Posts tagged children

• The American Academy of Pediatrics Steps Up in Support of the National PABI Plan

  Timothy Smith | August 07, 2009 5:09 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Just a few minutes ago, I received an email from Patrick Donohue at the Sara Jane Brain Foundation. Attached was this letter from the American Academy of Pediatrics describing their support for the...

• Decreasing Reproductive Health Linked To Increased Chemical Exposure

  Devon Glass | August 07, 2009 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Every day we wake up, go about our routine in our home, travel to work or on errands, eat food that we generally buy from a grocery store and think nothing of the dangers all of these activities...

• The National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan - Part III

  Timothy Smith | August 06, 2009 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Yesterday, we finished our discussion of the early stages of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan [PABI Plan]. I promised the readers I would focus on the concepts of mild traumatic...

• Timothy Smith accepts position on the National Advisory Board to the Sara Jane Brain Project

  Timothy Smith | July 06, 2009 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Odd name, huh? The Sara Jane Brain Project. But what is odd in name is absolutely breathtaking in what the project is trying to accomplish as it works to create a model system for children suffering...

• Did Someone Prescribe Sam's Club a Stupid Pill? Maryland Store Passes Out Candy in Prescription Bottles

  David Mittleman | July 02, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Teen prescription drug abuse is on the rise. In fact, according to a 2008 study conducted by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, nearly one in five—that’s 4.5...

• Blue Cross Blue Shield to Pay $1 Million to Families of Autistic Children

  David Mittleman | June 26, 2009 11:32 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to pay $1 million dollars total to families that sought coverage for behavioral therapy for their young autistic children and were denied. The settlement money will...

• Are Children in Foster Care Being Given Unsafe Pyschiatric Drugs?

  David Mittleman | June 01, 2009 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A recent study on the state database of foster-care records by the Florida Department of Children and Families discovered that 13 percent of their State’s foster children were being given...

• Trends in Teen Drug Use

  David Mittleman | March 11, 2009 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A new study released by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America has found a 25% decline in methamphetamine use and a 30% decline in marijuana use in teens. Where the Partnership found an increase,...

• Jackson Woman Collides With School Bus

  Devon Glass | January 15, 2009 10:04 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Jackson woman caused an accident when she ran her Buick into a school bus with two special needs children early Tuesday morning near Blackman Township. The children and the bus driver were not...

• Men Charged in Tainted Chinese Milk Deaths

  David Mittleman | December 29, 2008 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Six men involved in the production of melamine-tainted infant milk formula are set to face trial in China for their wrongdoing. According to prosecutors, the men are responsible for contaminating...