| Search 1) News For: Nj Children Care Children's Health Care Coverage Awareness With school back in session cold and flu germs spread like wildfire. A doctor visit is often needed for sick kids but if the parents don't have health insurance that treatment is often missed. But LeAnn Wallace reports health care for kids is obtained more easily than many parents know. Uninsured Children in the Northland The number may startle you, 1,800 kids in duluth don't have health insurance. Experts said health costs continue to rise and many local kids are not getting the care they need. Cedar Crest Residents Help Heal Local Children Cedar Crest residents and staff joined hands to help an extraordinary organization, one that brings quality medical care to economically disadvantaged children throughout the United States and around the world. Search 2) News For: Nj Children Care Report: SJH improves acute care The state Department of Health and Senior Services 2008 Hospital Performance Report, released on Wednesday, shows that Cumberland County's lone acute care facility - South Jersey Healthcare's Regional Medical Center - improved the quality of its care in three of four reviewed areas over the last year. Why Intensive Care Leads To PTSD A new study shows about 20 percent of patients checking out of hospital intensive care units suffer post traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Sydney Spiesel ��� a practicing pediatrician and professor at Yale Medical School ��� talks to Madeleine Brand about why this happens and what hospitals can do. America's Health Care at Risk: Guaranteeing Patient Access to Specialty Care The nation's most influential voices in health care are in Florida to tackle one of the most critical issues facing Americans -- finding a cure for the nation's ailing health care system. James R. Bean, MD, president of the AANS, is among the distinguished speakers presenting today. He will speak about medical liability and Medicare -- two crucial issues affecting patient access to care. Mayor���s Breakfast Mayor Pat Evans and members of the Plano City Council met Friday morning at the Ambulatory Care Pavilion at the newly opened Children���s Medical Center at Legacy for a Mayor���s Breakfast hosted by the Plano Economic Development Board, Inc. Get that kid immunized Free childhood immunizations will be offered to area children from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Medical Care Mission, 302 Medical Drive. KRON's 4 Your Child's Heath Watch KRON's 4 Your Child's Heath, every other Tuesday at 11am. For a whole half hour, doctors and specialists from Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland provide information pertaining to pediatric health care, from new medical advances, to treatment, and prevention. Search 3) News For: Nj Children Care Primary Care Doctors Getting Harder To Find Dr. Mark Costa has decided he is not going to take the primary care rat race anymore. Given his experience, he said he is not surprised at studies that show only 2 percent of medical students are going into the field. |

