this makes pediatric brain injury the leading cause of death and injury to children. there exists no viable therapeutic option for patients and all of the interventions are designed to prevent progression of the injury or secondary injury. in order to successfully treat traumatic brain injuries you must equip health care professionals and researchers with the resources needed to improve outcomes and quality of life for those affected. although there are numerous research projects under way across the country including the university of texas and north texas brain injury model system and the tbi center and the centralized, and coordinated approach is lacking and the government accountability office report released this january entitled coordinating authority needed for psychological health and traumatic brain injury activities that emphasized the need for coordination of care and coordination of services and traumatic brain injury in patients for the department of defense. they know in conducting their research there was no central location to obtain information and th

we must not forget to train our next generation to be our scientists of pediatric injury. there are two resources that i call the committee's attention to that would be able to give you more complete answers. trying to be brief here. the first is a very exciting initiative that i was part of, actually both i was part of, that will be released by the cdc i think next month. it's a national action plan for child injury prevention. it provides action steps in research, data, education, health systems, communication, to prevent child injuries from occurring. it also seeks to incorporate child injury prevention into existing systems and strategies at the national, state, and local level. a second very exciting initiative is the national institute of child health and development, is interested in child injury. and i applaud leadership for their interest in this. the society for the advancement of violence and injury research under the direction of the president, dr. fred rivera, tapped into experts in the field and enumerated important next steps in child injury research. and i

it is the largest pediatric health care network and home to one of the largest programs in the u.s. i am humbled by the commitment and skill the hospital brings to pediatric injury much of which has enabled by investments from the federal government. i came to care about tbi early in my training. when i would hear the trauma transport helicopter i felt a sense of dread for the family whose life would be changed by their child's tbi, every day more than 125 of our nation's children are hospitalized or die from tbi. car crashes, sports, falls and child abuse are the likely causes, largely preventable events, a great cause to families or to society. annually estimated tbi costs are more than $29 billion for children who die and $53 billion for those who are hospitalized. therefore, as a nation, i propose that our primary success metric should be annual reductions in pediatric traumatic brain injuries to reduce the tbi burden i propose three priority areas, one, prevention, two, timely, state-of-the-art acute care and three, optimal recovery. i hope to demonstrate the importance of rese

there's great suspicion, for example, in pediatric injury, that neuroendocrin abnormalities relate to further mature appropriately. as a consequence, we have to call into question the role of even a cult brain injury, much less more obvious brain injury and conditions that might lead to dyslexia, agraphia, confidentiality difficulties with reading, writing, math and so on. that we have bundled under learning disabilities as an example. further, as we see the difference in children, we have medication differences, pharmacologic interventions that are not effective with children or put children at risk that can be used in adults. and then, of course, we have the real social dilemma in terms of how we treat these children. it's difficult to amass them in a single environment and take them out of their cultural surroundings, family, school, et cetera. and so unfortunately, because of the vagaries of rehabilitation coverage, the schools do end up being the de facto rehabilitation setting. it's not what they're trained for, it's not what they're prepared for. they certainly have stepped up

care, a pediatric icu, and the closed another area. in 2004, they had a business it planned to seismically retrofits when there was not enough money in their calculation to make profits off of the patience of sonoma county, and they tried to walk away and close all of of hospitals and transfer them to a catholic hospital in the area. there was a community fight which ultimately led to a political fight which kept them in the county. now, they are building a smaller hospital which will put a burden on the facilities while they increased their profits. they do this in every single community where they operate. as a resident of san francisco where my wife and child, and we are about to have a new baby -- we are very fortunate to have access to health care, and we believe everyone should have access to health care, so on behalf of all san franciscans, stand up to this bullet corp. and do the right thing. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. i am going to call a few more names. [calling names] eden long or lang. thomas simpson, vinnie auro

and they had a pediatric emergency room sign on their e.r., and what we later learned is there is noinition for what a pediatric emergency room is. >> rick: it turned out that she did not have a common cold but in fact had an infection that may have been treatable if it had been diagnosed correctly. >> she had, an infection, and, babies show symptoms differently and they weren't aware of what she had. so yes, i know a lot of babies that have survived with that infection. >> rick: unfortunately, that was notrebecca. this is incredibly tragic story, how often does this kind of thing happen around the country. >> unfortunately, it is just that children are not small adults and my field is created to address the problem, when kids presents an emergency situation they presents in different ways and people need to recognize their symptoms as such. it is actually a dawning task because 90% of children are not seen in children's hospitals emergency departments and of those departments, we found by recent surveys, only 6% are fully prepared to see children in emergencies. so, they really have

