Thursday, February 26, 2015

Safety Add-Ons for Football Helmets May Not Cut Concussion Risk

Safety Add-Ons for Football Helmets May Not Cut Concussion Risk

Viruses Increasingly Behind Child Pneumonia Cases

Viruses Increasingly Behind Child Pneumonia Cases

House Amends Marijuana Bill To Include Sickle Cell Anemia | WABE 90.1 FM

House Amends Marijuana Bill To Include Sickle Cell Anemia | WABE 90.1 FM

House overwhelmingly approves medical marijuana bill | www.myajc.com

House overwhelmingly approves medical marijuana bill | www.myajc.com

In 2013, measles killed more kids than car accidents or AIDS - The Washington Post

In 2013, measles killed more kids than car accidents or AIDS - The Washington Post

Governor's Medicaid expansion plan may have hit dead end - Baltimore Sun

Governor's Medicaid expansion plan may have hit dead end - Baltimore Sun

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

As Debate Over Measles Vaccine Takes Center Stage, Lawmakers, Health Experts

As Debate Over Measles Vaccine Takes Center Stage, Lawmakers, Health Experts

Leading Medical Groups Call for Measures to Reduce Gun Injuries, Deaths

Leading Medical Groups Call for Measures to Reduce Gun Injuries, Deaths

Measles Cases Pass 150 Mark, CDC Says

Measles Cases Pass 150 Mark, CDC Says

Rural health panel offers plan to cut ER use | Georgia Health News

Rural health panel offers plan to cut ER use | Georgia Health News

Medical cannabis bill clears House panel | Georgia Health News

Medical cannabis bill clears House panel | Georgia Health News

Medicaid rolls grew by 10M under ObamaCare | TheHill

Medicaid rolls grew by 10M under ObamaCare | TheHill

Monday, February 23, 2015

Cat, Dust Mite Allergies Linked to Childhood Asthma

Cat, Dust Mite Allergies Linked to Childhood Asthma

Reminders From States May Boost Timely Vaccination Rates

Reminders From States May Boost Timely Vaccination Rates

Arsenic in Well Water Can Raise Level in Baby Formula: Study

Arsenic in Well Water Can Raise Level in Baby Formula: Study

Hopes dimming for Medicaid expansion in Kansas – Kansas Health Institute

Hopes dimming for Medicaid expansion in Kansas – Kansas Health Institute

Medical Centers Expand Practices to Address the Child Obesity Epidemic

Medical Centers Expand Practices to Address the Child Obesity Epidemic

Flu rate falling, but epidemic still claiming kids' lives - Health - TODAY.com

Flu rate falling, but epidemic still claiming kids' lives - Health - TODAY.com

Breastfeeding may influence immune system development in early life Medical News Today

Breastfeeding may influence immune system development in early life Medical News Today

Experimenting preteens may have different brain processes Medical News Today

Experimenting preteens may have different brain processes Medical News Today

Think Hookahs Filter Out Tobacco Toxins? Think Again

Think Hookahs Filter Out Tobacco Toxins? Think Again

Host of Factors Influence Baby's Immune System

Host of Factors Influence Baby's Immune System

Controlled Exposure to Peanuts at Early Age Shows Promise as Allergy Treatment

Controlled Exposure to Peanuts at Early Age Shows Promise as Allergy Treatment

A Little Fat, Sugar OK for Kids If Diet Is Healthy: Study

A Little Fat, Sugar OK for Kids If Diet Is Healthy: Study

Could a Dishwasher Raise Your Child's Allergy, Asthma Risk?

Could a Dishwasher Raise Your Child's Allergy, Asthma Risk?

