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Budget cuts dilute children's health coverage
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A federal law that President Obama signed early last year to expand health insurance to 4 million more low-income children has gotten off to a slow start because of budget problems in the states. The law makes more than $10 billion in federal aid available each year through 2013 but requires state funds as well. Faced with budget shortfalls, less than half the states have used it to expand the Children's Health Insurance Program, studies by
the Kaiser Family Foundation, National Academy for State Health Policy and Georgetown University Center for Children and Families show. More
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Family Advocacy Day countdown: 12 days and counting! Meet our 2010 children's hospital champions at the 2010 All-Stars blog, follow us on Twitter using the hashtag #FAD10, and join our Family Advocacy Day Facebook page.
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NACHRI website maintenance alert
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The NACHRI website will be down for the weekend starting Friday, June 4 at 1:30 p.m. EDT for maintenance. Normal access resumes Monday morning, June 7. If you have questions, please contact the NACHRI web team.
Call for kids' mental-health checks
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Pediatricians should screen children for possible mental health issues at every doctor visit, according to new, extensive recommendations a national pediatrician group issued recently. These doctors
also should develop a network of mental-health professionals in the community to whom they can send patients if they suspect a child needs further evaluation, according to the task force on mental health convened by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The recommendations were made in a series of reports published in a supplement to the journal Pediatrics.
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New AAP guidelines aim to boost immunization rates
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a wide-ranging set of recommendations aimed at increasing immunization rates among children and adolescents in the face of vaccine shortages,
rising costs, and a vocal antivaccine movement. The policy statement, published online in Pediatrics, calls for pediatricians to ensure that every child receives all of the recommended childhood immunizations on time unless there are valid contraindications.
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Ground-breaking study to improve
quality of life and outcomes for kids born with heart defect
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A trial on shunts used to direct blood flow to the lungs, led by researchers at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, will lead to better outcomes for kids worldwide born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the most common severe heart birth defect. Under the leadership of the University of Michigan, the first multi-institutional randomized prospective trial ever conducted in congenital heart surgery was just
completed by the Pediatric Heart Network with funding from the National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute.
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Tonsillectomy technique shows lower complication rate
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In a study of nearly 3,400 children and teenagers who had tonsil tissue removed, researchers found that surgery using a microdebrider — a device that shaves tonsil tissue down — had a lower rate of post-surgery bleeding or dehydration than the other two techniques studied. However, the researchers stress that complication rates were low with all three surgical approaches — the microdebrider, electrocautery (where
tissue is burned away with an electrically heated metal probe) and coblation (where radiofrequency energy is used to remove the tissue).
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Children's hospital program treats childhood obesity
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Recent statistics show obesity rates in kids have more than tripled in the past 30 years. A childhood weight management program at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is trying to help, treating 5,000
children in the past six years. Psychologist and program director Brian Findlin places the blame on food and lifestyle. "As parents, we're really busy, so we buy a lot of processed food or we're running through the drive-thru's more often," he said.
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Children's hospital expansion to resume
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Vanderbilt University plans to build a 30,000-square-foot addition to its Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, marking the medical center's first expansion project since an economic downturn put a stop to all new construction. Faced with the recession, the university was forced to delay plans in 2008
to break ground on an eight-story, 340,000-square-foot annex that would have eased a bed crunch at the children's hospital.
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Button batteries pose risks to tots
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Last fall, 13-month-old Aidan Truett of Hamilton, Ohio, developed what seemed like an upper respiratory infection. When it persisted, the hospital ordered an X-ray. What doctors found was a "button" battery Aidan had ingested. The battery was surgically removed, but the damage had been done. The battery's current had burned through the esophageal wall and was attacking the aorta. Two days after the battery was removed, Aidan began
coughing blood and soon died.
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Pesticides may increase risk of ADHD in children
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During consultations for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, pediatrician Ari Brown, M.D., said physicians should discuss links between pesticide exposure and ADHD. A new study published online in Pediatrics on May 17, found that the risk of having ADHD increases in children who have higher concentrations of dialkyl phosphate metabolites. The metabolites indicate exposure to organophosphates, pesticides that
affect the nervous system, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Teens training too hard, too often
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Amanda Keane breathes basketball. The Wilmington, Mass., 17-year-old has been competing four seasons a year since the fifth grade, and has had hip surgery for an overuse injury to prove it. When school lets out for the summer, she'll ratchet up the ante, adding camps to her team play. "I wake up," Keane said, "play basketball, go home, and go to bed." Summertime has become prime time for legions of hyper-competitive young athletes
to pound, pitch, and pursue their athletic passions, producing ever more injuries.
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Sports okay for most kids with high blood pressure
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Most children and teenagers with mildly elevated blood pressure can safely participate in sports, but those with more-serious high blood pressure need to get the condition under control before they can take part in high-intensity sports, according to new recommendations. The guidelines, issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics, are based on recent research into pediatric blood pressure and the latest recommendations on defining
and treating high blood pressure in adults.
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Hospitals give families a seat at the planning table
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Jim Burrows will always be grateful for the care his daughter Amanda received at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children after she was diagnosed with a serious heart defect at birth. She underwent three open-heart surgeries and spent the first four months of her life in the hospital. As Amanda's condition stabilized, Burrows began thinking of ways to express his appreciation. For many parents, a note of thanks or perhaps a small
donation to the hospital would have been sufficient.
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