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georgetown and tust universities school of medicine instructor in pediatrics, 3 years. permanent medic group. multiple leadership roles including chief of pediatrics and associate executive director. 29 years all together and currently. hobbies, hiking. sharon levine. >> sharon levine, we are joined by vicki got lick, senior policy attorney for the center of medicare advocacy. are thru? >> i am. good morning. >> vicki, do you have thoughts on what we've been saying so far about the cost implications of by lodgics versus traditional drugs or any aspects of the conversation thus far? >> i have a lot of conthoughts about your conversation. cost is a very important factor and cost very often will cause the population not to be able to afford the drugs. even if they have drug coverage for a biopharmaceutical, very often the copayments are so high that people can't afford the copayments. people are bankrupting themselves in order to get these needed medications and it would be very useful if they couldn fact have a generic version if a generic version were available. andn som

my training is pediatric cardiology. believe me, we had a social worker, pharmacologist, he knew how to pull up the, if giving drugs, how to do the bottle. they didn't leave the hospital until parents could give the meds, could give it appropriately. even if it cost the hospital an extra day and wasn't reimbursed, the patient didn't go home until the appointment was made and our appointment was made. >> bruce? >> maybe to dwell on that a little bit. i think about my limited health training when i was in medical school. it actually had a framework. that said there were three levels of prevention. there was primary prevention. and smo how, most of the discussions i'm involved in these days seem to focus on prevention in a very primary kind of way, which is all about preventing people from getting it. you know, care coordination is all about the other two kinds of preventions for people who are sick and possibly treatable and for people who are sick and treatable but not curable. and so i think we need to get back to this n

beautiful wonderful dedicated staff through the years they have come to represent the pinnacle of pediatricmedical knowledge and expertise marked with extraordinary kind best. >> one father experienced such kindness young dick durbin tinley drove his daughter here from springfield seeking best medical care >> new state of the art facility enhance children hospital's reputation one of america's best pediatric hospitals. that's not big move to june 9th when hundred 60 kids transported via ambulance from lincoln park to streeterville move relocation effort to four years in the making. and join wgn dina bair half hour special saturday night on the opening children's rising from 930 until 10:00 p.m.. late in the park store five decades in the making itcomes back aboard the downed roy's home furnishings last week new store built 2400 block felony franks and should be ready to open by late summer or early fall in the meantime looking for temporary storefront. >> overwhelmed with emails and telephone calls landmark lincoln park area. everybody working together expediting the process. fire officials

to hospital has seen increase in gun violence against children >> innocent bystanders >> surgeon pediatricsbullet did a lot of damage upper chest and her sternum and troubled south through her intestines liver and kidney pancreas >> anna stream the lucky and the other path had any big blood vessels or her heart she would have died. instead all of the organs she injured were able to be fixed one operation to repair most of the organs >> concerned about the pancreas >> second time drains on either side of the pancreas feeding tube through her nose not secreting enzymes needed to digest food properly if the organ does not feel another surgery to remove a portion of >> body will heal but the psychological and emotional trauma of the shooting will stay with her much longer >> to occur spirit to not see this scared to go of happens to the family again >> also scared angie quiroz >> when i go home the sounds of screams and gunfire that may never go away. out of the hospital now not living in the house with the shooting happened seventh drunk driving charge of first on a wheelchair sports out of mi