Governors: No clear plan if health care subsidies fall | www.ajc.com

Governors: No clear plan if health care subsidies fall | www.ajc.com

Drop in Medicaid pay hurts Georgia doctors | www.myajc.com

Drop in Medicaid pay hurts Georgia doctors | www.myajc.com

Obama Administration Disallows Plans Without Hospital Coverage | Kaiser Health News

Obama Administration Disallows Plans Without Hospital Coverage | Kaiser Health News

Friday, February 20, 2015

Study confirms LSU Health finding of higher diabetes indicator in black children Medical News Today

Study confirms LSU Health finding of higher diabetes indicator in black children Medical News Today

Increase in teenagers' screen use a new threat to long-term health Medical News Today

Increase in teenagers' screen use a new threat to long-term health Medical News Today

Plastics Chemical Tied to Changes in Boys' Reproductive Development

Plastics Chemical Tied to Changes in Boys' Reproductive Development

Measles Can Rob a Child's Sight, Doctors Warn

Measles Can Rob a Child's Sight, Doctors Warn

Poison control centers seeing increase in date rape drug cases | www.wsbtv.com

Poison control centers seeing increase in date rape drug cases | www.wsbtv.com

Wyoming House faces Medicaid expansion debate on budget bill amendment

Wyoming House faces Medicaid expansion debate on budget bill amendment

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner proposes $1.5 billion in Medicaid cuts - Modern Healthcare

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner proposes $1.5 billion in Medicaid cuts - Modern Healthcare

Preschoolers May Not Need Naps, Review Reports

Preschoolers May Not Need Naps, Review Reports

Eczema Cream for Children Not a Cancer Risk, Study Finds

Eczema Cream for Children Not a Cancer Risk, Study Finds

Heart Drug Clears Up 'Strawberry' Birthmarks

Heart Drug Clears Up 'Strawberry' Birthmarks

Precision Medicine Initiative: Medical revolution or regulatory headache? - FierceHealthcare

Precision Medicine Initiative: Medical revolution or regulatory headache? - FierceHealthcare

Many Parents Aren't Sold On Later School Start Times For Teens : Shots - Health News : NPR

Many Parents Aren't Sold On Later School Start Times For Teens : Shots - Health News : NPR

Exchange enrollment soars past half a million | Georgia Health News

Exchange enrollment soars past half a million | Georgia Health News

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Plant-based diet may reduce obese children's risk of heart disease Medical News Today

Plant-based diet may reduce obese children's risk of heart disease Medical News Today

Methamphetamine May be More Harmful to Teen Brains

Methamphetamine May be More Harmful to Teen Brains

Warmth and Sucrose Eases Newborn Pain

Warmth and Sucrose Eases Newborn Pain

Graphic Images on Cigarette Labels Affect Smokers' Brains: Study

Graphic Images on Cigarette Labels Affect Smokers' Brains: Study

Moldy Homes May Mean More Asthma in Young Kids

Moldy Homes May Mean More Asthma in Young Kids

Smoking During Pregnancy May Raise Diabetes Risk for Daughters: Study

Smoking During Pregnancy May Raise Diabetes Risk for Daughters: Study

Study Links Antibiotics to Digestive Complication in Infants

Study Links Antibiotics to Digestive Complication in Infants

Kids Can Get Migraines Too

Kids Can Get Migraines Too

Minority Kids Less Likely to Get Latest Type 1 Diabetes Care, Study Finds

Minority Kids Less Likely to Get Latest Type 1 Diabetes Care, Study Finds

Blue Cross offers help after customers hacked | Georgia Health News

Blue Cross offers help after customers hacked | Georgia Health News

As sign-up deadline nears, a new risk for Obama health law - Yahoo Finance

As sign-up deadline nears, a new risk for Obama health law - Yahoo Finance

Georgia to recoup $90 million in mistaken payments | www.myajc.com

Georgia to recoup $90 million in mistaken payments | www.myajc.com

Monday, February 16, 2015

'Play' May Be More Stressful for Kids With Autism: Study

'Play' May Be More Stressful for Kids With Autism: Study

Smoking Linked to Damage in the Brain, Researchers Find

Smoking Linked to Damage in the Brain, Researchers Find

U.S. Teens Getting Less Sleep Than Ever

U.S. Teens Getting Less Sleep Than Ever

Study Backs Kentucky Medicaid Expansion - NYTimes.com

Study Backs Kentucky Medicaid Expansion - NYTimes.com

Merger would create a giant in Atlanta health care | Georgia Health News

Merger would create a giant in Atlanta health care | Georgia Health News

Study sees big gains from tobacco tax hike | Georgia Health News

Study sees big gains from tobacco tax hike | Georgia Health News

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Measles Outbreak in Dollars and Cents: It Costs Taxpayers Bigtime

