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Research Shows Possibility Of Vaccine For Ear Infections
Otitis media, more commonly known as an ear infection, is the most frequently diagnosed illness in children less than 15 years of age in the United States and is the primary cause for emergency room visits. More than 80 percent of children will experience at least one ear infection before their third birthday. Much research has been dedicated to preventing this common childhood disease at Nationwide Children"s Hospital.

UCLA Discovery May Explain Why Autism Strikes Boys Four Times More Than Girls
UCLA scientists have discovered a variant of a gene called CACNA1G that may increase a child"s risk of developing autism, particularly in boys. The journal Molecular Psychiatry publishes the findings in its May 19 advance online edition.
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Doctors Who Care For Very Sick May Benefit From Pay-For-Performance
Physicians who treat patients with multiple health problems will fare well under pay-for-performance, which bases physician reimbursement on the quality of care provided, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston in a report in the current issue of the journal Circulation.
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Editorials And Opinions

A Selection of Opinions and Editorials Fixing Health Care Starts With The Doctors - Washington Post It"s the doctors stupid (Steven Pearlstein, 6/10). Overseas, Under The Knife - New York Times One consequence of the high cost of medical care in the United States has been the rise of medical tourism. Every year, thousands of Americans undergo surgery in other countries because the allure of good care at half the price is too good to pass up (Arnold Milstein, Mark D. Smith, Jerome P. Kassirer, 6/9). Health Care Reform Or Just Expensive Entitlement Expansion? - McClatchy/Kaiser Health News We desperately need health care reform in America to cover all of our people and to craft a sustainable health care system... But I fear we will not get the health care reform we so desperately need (Robert Laszewski, 6/9). Our View On Health Care Reform - USA Today Requiring everyone to obtain insurance is a useful idea that demands what elected officials have long been afraid to ask for - sacrifice and shared responsibility (6/10). Health Care Reform: First, You"ll Feel A Sharp Pinch - Wall Street Journal Many politicians pushing to restructure the health-care system might shrink from the comparison, but they are making the same kind of pie-in-the-sky promises that President Ronald Reagan made when he took office and vowed to balance the budget (Peter Brown, 6/9). Sugar Taxed - Reuters Still, given the alarming rates of obesity and diabetes in the United States, and given the dire need to finance health care reform, such a tax may do a lot of good (Dan Mitchell, 6/9). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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