we will of pediatric rooms to make those days more pleasant. and i am really excited about our emergency room which will go from a size of 27 beds, in our current emergency department, to 60 beds in our new hospital. and we will be able to go up to 120 in a disaster. i know that is important to a lot of people, including our fire chief, in this capacity. thank you for coming today. >> i wanted to recognize our deputy director of health for being here today. are representative from the san francisco held bank, cut the ceo from the san francisco health plan. the health plan will place significant role in the future of health care reform. in particular, i would like to recognize the executive from san francisco general, retired. we want to make sure she is happy today. from the mayor's office, eric. he was a huge part of this. elizabeth herbert, representing the ceo of pfizer. the only time you will be able to write on a city building, without him coming after you. i want to introduce the director of public works. >> good morning. how about a big

we will have great waiting rooms, pediatric and adults to make their stay more pleasant, and i am really excited about the emergency room, which will go from a size of 27 beds in the current emergency department to 60 in the new hospital, and we will be able to search of to 120 during a disaster. i know that is important to people like the fire chief and everyone else in the community. i invite you back for the ribbon-cutting ceremony in 2015. we will have an even bigger party than today. thank you for coming. [applause] >> i wanted to recognize tangerine and bring them from the deputy department of health. sally's biker from the sentences go health plan. our ceo of this difference is still health plan. it will play a seat of a role in the future of health care reform. particularly would like to recognize gene o'connor as the executive. she told me she bought 10 years for this, so we want to make sure she will be happy today. warren browner, ceo of cmpc. ron smith from the president of the hospital council. this will be the only time you will be able to write graffiti on a city building.

the cool kids campaign held a pediatric oncology patients and their families deal with the challenges of beating cancer. several in the sports community turned out for a fund-raiser. it jim palmer gave a hand for the group to chip in. our own pete gilbert with the shot of the tournament. the 77-yards out. this is a perfect chip and a better roll. keep with it. going, going, going -- gone! pete lands the eagle! way to go. in as how to find the cup. great fun and a great cause for a former olympian helping improve the lives of kids with cancer. >> this is always a great event every year. i have been involved for six or seven years now. every time the athletes come great.'s >> high provile losses have venus williams looking like a former winner. she looked lethargic today in the wimbledon. she lost the first 5 points of the match. she's in the near court. this is not the form of a five- time former champion to say the least. match point, williams, in your court, soft on the return and done, the first time since a debut in wimbledon 17 years ago. she loses the opening round in wimbledon.

doctor ileana vargas, a pediatric endocrinologist, says the city'' obesity raae among children is particularlye thinks sugar is a problem. "basically, it's about 13 to 14 teasppons of sugar in this bottle."but the american beverage association saas soda and it's not the first battle - its hhd with mayor bloomberr &psince he's tried but failed i the past to sllp a tax on soda. "yes, soft drinks are a source of calories. we consume llts of other calories, let's fight obesity nd justtpicking on one source of food or beverage is not gging to be the solution."standup: the board of heelth issgoing to start considering this prrposal next montt.now, if it's approoed, it won't go into effect unnil next year. and then restaurants would have 9 mmnths before they face a twoohundred dolllr fine. mary snoww cn-n, new york. -----end-----cnn.script----- 26-thousand jobs...up for grabs. grabs.the ten companies... piring right now. now.and when it comee to kicking the smoking habit... chance of doing it... men or - women. ((break 3))&p 3 3some bbg companies are doing their part to put americans bbck to work. al

the american academy of pediatrics say parents should try using a chilled teething ring or a general massage of a child's gums, instead. >> not long ago he was turning double place. today they're asking him to double bag. mike bordick took time to bag groceries for a great cause to help praise funds for the prostate cancer cancer foundation. mike? >> i'm of the age now that i'm getting checked for prostate cancer and people in my family have had it and gone through it, so, you know, it's time to help, obviously, build the awareness. >> mike was also briefly joined by dr. william nelson who left the deli to come up front. every june safeway partners up with the foundation building awareness in hopes of finding a cure. >> bordick is a good bagger. >> i remember him on the field. >> come on, man. they spenter that team in the dress ri store. >> a couple storms, but nothing severe. >> going to heat it up. >> it's doing to feel like a brick oven. >> come on, heat it up. take a look outside. hey, a nice looking night in the harbor. 76 degrees. humidity below 50%. that's not bad. a west win