Measles Outbreak in Dollars and Cents: It Costs Taxpayers Bigtime

U.S. Smoking Deaths May Be Underestimated, Study Suggests

U.S. Smoking Deaths May Be Underestimated, Study Suggests

Georgia bids out giant health-care contract - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Georgia bids out giant health-care contract - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Vaccine Incentives Proposed for Doctors to Woo Parents - Bloomberg Business

Vaccine Incentives Proposed for Doctors to Woo Parents - Bloomberg Business

Koch brothers' group aims to stop Medicaid expansion in some states - Modern Healthcare

Koch brothers' group aims to stop Medicaid expansion in some states - Modern Healthcare

Study: Physicians Report Few Requests By Patients For ‘Unnecessary’ Treatments | Kaiser Health News

Study: Physicians Report Few Requests By Patients For ‘Unnecessary’ Treatments | Kaiser Health News

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Big Increase Seen in Babies Born Addicted to Narcotics

Big Increase Seen in Babies Born Addicted to Narcotics

Grady Memorial Hospital plans to expand women's center - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Grady Memorial Hospital plans to expand women's center - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Parental rights bill sponsored by Unterman passes Senate | Gwinnett Daily Post

Parental rights bill sponsored by Unterman passes Senate | Gwinnett Daily Post

22,000 bus drivers, others could lose health benefits under Deal plan | www.ajc.com

22,000 bus drivers, others could lose health benefits under Deal plan | www.ajc.com

Health officials identify 35 in measles exposure | Georgia Health News

Health officials identify 35 in measles exposure | Georgia Health News

When It's Hard To Get A Vaccine Exemption, More Kids Get Shots : NPR

When It's Hard To Get A Vaccine Exemption, More Kids Get Shots : NPR

Complicated Politics of Medicaid Expansion Are Playing Out State by State - NYTimes.com

Complicated Politics of Medicaid Expansion Are Playing Out State by State - NYTimes.com

Some Pediatricians Don’t Have Adequate Training With IUDs | Kaiser Health News

Some Pediatricians Don’t Have Adequate Training With IUDs | Kaiser Health News

Monday, February 9, 2015

No Link Found Between Oxytocin Use and Risk of ADHD

No Link Found Between Oxytocin Use and Risk of ADHD

Some Tiny Preemies Show Poorer Mental Health in Adulthood

Some Tiny Preemies Show Poorer Mental Health in Adulthood

Residential Treatment Program Helps Obese Kids Lose Weight, Study Finds

Residential Treatment Program Helps Obese Kids Lose Weight, Study Finds

Problems Spotted in Clinical Trials Can Go Unreported, Study Says

Problems Spotted in Clinical Trials Can Go Unreported, Study Says

Georgia reports first measles case in three years | Albany Herald

Georgia reports first measles case in three years | Albany Herald

Gov. Deal: January revenues up 3 percent | Governor Nathan Deal Office of the Governor

Deal: January revenues up 3 percent | Governor Nathan Deal Office of the Governor

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Program for 1-Year-Olds Tries to Lessen Autism's Impact

Program for 1-Year-Olds Tries to Lessen Autism's Impact

Preemies More Likely to Have Asthma, Study Finds

Preemies More Likely to Have Asthma, Study Finds

Many States Still in Flu's Grip, But Some Areas Report Declines

Many States Still in Flu's Grip, But Some Areas Report Declines

Piedmont Newnan seeks to expand neonatal services - The Newnan Times-Herald

Piedmont Newnan seeks to expand neonatal services - The Newnan Times-Herald

Food for thought: What future doctors are learning about nutrition | Georgia Health News

Food for thought: What future doctors are learning about nutrition | Georgia Health News

Vaccine Skeptics Find Unexpected Allies in Conservative GOP - ABC News

Vaccine Skeptics Find Unexpected Allies in Conservative GOP - ABC News

Cyber hackers see potentially rewarding targets when they attack health care companies - Chicago Tribune

