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Children
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A different story in each state: Get tips on covering pediatric dental benefits under ACA
As state health insurance marketplaces opened for business, Marissa Evans of Kaiser Health News offered a nice consumer-friendly Q&A on…
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Story on ‘diaper need’ brings a medical study to life
Medical research can often seem far removed from a local health beat. All the statistics, the jargon, the complicated graphs…
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State’s ‘misstep’ means Calif. kids need separate dental plans
Pediatric dental coverage was designated as one of 10 essential benefits under Affordable Care Act. But most dental insurance is…
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Senate report echoes journalists’ findings on corporate-owned dental clinics
The Center for Public Integrity’s David Heath, who has done extensive reporting on the practices at Small Smiles dental clinics,…
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Medicaid kids getting more dental treatment; report has state-by-state breakdown
In spite of the numbers of Medicaid children rising steeply between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of them making it…
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Health advocates worry Calif. children won’t access dental care in exchanges
The advocates who fought hard for the inclusion of pediatric dental benefits under the Affordable Care Act have been closely…
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Report: Children shortchanged when it comes to dental health
Every year, millions of American children go without a dental visit. That lack of care weighs most heavily upon the…
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Waiting for children: New stories about infertility #ahcj13
According to the CDC, about 10 percent of women age 44 and younger, or 6.7 million, have trouble getting pregnant…
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Research into behavioral genetics in its infancy #ahcj13
At the Health Journalism 2013 session on Shaping the Pediatric Brain, independent journalist David Dobbs shared insights on researching and…
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Experts call for changing culture of youth sports to reduce dangerous injuries #ahcj13
Organizers of youth baseball leagues learned a simple truth over time – that if they let a pitcher throw without…