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Kids of Color Get Worse Health Care Across the Board in the U.S., Research Finds

Imagine your child has broken a bone. You head to the emergency department, but the doctors won’t prescribe painkillers. This scenario is one that children of color in the U.S. are more likely to face than their white peers, according to new findings published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. Researchers reviewed dozens of recent studies looking… Continue reading Kids of Color Get Worse Health Care Across the Board in the U.S., Research Finds

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS

Emergency Preparedness

Do you feel prepared for a natural disaster or emergency? September is National Preparedness Month. Take time this month to make sure your household has enough supplies for at least 72 hours without power and clean water. Be informed. Find out about which types of disasters, including natural, technological, and home fires are likely to… Continue reading Emergency Preparedness

Sarah Sanchez, NDTR

National Support Groups and Foundations

Enteral Nutrition Support Groups and Foundations: Adult Tube Feeding Facebook Support Group www.facebook.com/groups/Adulttubefeeding ASPEN: American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition www.nutritioncare.org The Daily Feed: Tube Feeding Family Support Network www.facebook.com/groups/TheDailyFeed Feeding Matters  www.feedingmatters.org Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation www.feedingtubeawareness.com Flourish Community: Home Nutrition from Shield HealthCare www.shieldhealthcare.com/community/nutrition Oley Foundation www.oley.org Tube Fed Kids tubefedkids.ning.com   Incontinence Support Groups and Foundations: American Kidney… Continue reading National Support Groups and Foundations

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS

Damage to Children’s Education — And Their Health — Could Last a Lifetime

COVID’S LONG SHADOW: GENERATION COVID By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Before the pandemic, 16-year-old Na’ryen Cayou had everything he needed. He had his own room. A partial scholarship to a boys’ prep school. A spot playing trombone in the marching band, performing in parades all over New Orleans. Then covid-19 blew through the Big… Continue reading Damage to Children’s Education — And Their Health — Could Last a Lifetime

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
COVID-19 and Your Hospital Stay

What to Expect at Your Next Hospital Visit

COVID-19 and Your Hospital Stay The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how most hospitals and healthcare facilities interact with patients. If this is your first visit to a hospital or doctor’s office since the pandemic began, you might find some of these changes alarming. Please know that although your experience at the hospital may be different,… Continue reading What to Expect at Your Next Hospital Visit

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
COVID Lung Transplant

Back to Life: COVID Lung Transplant Survivor Tells Her Story

Original article by Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media | Kaiser Health News – August 14, 2020 Mayra Ramirez remembers the nightmares. During six weeks on life support at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Ramirez said, she had terrifying nightmares that she couldn’t distinguish from reality. “Most of them involve me drowning,” she said. “I… Continue reading Back to Life: COVID Lung Transplant Survivor Tells Her Story

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
why people are still avoiding the doctor

Why People Are Still Avoiding the Doctor (It’s Not the Virus)

At first, people delayed medical care for fear of catching Covid. But as the pandemic caused staggering unemployment, medical care has become unaffordable for many. Original article by Reed Abelson | New York Times, June 16, 2020 At first, Kristina Hartman put off getting medical care out of concern about the coronavirus. But then she… Continue reading Why People Are Still Avoiding the Doctor (It’s Not the Virus)

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
spike in new coronavirus cases as U.S. reopening accelerates

Record spike in new coronavirus cases reported in six U.S. states as reopening accelerates

New coronavirus infections hit record highs in six U.S. states on Tuesday, June 16, marking a rising tide of cases as states moved forward with reopening.

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
Childrens Hospitals

Best Children’s Hospitals 2019-2020: Honor Roll and Overview

No matter what ails a child, these hospitals rank among the best in treating sick kids. By Ben Harder | usnews.com The annual U.S. News Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, now in their 13th year, offer guidance to parents seeking the best place for their very sick child. The top 50 medical centers are ranked in… Continue reading Best Children’s Hospitals 2019-2020: Honor Roll and Overview

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
affordable care act is struck down

If the Affordable Care Act is Struck Down, Nearly All Americans Would Be Affected in Some Way

Original article by the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation | Dec 20, 2018 If the Affordable Care Act is Struck Down, Nearly All Americans Would Be Affected in Some Way The Affordable Care Act’s changes to the nation’s health care system are so widespread that nearly all Americans would be affected in some way if… Continue reading If the Affordable Care Act is Struck Down, Nearly All Americans Would Be Affected in Some Way

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
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