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Medical Needs of 6.2 Million U.S. Kids Go Unmet (HealthDay)

January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — Children who do not have health
insurance and no regular source of health care are the most likely to have
unmet medical needs, researchers at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott
Children’s Hospital report.

Source:Medical Needs of 6.2 Million U.S. Kids Go Unmet
(HealthDay)

Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer (HealthDay)

January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — The best way to treat a
rare form of childhood brain cancer called ependymoma is aggressive
surgery followed by targeted radiotherapy, U.S. researchers say.

Source:Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer
(HealthDay)

NYC blog that charts woes of dating bankers sparks backlash (Reuters)

January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A statue of George Washington looks out over a lightly traveled Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange, decorated for the holidays at right, shortly after it opened for business on the last day of the year in New York, in this file photo from December 31, 2008. (Ray Stubblebine/Reuters)Reuters - Their clothing allowance has been halved, they’ve had to fire their personal trainers and their sex lives have tanked.

Source:NYC blog that charts woes of dating bankers sparks backlash
(Reuters)

Family: Octuplets' mother has 6 other children (AP)

January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The home of the Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets this week is seen in Whittier, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Seven of the babies are now breathing unassisted while Baby G, a boy, is the only baby receiving assisted oxygen through a tube in their nose. The family of the woman who gave birth to octuplets this week in Southern California says she has six other young children at home. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week already had six children but refused the option of reducing the number of embryos she was carrying last year, her mother said.

Source:Family: Octuplets' mother has 6 other children
(AP)

School-supervised asthma therapy improves control (Reuters)

January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Reuters - New research suggests that adherence with daily asthma “controller” medications among children with asthma can be enhanced with school-based supervised asthma therapy.

Source:School-supervised asthma therapy improves control
(Reuters)

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