Comptroller asks for medical data on children in foster care
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Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn launched an investigation Friday into potential fraud and abuse in a foster care system that spends $4 million a year on mind-altering drugs, even for children of preschool age.
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Families with people who have learning disabilities are urged to report experiences of the NHS.
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U.S. health regulators are taking a new look at the safety of children's over-the-counter cough and cold medications, especially for those under age 2, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Friday.
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Child welfare agencies are involving troubled families in decisions about where endangered children should live.
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SEATTLE -- Washington state&#39;s Medicaid system cannot account for 1.4 million pills, thousands of people who are dead or lack Social Security numbers are receiving benefits and abuse of mental patients may be unreported, auditors believe.
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Assembly government ministers issue advice to childcare professionals on spotting child trafficking.
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The American Medical Association said  on Monday it will ask state and federal health authorities to  investigate retail health clinics such as those offered in  CVS/Caremark stores , Wal-Mart Stores  and  Walgreen Co.  for possible conflicts of interest.
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In another black eye for Florida's child-welfare agency, officials acknowledged that confidential records for nearly 4,000 abused and neglected children were available on the Internet until this week.
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The discovery that antidepressants may increase suicidal tendencies in children has prompted some lawmakers and physicians to ask if changes are needed to financial incentives given to drug makers for pediatric research.
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They call them "frequent fliers" at Children's Hospital: families with children so sick they've spent weeks, even months, at the medical center. They've come for complicated treatments: chemo for cancer, heart surgery, kidney transplants. The list goes on.
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The discovery that antidepressants may increase suicidal tendencies in children  has prompted some lawmakers and physicians to ask if changes are needed to financial incentives given to drug makers for pediatric research.
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A decade after the government began trying to ensure that prescription drugs used to treat children work and are safe, doctors still have scant information to guide them when they administer many medications to kids.
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SEATTLE - Children&#39;s Hospital is establishing a new center to examine ethics issues that arise in the care of children. &quot;If you look around the country there are lots of centers for bioethics, but all of them
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The American Medical Association said on Monday it will ask state and federal health authorities to investigate retail health clinics such as those offered in CVS/Caremark stores, Wal-Mart Stores and Walgreen Co. for possible conflicts of interest.
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Ford, as well as G.M. and Delphi, also said today they had been asked to provide the S.E.C. with information regarding practices related to pension and healthcare expenses.
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The Maryland comptroller will assist Howard County's effort to contact thousands of residents who lack health insurance but who might qualify for subsidized care based on their income levels.
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Frequently Asked Questions about the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)