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CEDARBURG - From newborns to teenagers, pediatrician Dan Hagerman has seen more than 10,000 children over his 28 years at the Cedar Mills Medical Group in Cedarburg. And while he loved the job because of the positive energy kids bring, it hasn't always been easy. He's been punched, peed on, thrown up on and worse in the course of treating children, some frightful of going to the doctor. But he figured out how to get creative, including learning how to juggle - well kind of. "One of the good things about juggling for kids is that they think it is more fun when you drop the balls, which was fortunate because I never really was that great of a juggler," Hagerman said. Other times he has crawled under chairs or the exam table to connect with a fearful child.   "I recall a visit with a teen who was having significant mental health issues who refused to come i...

Community Care Clinic of Dare. The Community Care Clinic of Dare provides medical care, medication assistance, and health education to uninsured adults.  Clinic Hours in Nags Head are Monday through Thursday 9a to 2p.  There's also a monthly clinic at the Dare County Health Department Frisco location.  If you have no health insurance, live or work in Dare County, and are 18 or over, call us!  The Community Care Clinic of Dare offers Covid and Flu vaccines.  Medications are delivered directly to the patient's door.  There are specialty care and mental health referrals.  Plus you can get routine lab work and help to access diagnostic tests like MRI's and CT's.  The Community Care Clinic of Dare has interpreters available and can treat chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol. Call 252-261-3041 to register with the Community Care Clinic of Dare.  Visit...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Targeting disparities in colorectal cancer screening    The CT Mirror

During the pandemic, general health services were suspended in many places, and the fear of contracting COVID-19 kept many from undergoing master check-ups Preventive screenings took the back-seat due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After slowing down or being suspended during the first and second waves, preventive healthcare services are slowly picking up pace across city hospitals. Fear of contracting COVID-19 in a hospital setup kept many away from undergoing master health check-ups. Nevertheless, doctors underlined the need for such preventive checks for early detection of diseases and better treatment outcomes. As routine screenings went for a toss, a number of hospitals, keeping in mind the changing needs of people, have redesigned their preventive healthcare packages, bringing in post-COVID related tests. The Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) saw a drastic fall in the number of persons seeking preventive health check-ups at the Master Health Check-up Centre. ...

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Children across the nation are heading back to school, a time of year that can bring a variety of emotions from excitement to anxiety. However, this school year has an extra layer of uncertainty amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, so it's important to take precautions to fight the spread of the disease in the classroom — particularly as the highly contagious delta variant is circulating. Johns Hopkins Children's Center (JHCC) experts recommend the following: Children 12 years and older should get a COVID-19 vaccine. Students should wear a mask with at least two layers of tightly woven fabric. Masks should fit well, covering the nose and mouth. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend masking for all students in grades K-12, even those who are fully vaccinated. Getting the COVID-19 vaccine and wearing a face mask are the two most important strategies to decrease the spread of COVID-19...

Colorectal cancer screenings should begin at age 45 instead of 50, according to the panel that sets guidelines for preventive screenings in the U.S. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of national experts in disease prevention and evidence-based medicine, on May 18 officially recommended lowering the age recommendation because of an increase in colorectal cancer among young adults by almost 15% in about a 15-year period. As a research scientist and an advocate for people with colorectal cancer, I am particularly excited over this change. Along with a 2020 federal law that changed reimbursement to make sure the cost of a screening colonoscopy is fully covered by Medicare, this development will likely save lives. A deadly disease Colorectal cancer remains a major source of cancer incidence and mortality worldwide. The American Cancer Society recently estimated that in 2021 ...

News-Journal readers  |  The Daytona Beach News-Journal Florida just hit a grim milestone: 3 million active cases of COVID-19. The number of Floridians who have been vaccinated continues to climb, and that's a good thing. But many of us still know at least one person who is refusing to get the vaccine — or just hasn't made time. Confronting them can be difficult. So last week, we asked our readers to share their best arguments for getting vaccinated. We're going to keep running these as long as you continue to write them. Email them to letters@ news-jrnl.com. Please include your name and city and a phone number where you can be reached with questions, and put "COVID" in the subject line. Understand the pandemic Your request for compelling arguments for observing health guidelines and obtaining vaccinations against the virus sends me to my computer to tell of my experiences through the years against deadly and dangerous viruses. In my 6...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] [SPONSORED] New Anti-Infection Solution That Flushes off Staphylococcus, Gonorrhea, STD, Syphilis from the Body System In few weeks!    Vanguard

