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Pennsylvania Departments of Public Welfare, State Ease Transition for New Behavior Specialist License Requirement

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A 2008 law will soon require staff serving children with autism spectrum disorders to hold a Behavior Specialist license in order to continue billing the Medical Assistance program for services. To help service providers meet this requirement, the Pennsylvania Departments of Public Welfare (DPW) and State (DOS) have announced a plan to hel...

Laser Cataract Surgeries in 4 Infants Uneventful

The first 4 infants to undergo femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery sailed through the surgeries, suggesting that the device has the potential to improve early pediatric cataract surgery. Medscape Medical News

Dr. Paul Ehrlich is recognized among Castle Connolly's Top Doctors® for New York, NY region in 2013

NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected New York's Pediatric Allergy & Immunology specialist Dr. Paul Ehrlich for inclusion in its highly selective list of Regional Top Doctors this year. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130516/DC15761) Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. publishe...

Scans could spare parents the grief of infant autopsies

Bereaved parents agonising over whether to subject their dead child or stillborn baby to a full post-mortem now have an alternative that is potentially far less traumatic. For fetuses and infants under the age of one, MRI scans combined with minimall...

Lawn Mower and Safety go hand in hand

CHICAGO, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In just a few weeks the school year will come to a close and thousands of children across the country will take on a familiar chore:  mowing the lawn.  Safety is always a priority, and three national medical organizations are warning families that the routine task of lawn mowing can be extremely dangerous to children, the operator, an...

Scott's Ride for Miracles set to roll down East Coast and be honored at special ceremony at U.S. Capitol

COLUMBUS, Ga., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbus businessman Scott Ressmeyer and 11 friends are two-thirds of the way through their 2013 Scott's Ride for Miracles, a 21-day, 9,000-mile, 48-state motorcycle trek to raise awareness and money to benefit Children's Miracle Network at The Medical Center in Columbus, Ga.  The so-called Miracle Riders left The Medical Center on Friday, May...

Couple make medical history with birth of quadruplets

A couple who had been trying for a baby for almost a decade have made medical history after the birth of quadruplet girls - the first time four children of the same sex have been born from a single embryo in Britain. (The Telegraph)

HHS announces actions to improve safety and quality of child care

Helping to answer President Obama’s call to ensure quality early education for every American child, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed today a new regulation for public comment that will better ensure children’s health and safety in child care and promote school readiness. Under the proposed rule, states, territories and t...

More Than Forty Health Systems Share Strategies to Improve Population Health at National ACO Summit

University Hospitals, Summa Health System co-host Premier healthcare alliance PACT collaborative event Experts from more than 40 health systems recently convened in Cleveland to share population health management strategies at the Premier healthcare alliance’s national accountable care organization (ACO) summit. University Hospitals (Cleveland) and S...

1 in 5 Kids May Have Psych Disorder (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- As many as 20% of U.S. children and teens may suffer from a recognized mental disorder, according to a first-ever compendium of government survey data assembled by the CDC.

Act Now to Protect Public Health and Prepare for the Upcoming Flu Season

As many as 49,000 people die from the flu annually, depending on the season, and children and the elderly are the most vulnerable. Among the 138 children who died from the flu during the 2012-2013 season, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...

OrthoView Announces the U.S. Launch of a New, Subscription-based, Digital Planning and Templating Solution for Individual Orthopaedic Surgeons

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OrthoView PSL will allow individual surgeons in private practice in the U.S. to access the widely-used OrthoView digital templating software via the Cloud and requires just a PC and Internet connection to get started. OrthoView, the leading independent provider of digital pre-operative planning software for over 10 years, is dedicated to enabli...

EOS® System Shown to offer Most Accurate Lower Limb Images with Lowest Radiation Dose in New Study

Research Presented at Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Meeting EOS imaging (NYSE Euronext, FR0011191766 – EOSI), the pioneer in orthopaedic 2D/3D imaging, today announced that new research shows the EOS® System offers more accurate lower limb imaging with significantly lower radiation exposure as compared to computed radiography (CR) a...

Promising treatment for progeria within reach

Pharmaceuticals that inhibit a specific enzyme may be useful in treating progeria, or accelerated aging in children. A new study performed at the Sahlgrenska Academy indicates that the development of progeria in mice was inhibited upon reducing the p...

Government welfare cuts are hitting children, says BMA

Recent cuts to welfare benefits and social care will hit the most vulnerable children and widen social inequalities in the United Kingdom, warns a major new report from the BMA.Growing up in the UK...

The UK is failing our most vulnerable children, says new BMA report

Poverty is one of the main reasons that the UK continues to underperform on child wellbeing and recent changes to welfare policy could set the country back even further, says a major new BMA report, Growing Up In The UK, released today (16/5/2013). Growing Up In The UK is an update of the BMA’s 1999 report on [...]

Dr. Jack Copeland Honored with Pioneer in Transplantation Award at ISHLT

SynCardia Co-Founder Recognized for His Landmark Contributions in the Field of Heart Transplantation Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 SynCardia Systems, Inc. (http://www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the world’s first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today that world-renowned heart surgeon and SynCardia co-founder Jack G. Copeland, MD, w...

Accelerated aging in children: Promising treatment for progeria within reach

Pharmaceuticals that inhibit a specific enzyme may be useful in treating progeria, or accelerated aging in children. A new study indicates that the development of progeria in mice was inhibited upon reducing the production of this enzyme.

Healthy growth as sales of homeopathic and herbal remedies reach $6.4 billion, reports Mintel

CHICAGO, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite eighty-degree temps making their first appearance across the Midwest this week, many consumers are still in the throes of cold and flu aliments. But new research from Mintel reveals that it may not just be OTC remedies consumers reach for when treating ailments as Mintel estimates U.S. retail sales of homeopathic and herbal remedies to have reached $6....

American Red Cross Survey Finds People Unclear about How to Stay Safe in the Water

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Even though nearly two-thirds of families with small children plan on swimming in areas without lifeguards this summer, many people don't know the right thing to do in water emergencies or how to keep their loved ones safe in the water, according to a new American Red Cross poll. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090108/RedCrossLOGO)...

Children's Medical Grants Now Available from the UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation

Grants help families pay for children’s medical expenses not covered, or not fully covered, by a commercial health insurance plan More than 5,000 medical grants have been awarded since 2006; apply online at www.uhccf.org The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) is seeking grant applications from families...

Respiratory Bug Not Always a Problem for Kids (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Many children with no signs of respiratory infection tested positive for Mycoplasma pneumoniae, suggesting that such tests may be unreliable for clinical diagnosis, researchers said.

Absent fathers linked to depression risk in girls

“Study shows girls with absent fathers more likely to develop depression," the Mail Online has revealed. It reports on a large UK study that found that girls whose biological fathers were absent during the first five years of their childhood had an increased risk of symptoms of depression. No increase in risk was found for girls whose fathers were absent later in childhood, and no increase...

Pennsylvania Physicians Urge State Legislators to Support Immunization Expansion Bill

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association announced today that numerous physicians throughout the Commonwealth are urging state legislators to support House Bill 776, which would expand pharmacist provided immunizations to patients over the age of seven.  In letters sent to the House Professional Licensure Committee earlier this month, the physicia...

TFAH's Statement on Farm Bill Legislation in the House and Senate: Much Should be Improved

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Trust for America's Health (TFAH) finds the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture-passed Farm Bill damaging to the nation's health. The House legislation would significantly cut programs (most notably in the nutrition title) that have benefited millions of Americans and continually improve the nation's health. (Logo: http://pho...