pediatric services, maternity services.you cannot say everyone will participate in the substance use treatment market. and yet you require people to purchase insurance coverage for that. >> congress -- congress is enacting economic regulation here. it has latitude to define the attributes of essential coverage. that doesn't seem to implicate the question of whether congress is engaging in economic regulation in solving an economic problem. >> are you denying this? if you took a group of people subjected the mandate and calculated the amount of health care services this whole group would consume and figured out the cost of the insurance policy to cover the services that group would consume, the cost of the policy would be much, much less than the kind of policy dispute with one not be required to purchase under the affordable care act? >> welcome the way they are young and healthy that's true, but they will not be young and healthy forever. they are on the other side of the equation at some point and of course you do not kno

all series of cutbacks and pediatric care, dialysis, and other services in sacramento. it is not listed there. we have of berthing system that is closed. they are in litigation in the north bay and. you heard about the litigation. they have been in litigation over san leandro. ever where this corporation goes, the community and up in court against them. during the question with regard to st. luke's issues this is a reduction in patient care services in the southern part of san francisco. there is one typo during this presentation. it should be between 75 and 90, but it still reflects a reduction in 2/3. it was created to increase the portion of injured patients that this is the model. the insistence on a radical reducing to only 80 beds is designed to eliminate future competition. 20 years is a paltry timeline for the new facility, and i would suggest, if you want to service for another 150 years, you will commit to keeping st. luke's open for another 150 years. what is the health insurancare ? we have learned sutter health has engaged in business practices designed to

scores drop significantly over the same peempletd results of the study were published in the journal pediatrics. >>> ever wonder what a baby is thinking? >> a new study may shed light. researchers used electrotechnology to exam the brain -- examine the brains of 12-week old babies. they found one interesting difference. babies look at objects in their periphery before focusing on a central object. >>> you know vitamin d is called the sunshine vitamin. this keeps our nervous system in check. women, especially older women, who don't get enough vitamin d may be heavier than those who do. the study looked at more than 4600 women over the age of 65 for a four and a half year period. those with low levels of vitamin d in their blood gained two pounds more. nearly 80% had insufficient levels of vitamin d. researchers said those not getting enough vitamin d may not be getting enough sunshine outdoors. check out our headlines for today as well as some very interesting health categories to keep you informed. >>> well, coming up, two already closed and another four set to shut down. what the closure of th

. >> back in october the american pediatrics has recommended to take bumpers off shelves. >>> a fundraiser the christopher michael liles foundation took place in timonthium. he was only the second person in the world to receive a trachea transplant using his own stem cell. >>> it was a beautiful but kind of hot day out there. good day to get some sun. let's take a look outside. the sun is still shining. we have a couple of clouds but doesn't seem like there's much relief for us. tim williams is live with the first warning live doppler radar. it was kind of a cooker out there tim. >> it was, and a little warmer than yesterday. winds still bringing in very warm air. there is really no relief in sight. at least not for the next day or so. we're in the 6:00 hour and it's still 91 degrees. we only got to 90 yesterday, officially. today 91 at the airport, 96 downtown at the science center. our temperatures around the region in that 90-degree range. we have 81 in oakland, 83 down in the shore where it's been gorgeous down along the shore and along the beach today. about 3 degrees warmer today tha

review of more profitable drugs in return for developing treatments for rare pediatric diseases. i think that is a good tradeoff. i would like to thank mr. mccaul and mr. waxman and mrs. myrick and all of you who worked on this bill with us. i want to thank our senate colleagues, mr. casey and mr. brown, for working diligently with me and our colleagues to see to its inclusion. finally, i want to recognize nancy goodman, with kids versus cancer, who continues to be a tireless advocate for this issue. thank you, mr. pallone, thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: mr. speaker, i'd yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from california, a member of the committee, mr. bilbray, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. bilbray: mr. speaker, i stand in support of the bill and i want to thank chairman upton and leadership on both sides of the aisle for getting together and doing what's right for the american people. at this time we ta

