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Risks for youths who eat what they watch The Boston Globe Share     Many factors influence children’s food choices: where they eat; what their friends and siblings eat; what parents eat and drink and bring into the house; what is served at school; and, of course, what they like. But if you are a parent, would you want your children's food and beverage choices determined by manufacturers whose primary goal is to make money by getting them hooked on products of questionable nutritional value? The issue is of particular importance now that rates of childhood obesity are soaring throughout the country, influenced in no small way by commercial interests. More
We need your vote! NACHRI Share
The N.A.C.H website Speak Now for Kids has been nominated for a prestigious Webby award. We need your help to win the People's Choice category. Cast your vote for Speak Now for Kids by Thursday, April 29. More Do you C.A.R.E.? NACHRI Share
The NACHRI Management Information Services Council and Analytics staff are excited to announce the new NACHRI Champion of Analytics and Research Excellence (C.A.R.E.) Award. The award was created to recognize exceptional use of NACHRI Analytics programs to improve the efficiency, safety, timeliness and effectiveness of care in our member hospitals. All Analytics program participants are invited to apply. The application deadline is Saturday, May 22. More
For children with hearing loss: The earlier the better for cochlear implants redOrbit Share
Receiving a cochlear implant before 18 months of age dramatically improves a deaf child's ability to hear, understand and, eventually, speak, according to a multicenter study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins. The study, published in the April 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is believed to be the first nationwide look at the impact of surgical timing on the success rate of the implants. The surgery consists of placing a small electronic device into the ear that bypasses the inner ear's damaged nerve cells and transmits sound signals to the brain. More School lunches are a threat to national security, retired officials say ABC News Share
Unhealthy school lunches pose a threat to national security, according to a group of retired military leaders. Leaving 27 percent of young adults "too fat to fight," childhood obesity is jeopardizing military recruitment, according to a report released by the non-profit group Mission: Readiness. The 130-plus retired military leaders making up the organization is joining together to battle the obesity epidemic on the school front. More
Day care dilemma: When 'sick' children are unnecessarily sent home Science Daily Share
In a new study, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, working with Community Coordinated Child Care, have found that many metropolitan Milwaukee child care directors would unnecessarily send children with mild illnesses home. Andrew N. Hashikawa, M.D., and colleagues surveyed 305 child care centers in metropolitan Milwaukee to see how closely directors followed national guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association and to identify characteristics associated with unnecessary exclusion decisions. Their findings will be published in the May issue of Pediatrics. More Resistant ringworm common in urban elementary schools KLTV7 Share
Treatment-resistant ringworm is common among urban elementary school children, U.S. researchers recently reported. They studied 10,514 children in kindergarten through Grade 5 at 44 schools across the bi-state Kansas City metropolitan area, and found that 6.6 percent of them were infected with the fungus (T. tonsurans) that causes ringworm, which can cause scaly, itchy scalps and hair loss. More
Pediatric headache linked to risk factors for long-term vascular morbidity Medscape Share
Severe or recurrent headache or migraine in children and adolescents is linked to several important risk factors for long-term vascular morbidity, according to the results of a study reported in the April issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The goal of this study was to determine the association of childhood headache disorders with markers of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease risk, using data from NHANES, a nationally representative health survey. More |
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