. In a high-octane appearance that harked back to his "yes we can" campaign days, Mr. Obama jettisoned the professorial demeanor that has cloaked many of his public pronouncements on the issue, instead making an emotional pitch for public support as he tries to push the legislation through a final series of votes in Congress in the next several weeks. More
Viagra may help in care of children with heart defects MyCentralJersey.com Share
Underdeveloped heart chambers are a rare but serious group of congenital heart defects that can be fatal in children. Now, part of the solution to ongoing care may be found in a common medicine used by many adult men. The medicine is known generically as sildenafil, but you probably know it better by its trade name, Viagra. So how does a popular medication to treat erectile dysfunction help children with certain heart defects? More Algorithm turns blood draw into information gold mine redOrbit Share
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a software algorithm that could enable a common laboratory device to virtually separate a whole-blood sample into its different cell types and detect medically important gene-activity changes specific to any one of those cell types. In a study to be published online March 7 in Nature Methods, the scientists reported that they had successfully used the new technique to pinpoint changes in one cell type that flagged the likelihood of kidney-transplant recipients rejecting their new organs. More Sen. Bob Casey: Kids overlooked in reform debate Roll Call Share
Many of the headlines in the health care reform debate have bypassed a very important group that is too often overlooked: children. Throughout health care reform, Sen. Bob Casey’s top priority was to ensure that no child was left worse off by our efforts and that we improve health care for children. The Senate-passed bill meets this test and would improve care for millions of children. More |
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