. >>> american academy of pediatrics recommend mothers breast-feed for the first six months of life.new city finds many mothers aren't meeting the duration. >> one of the factors, what contributed to mothers being more successful at breast- feeding. those babies not given pacifiers or formula, and allowed to nurse within the fist hour of birth, were likely to meet the breast-feeding goal. >> researchers questioned 1500 pregnant women, results show 85 of them intended to breast-feed babys for three months or more. 32% of moms reached the goal. 15% gave up before they left the hospital. >>> getting physical activity has health benefits, a study says for some, exercise is not very good. scientists found for some people it reacts negatively to working out, raising the risk for high blood pressure, cholesterol and insulin levels. scientists aren't sure of the reasons behind this but say research is certainly needed. >>> can it be a pill to stop you from spending? a study gives hope to those who struggle with come compulsive shooping. researchers gave compulsive buyers the drug. symptoms w

the american academy of pediatrics recommend that mothers feed their babies breast milk for the firstths. >>> this time of the year again when families start planning that summer vacation. well it will be a rental home, camping. whichever way you decide to lay your head, you'll want to avoid these -- bed bugs. they're reddish brown in color and very, very sma. bites from bed bugs usually show up like a small red mark on the face or body. when you arrive, make sure you check the creases of mattresses and sheets and look for blood spots from a dead bug and check the drawers if you're staying in a hotel. if you see them, notify the people right away. abc2news.com is the place for all the health news you need. >>> coming up, people all over our area spent most of the weekend outside picking up the pieces from friday's -- tornado outbreak. >> jamie costello is live. we'll hear from him. facebook is looking for younger friends, how they will allow kids under the age of 13 to log on. >> and lost in the storm shuffle from friday, a very disappointing jobs report, how the president is trying t

but direct pascal amount of your hospital as a pediatric kidney specialist who says anything to hospitalization rates is was astounding here. while researchers believe obesity is a major culprit genetics and environment is likely also their role. >>> for kids like tile the causes a mystery still reminders the problem with and now but as ipod. meth the program matches his blood pressure and the mills that to his doctor. the concern is for bigger problems down the road. >>> feel a blood pressure early on is having a fast on that patient's organs such that at some point as they become adults the damage is done. it may be irreversible would set them up for major risk for cardiovascular diseases adults. >>> the last generation the rate of childhood obesity has more than tripled to nearly 20 percent so it's not surprising when housing surgeons in condition caused by a busy such as hypertension and diabetes. dr. john that two of cbs five york. military grades biplanes, it's a far cry from the camera on car kugels plan to see it all. titillates the road to success as long from detroit to silicon valley

the american academy of pediatrics recommends babies be fed only breast milk for the first six months>>> prince philip the husband of queen elizabeth is in the hospital this morning with a bladder infection as britain celebrates the queen's diamond jubilee. yesterday he joined the for a pageant to honor her 60 years on the throne. buckingham palace says the 91-year-old prince will stay in the hospital under observation for a few days. he underwent a successful coronary stent procedure in december after he suffered chest pains. he will miss tonight's star-studded convert. she will attend. finishing touches are being done. some of the headliners, sir elton john, sir paul mccartney and stevie wonder. >>> our sir, knight in shining armor mike nicco is here, armor getting wet this morning. >> expect them to have rain, but not us in june. june gloom, we still have showers, i'll show you where the best chance is and the warmer weather that is on the way. >>> a fifth grader may have the best excuse note ever for why he skipped school one day most week. >>> looking to be your own boss? i'll ha

the american association of pediatrics has come out with numerous studies about the benefits of physical education in the curriculum, not outside the curriculum. if physical education is in the curriculum, between 15% and 24% of the minutes of the school day, a standardized test scores go up, and overall health and fitness go through the roof. there is a direct correlation between the level of physical fitness and test scores. since i am in the academic classroom, and outside of it in the pe classroom, i can see it in my own eyes. i have students who i coached track and football. i am a human fleet against independent study -- -- i am vehemently against independent study. >> i teach pe because i think it is important. i am glad some of our instructors are working on getting their credentials, but at this point, but are only in terms. it is more like doing credit recovery, if it is independent study. the idea that there is the ability to supervise at more than one site, and no cap on the number of students? the school district laid off five pe teachers to use teachers funded by rotc. i fe