Search Results for 'Children'

Polio virus confirmed in 5 NWA children

Police virus has been confirmed in five children of different areas of North Waziristan Agency, Geo News reported. According to Agency Incharge Anti-polio campaign Dr Khandad polio virus has been confirmed in five children including four [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Playing politics with our children's health

Over last few weeks I have questioned the intent of Maine's Senator Susan Collins in her drive to overturn school-nutrition recommendations made by our nation’s most recognized medical authority, the National Academies' Inst [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Lubbock Children's Health Clinic's first Kids Fun Fest was w...

Four-year-old Jaiden Gray appeared to a very satisfied customer Sunday afternoon at the Lubbock Children’s Health Clinic’ Kids Fun Fest at Mackenzie Park. Jaiden was in a petting area where parents would hand over a 50-cent [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Building mental health wellness in our children

We've all heard about the mind/body connection. Psychiatrist Dr. Chris Wilkes likes to put a finer point on it. "There is no health without mental health," Wilkes says, explaining that it is profoundly connected to our physi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Study Shows Healthcare Coverage Decline For Houston Children

The study looked at 2,800 families with at least one child under the age of 19. It shows that work-based coverage for dependents dropped from 74 percent in 2008 to 57.8 percent this year. Dr. Angelo Giardino is the chief medical office [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Joining Up for Women's and Children's Health

Today at a high level meeting, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, will review progress made since the launch a year ago of the Global Strategy on Women's and Children's Health. For Clara Muchimba, the midwife at [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Charity warns of risk to children

Hundreds of millions of children around the world are at risk of dying from preventable diseases because they are never seen by a health worker, a report has said. According to research by charity Save the Children, more than 350 million [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

At last, some good news for African children

Critics of foreign aid have always liked to portray Africa as the hopeless continent, a sinkhole for aid, where foreign donations disappear without a trace. But new data show just how wrong this assumption has become. While sub-Sahar [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Leading children’s health expert to head UF department of pe...

An international expert on pediatric endocrinology, developmental biology and the prevention of brain injury in preterm infants has been tapped to lead the University of Florida College of Medicine department of pediatrics and serve as th [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

School-based health clinics play vital role in childrens' li...

Treating skinned knees and stomachaches is part of the drill at any school nurse's office or school-based health center. But healthcare providers at these sites do much more than treat everyday aches and pains: They give checkups and [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Children's Health Day gets kids ready for school

With the start of school right around the corner, some local students took advantage of free medical and dental attention before heading back to class. On Saturday, the Southern Jersey Family Medical Center offered free immunizations, den [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Debt-ceiling issue threatens payments to children's health p...

Although Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) were considered off limits during the original debt-ceiling deal, the landscape has since tilted precipitously with more bad economic news, and providers’ pa [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Texas Children's Health Plan Awarded Contracts for STAR Medi...

Texas Children's Health Plan (TCHP) has been tentatively awarded managed care renewed contracts by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). The contracts are for the STAR Medicaid and CHIP programs. As part of the contra [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

When Bullying Takes A Toll On Children's Health

The perception surrounding obesity is that it's caused by a lack of exercise and overeating, however, the condition is often driven by other factors, one of which is bullying. Bullying can spell serious trouble for children's heal [...]