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Household cleaning products still pose risk to kids
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Early childhood injuries from household cleaning products dropped by almost half over the past two decades, largely due to child-resistant packaging — but the number of injuries still remains high, according to an analysis of a national database. Overall, the number of kids age 5 and younger treated in emergency departments for household cleaning product-related injuries fell 46 percent from 22,141 in 1990 to 11,964 in 2006, Lara B. McKenzie
of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and colleagues found. More
2011 NACHRI Impact Award
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Doing great work for your children's hospital in marketing, public relations or fundraising? Apply for the 2011 NACHRI Impact Award, which recognizes excellence in campaigns in these three areas. The
awards are given every year at our Creating Connections Conference, which will take place March 13-16, in Baltimore. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Aug. 27.
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HBIPS Core Measure webinar
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On Jan. 1, 2011, hospital-based inpatient psychiatric services (HBIPS) will become a Joint Commission core measure requirement for free-standing psychiatric hospitals. The NACHRI Pediatric Quality Measurement System (PQMS), a certified Joint Commission vendor, already has two hospitals submitting HBIPS data. Plan to join us Wednesday, Aug. 11 at 2 p.m. EDT for a FREE webinar to find out how you can use PQMS to meet current and
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State has right to challenge healthcare law, judge rules
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The Obama administration lost an early legal skirmish over the new healthcare law this week when a federal judge declined to dismiss Virginia's lawsuit
challenging a key part of the landmark legislation.
U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson did not rule on the central issue in the lawsuit brought by Virginia Atty. Gen. Kenneth Cuccinelli — the law's requirement that most Americans buy health insurance beginning in 2014.
But the judge swept aside the Obama administration's efforts to quash the legal contest in its infancy, ruling that the state of Virginia has the right to sue.
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Why are food allergies on the rise?
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It seems like more and more children in the U.S. are developing food allergies, and there's data to back that up. The number of kids with food allergies went up 18 percent from 1997 to 2007, according
to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 3 million children younger than 18 had a food or digestive allergy in 2007, the CDC said.
Scientists are still trying to figure out why food allergies seem to be on the rise, especially in industrialized countries such as the United States. Are children not getting exposed to enough bacteria? Should they eat common allergens such as nuts and shellfish at an earlier age?
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Western diet populates kids' stomachs with bad bacteria
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Children in an African village who ate a largely vegetarian diet and were breast-fed until the age of 2 had vastly different gut bacteria than children in a European city who ate a Western diet and were breast-fed about only half that time.
And the gut bacteria that dominated those small Western stomachs may predispose these children to become obese and develop allergies later in life, according to new research from Italian
scientists in the Aug. 2-6 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Contact Missey Moe-Cook to learn how CarePages can enhance the patient experience.
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Babies don't suffer when mothers return to work, study reveals
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A ground-breaking study has found that mothers can go back to work months after the birth of their child without the baby's well-being suffering as a result.
By assessing the total impact on a child of the mother going out to work, including factors outside the home, American academics claim to have produced the first full picture of the effect of maternal employment on child cognitive and social development. Their conclusion will provide comfort for thousands of women who re-enter the employment market within a year of giving birth.
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Transonic Systems new COstatus® Hemodynamic Monitor measures cardiac output and blood volumes in critically ill patients. The set of hemodynamic parameters assists physicians in ICU treatment decisions. Using gold standard indicator dilution technology, COstatus® establishes new diagnostic benchmarks to improve patient outcomes, especially in critically ill children.
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Poltronieri Tang & Associates is a planning and design firm exclusively dedicated to meeting the unique needs of children's healthcare facilities. Our mission is to support the specialized care that children's hospitals provide by designing compassionate healing environments. We believe in a better tomorrow for all children -
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Now in over 400 hospitals nationwide and many leading Children's Hospitals, the HALO® SleepSack® wearable blanket helps reduce the risk of SIDS by replacing loose blankets in the crib. Educate parents and model safe sleep in your hospital while delivering the highest
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Insurers win policy change on children's health care coverage
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Insurers led by UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint Inc. can limit when parents buy child-only policies under an Obama administration ruling that will keep consumers from buying coverage only after
their kids fall ill. The advisory posted yesterday on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' website allows insurers to implement "open enrollment" periods, outside of which families wouldn't be able to purchase coverage.
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Wondering how to maximize the relationship with your executive search firm partner? Tyler & Company, specializing in children's hospitals executive recruitment, explains. MORE |
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Mixed feeling about HPV vaccine
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Most pediatricians and family physicians offer the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) — but are more insistent that older teenage girls get immunized than the 11- to 12-year-olds primarily targeted for immunization, according to a national survey of primary care physicians. The survey, sent to more than 800 physicians, found that that 98 percent of pediatricians and 88 percent of family physicians who responded said
they administered the HPV vaccine in their offices (P<0.001), Matthew F. Daley, M.D., of the University of Colorado in Aurora, and co-authors reported.
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Infections often to blame for failed transplants in kids
Cincinnatti Enquirer
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Viral infections are often to blame when children's heart transplants fail, new research shows, but immune-boosting treatments can delay the damage the infections cause. The study, published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, stopped short of saying the treatments can extend the life of the transplanted hearts.
"Hopefully, it will change the
way we approach the problem and treat the problem," said Jeffrey Towbin, senior author of the study and executive co-director of the Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
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7 in 10 fail to secure children correctly in car
seats
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With families piling into vehicles for summer vacations, Missouri parents could use a little help with the
car seats, according to Phyllis Larimore, program coordinator for Childhood Safety with Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics. She says study after study continues to show at least 70 percent of parents don't correctly install car seats or buckle up their children properly. Larimore suspects part of the problem is that there are new parents each year installing car seats for the first time. She says whether parents are using a rear-facing infant carrier, or a forward-facing convertible seat, it
needs to be tightly strapped in the car.
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Can secondhand smoke hurt kids' grades?
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Secondhand smoke is a well-known health threat to children, being linked to increased risks of asthma, as well as bronchitis, pneumonia and other respiratory infections. Studies have also found a connection between smoking during pregnancy and higher risks of childhood behavior problems and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Some research has also found that children exposed to cigarette smoke in the womb or at home may trail
their peers when it comes to cognitive abilities like reasoning and remembering. But whether secondhand smoke itself is to blame remains unclear.
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Massachusetts parents laud state law covering autism
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Christine Mostrom, a Nashua, Mass., mother of a toddler with autism, said she expects the new law mandating health coverage for autistic children, signed by Gov. John Lynch on July 23, will make an immeasurable difference in her child's life. Connor's Law, which will go into effect in Massachusetts on Jan. 1, requires insurers to cover behavioral, speech and occupational therapy for autistic children. While insurers were already
required to cover medications and some psychiatric services for autistic children, most did not pay for therapies that studies suggest help afflicted children develop more typical behavior.
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Flu season is coming, vaccine is on the way
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It's hard to believe, but the flu vaccination season is almost upon us. Government officials and vaccine makers already are ready — provided there are no surprises like last year's H1N1 flu virus. Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 influenza
season. And this year's dose will protect against three strains of flu, including the H1N1 flu virus that caused the pandemic last year.
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TNF blockers may increase the risk of malignancy in children, study finds
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The Food and Drug Administration received reports of malignancies in children using tumor necrosis factor a (TNF) blockers, raising concerns of an associated risk and prompting an investigation. Researchers from the FDA set out to identify all reports of malignancy in children using infliximab, etanercept and adalimumab and their report is published in the August issue of
Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology.
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