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Study: Medicaid makes 'big difference' in lives
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As high-level budget talks drag on in Washington, the Medicaid program for the poor remains a prime candidate for cuts. In recent months, Republicans have criticized Medicaid for badly serving
its target population. But a new study — the first of its kind in nearly four decades — finds that Medicaid is making a bigger impact than even some of its supporters may have realized.
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Webinar: The role of psychologists in weight management
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Join the NACHRI Child Advocacy team on July 21 at 2 p.m. EDT for the next episode in our childhood obesity webinar series, looking at the role psychologists
play in weight management programs. The webinar will feature Jane Gray, Ph.D., director of psychology at Dell Children's Medical Center, Wendy L. Ward-Begnoche, Ph.D., director of psychology training at Arkansas Children's Hospital, and Elizabeth Getzoff Testa, Ph.D., director of psychology services at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.
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NACHRI member discounts for SHSMD11
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NACHRI members: will you be attending the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development conference in Phoenix, Sept. 14-17? We've worked with SHSMD to secure a registration discount for you.
Just enter the PROMO CODE "NACHRI11" on the second page of the registration form. And look for NACHRI to have an expanded presence at the conference this fall.
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Medicaid payments go under the knife
USA Today
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To curb rising Medicaid costs, about a dozen states are starting a new budget year by reducing payments to doctors, hospitals and other health care providers that treat the poor. Some health care
experts say the cuts, most of which went into effect July 1 or will later this month, could add to a shortage of physicians and other providers participating in Medicaid.
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Environment, not just genetics, at play in autism
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Environmental factors may play a greater role in autism than previously thought, tipping the scale away from a strict focus on genetics, two studies released this week suggest. In one, a team at
Stanford University compared cases of autism in identical and fraternal twins and found that fraternal twins — who share only half of the same genes — have unusually high rates of autism, suggesting that factors other than genetics may be triggering the disease.
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Moms' diet not tied to kids' heart health: study
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A new study from West Africa suggests that supplementing pregnant women's diets with extra calories and protein doesn't protect their kids against risk factors for heart disease once they're teenagers.
But researchers unconnected to the new work suggest that it might take more time for those extra prenatal calories to show up in the form of lower cholesterol and blood pressure among adult children.
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Medical futility trend seen in neonatal deaths
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Most deaths that occur in neonatal intensive care units at U.S. hospitals are due to withdrawal of life support and the withholding of lifesaving measures, a new study reveals.
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Breastfeeding may not cut risk of MS
relapse
WebMD
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Breastfeeding offers no protection against relapses of multiple sclerosis, a study shows. Women with MS are known to have higher relapse rates in the year
following childbirth, and several studies have offered conflicting evidence about the role of breastfeeding in reducing the risk of such flare-ups. The new study, conducted at MS centers throughout Italy, shows that breastfeeding does not reduce the risk.
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Late-talking toddlers grow out of behavioral problems
The Boston Globe
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Here's a little comforting news for parents who have kids with speech delays. Those who aren't uttering words by age 2 have no increased risk of behavioral or emotional problems when they reach elementary school. In fact, they usually outgrow any language delay on their own, according to a study published online in the journal Pediatrics.
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Emotional, behavioral issues affect many kids in
foster care
HealthDay News via Yahoo News
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Behavioral and emotional problems are common in children who live in long-term foster care, according to new
research from the University of New Hampshire. The authors looked at a nationally representative sample of children placed in out-of-home care between July 1998 and February 1999.
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Parents' military deployment may harm kids' mental health
HealthDay News via U.S. News and World Report
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Children with a parent on long-term military deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan are at increased risk for mental health problems, new research suggests. In the study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, researchers examined the medical records of 307,520 U.S. children, aged 5 to 17, who had at least one parent on active duty in the U.S. Army and received outpatient care between 2003 and 2006.
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Clue to kids' early aging disease found
CNN
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People with progeria wrinkle and develop the same circulation and joint ailments as the elderly — except most of them die by age 13. Progeria affects 200-250 children worldwide, but research into the disease could offer clues on cellular function and how it affects human aging and other age-related diseases. This week, a study about a possible treatment was published in Science Translational Medicine.
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Some pediatricians taking stand for vaccine program
Los Angeles Times
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A small but growing number of parents think vaccines against childhood diseases are unsafe and are refusing or delaying shots for their children, despite the discrediting of a medical study linking vaccines and autism that stirred alarm. Ground zero in the debate is the pediatrician's office.
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