Aug. 26, 2021 -- About one third of the US population had been infected with coronavirus 2 by the end of 2020, according to a new study published today in Nature . Jeffrey Shaman, PhD, director of the Climate and Health Program at Columbia University, and colleagues simulated the spread of coronavirus within all 3,142 counties in the United States. The United States had the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world during 2020. More than 19.6 million cases were reported by the end of the year. But the authors point out "69% of the population remained susceptible to viral infection." 'We Have Not Turned the Corner' Jill Foster, MD, a pediatric infectious disease doctor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis says the study adds evidence that : "We have not turned the corner on COVID-19 and are nowhere near herd immunity — if it exists for...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Florence woman says nurses at urgent care clinic disrespected her, mocking her name during visit    WHNT News 19

Dive Brief: A federal appeals court has ruled against UnitedHealthcare, the biggest private payer in the U.S., and reversed a 2018 decision overturning Medicare's overpayment rule requiring insurers to refund reimbursement to CMS within 60 days if they learn a diagnosis lacks medical record support. UnitedHealthcare argued in court in November the overpayment rule was subject to "actuarial equivalence," a Medicare statute requiring CMS to adjust payments to Medicare Advantage plans based on risk factors so they're equivalent for their members and the traditional Medicare beneficiaries whose healthcare cost data CMS uses to calculate the capitated MA payments. But that doesn't apply to the overpayment rule, and UnitedHealthcare's argument is without legal basis, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in a decision filed Friday. The court remanded the case back to the district court to judge in favor of CMS. Both UnitedHealth and CM...

(Precision Vaccinations) The JAMA Network published a Perspective written by Rita Rubin, MA, on August 25, 2021, stating there has been more than a year with virtually no influenza virus outbreaks in the USA. This unusual trend leads to potential scenarios ranging from a repeat of last flu season's numbers to an explosion in influenza cases. Rubin's article is excerpted below. 'Several what-ifs will determine the upcoming flu season's magnitude, including but not limited to the COVID-19 pandemic's continued severity, the extent to which SARS-CoV-2 virus mitigation measures continue to be deployed, and how well flu vaccines are matched to circulating influenza viruses. Ask those who focus on influenza to describe the 2021-2022 flu season in a single word, and they are likely to reply "unpredictable." Past flu seasons have followed no pattern. Instead, a mild one is sometimes foll...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Navigating a vaccination mandate from work, SC Chamber hosts discussion    wpde.com

Coronavirus cases in children have surged over the last month — from around 38,000 at the end of July to more than 180,000 last week, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. In Mississippi alone, three weeks into the school year, COVID-19's toll on kids is staggering. Almost 12,000 students have tested positive for the virus, with nearly 29,000 now quarantined. Sadder still is M'Kayla Robinson's COVID story. The 13-year-old eighth grader started feeling sick on Wednesday, August 11, and died from COVID that Saturday. "That was my only daughter. My only child," said Justin Waddell, M'Kayla's father.  "We've never seen anything happen like this in three days," Waddell said. "It was a shock to everybody. The whole family." In Mississippi, barely one out of every three people has been fully vaccinated, the country's second-lowest state rate. Governor Tate Reeves also opposes mask mandates, even in schools, des...

NEW DELHI: Hospitals across the national capital are registering a rise in the number of viral infection cases owing to change in weather, doctors said. The doctors have also cautioned against self-medication and advised consulting a medical practitioner in time if one experiences symptoms of seasonal flu. Dr Vikramjit Singh, senior consultant, internal medicine of the Akash Healthcare Super Specialty Hospital in Dwarka said their facility has been receiving eight cases of viral infection every day. Dr Manoj Sharma, senior consultant, internal medicine, Fortis Hospital at Vasant Kunj said every second patient coming to them has viral infection. "They present with cold, cough, fever and in some cases, nausea, vomiting and loose motions. The fever is high grade touching 102-103 degrees Celsius. Keeping oneself hydrated helps in controlling the fever," Sharma said. Singh said the viral illness cases are more this year maybe because of the changing weather with extreme heat and e...

When Laura sent me an email in early August, the first thing she did was apologize. "Please excuse how inelegant and disjointed this will be," she wrote. "It matches my brain after being a caregiver since 2013." In 2013, Laura was several decades into a career as a marketing consultant. Her work was rewarding and challenging; she felt like she got to be creative every day and was never bored. She had gone freelance in the early 2000s and reveled in the freedom of being her own boss. Then her 78-year-old mom began experiencing severe back pain. She was scheduled for surgery, but the symptoms only worsened after the procedure. She was soon rushed back to the hospital following the collapse of her spinal cord. After emergency surgery, her pain lessened, at least somewhat, but then Laura was left to deal with her mom's quickly accelerating dementia. "She went from normal cognition to thinking it was her wedding day and that I was her mother," Laura told ...