Cyber hackers see potentially rewarding targets when they attack health care companies - Chicago Tribune

Friday, February 6, 2015

Exclusive Breast-Feeding May Ease Transition to Solid Food

Exclusive Breast-Feeding May Ease Transition to Solid Food

Overly Controlling Moms Lose Out, Study Says

Overly Controlling Moms Lose Out, Study Says

5 Babies at Illinois Day Center Diagnosed With Measles

5 Babies at Illinois Day Center Diagnosed With Measles

Nathan Deal on dead and damaged kids: It’s time for ‘able-bodied’ grandparents to step up | Political Insider blog

Nathan Deal on dead and damaged kids: It’s time for ‘able-bodied’ grandparents to step up | Political Insider blog

Debate heats up over safety of electronic health records

Debate heats up over safety of electronic health records

Arkansas' 1st-in-the nation Medicaid expansion survives - Modern Healthcare

Arkansas' 1st-in-the nation Medicaid expansion survives - Modern Healthcare

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Children's hunger born from mothers' trauma - Medical News Today

Children's hunger born from mothers' trauma - Medical News Today

Smoking while breastfeeding puts children at risk of obesity later in life - Medical News Today

Smoking while breastfeeding puts children at risk of obesity later in life - Medical News Today

Medical cannabis bill gets law enforcement pushback | State Legislature | Macon.com

Medical cannabis bill gets law enforcement pushback | State Legislature | Macon.com

More Governors Embrace Medicaid Expansion, But With Changes | Kaiser Health News

More Governors Embrace Medicaid Expansion, But With Changes | Kaiser Health News

Measles Outbreak Sparks Bid To Strengthen Calif. Vaccine Law | Kaiser Health News

Measles Outbreak Sparks Bid To Strengthen Calif. Vaccine Law | Kaiser Health News

Monday, February 2, 2015

Some Kids Use Tobacco, E-Cigarettes Together, Study Finds

Some Kids Use Tobacco, E-Cigarettes Together, Study Finds

Lead Exposure May Be Bigger Threat to Boys Than Girls

Lead Exposure May Be Bigger Threat to Boys Than Girls

Medication Problems May Spur Many Child ER Trips, Study Finds

Medication Problems May Spur Many Child ER Trips, Study Finds

Toddler Snacks, Meals Have Lots of Salt and Sugar: Study

Toddler Snacks, Meals Have Lots of Salt and Sugar: Study

Rise In Measles Cases Marks A 'Wake-Up Call' For U.S. : Shots - Health News : NPR

Rise In Measles Cases Marks A 'Wake-Up Call' For U.S. : Shots - Health News : NPR

A smarter way to make health care more available in Georgia | Georgia Health News

A smarter way to make health care more available in Georgia | Georgia Health News

Special session on Insure Tennessee gets underway Monday - Houston Chronicle

Special session on Insure Tennessee gets underway Monday - Houston Chronicle

More states look to expand Medicaid | Fox News

More states look to expand Medicaid | Fox News

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Enterovirus may be linked to paralysis in 12 Colorado children, study finds - Medical News Today

Enterovirus may be linked to paralysis in 12 Colorado children, study finds - Medical News Today

More Measles Cases Seen in January Than in Typical Year: CDC

More Measles Cases Seen in January Than in Typical Year: CDC

House Speaker Open To Vote On Autism Therapy Coverage Bill | WABE 90.1 FM

House Speaker Open To Vote On Autism Therapy Coverage Bill | WABE 90.1 FM

Hospital plans to deliver new pediatric unit in Braselton

Hospital plans to deliver new pediatric unit in Braselton

Republicans: House to begin work on health care alternative - TwinCities.com

Republicans: House to begin work on health care alternative - TwinCities.com

California Launches Campaign To Curb E-Cigarette Smoking | Kaiser Health News

California Launches Campaign To Curb E-Cigarette Smoking | Kaiser Health News

Mixed Results For Obamacare Tests In Primary-Care Innovation | Kaiser Health News

Mixed Results For Obamacare Tests In Primary-Care Innovation | Kaiser Health News