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Doctors may overestimate their expertise

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 12th 2006 3:40PM

An article in JAMA, summarized recently at HealthDay News, found that doctors often have a falsely exaggerated view of their own capabilities. In fact, physicians who were judged by outsiders to be the worst performers in a given area often gave ...
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The value of child health insurance programs

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 11th 2006 5:30PM

A recent on HealthDay news reported that government-sponsored health insurance for low-income children boosts their access to care and improves their quality of life. Reporting in the September issue of Pediatrics, researchers at the Rand Corp. ...
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Clowns help kids to cope with sickness

by Heather Craven, Posted Jun 10th 2006 6:00PM

Spending time in the hospital with a child of any age can be one the bigger stress events in the life a family. Whether the diagnosis is known or not, the waiting, the tests, and the knowledge that something is wrong with your child's health is ...
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Cough syrup hurts, not helps kids, says panel

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jan 11th 2006 8:28AM

Cough syrup, the cold panacea found in every parent's medicine cabinet, may soon disappear if they heed the advice of the American College of Chest Physicians. New guidelines out Monday say that, not only do over-the-counter cough medicines fail to ...
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