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Katie Stevenson

Why the National U.S. C-Section Rate is So High? | Cesarean Section - 0 views

www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp

national u s rate C-sections

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  • it leveled off at 32.8% in 2010 and 2011
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      Statistic from the Child Birth Connection
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    About C-sections and their rates
Katie Stevenson

Births - The 2012 Statistical Abstract - U.S. Census Bureau - 0 views

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u s census bureau birth rates

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  • Births, Birth Rates, and Fertility Rates by Race, Sex, and Age
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      The total number of live births from the most recent census released to the public in 2008 was 4,247,694
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    PDF Downlands about birth rates in the US
Mariah Russell

Nearly one million children in U.S. potentially misdiagnosed with ADHD, study finds - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...100817103342.htm

shared by Mariah Russell on 28 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Nearly One Million Children in U.S. Potentially Misdiagnosed With ADHD, Study Finds
  • Nearly 1 million children in the United States are potentially misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder simply because they are the youngest -- and most immature
  • It also wastes an estimated $320 million-$500 million a year on unnecessary medication -- some $80 million-$90 million of it paid by Medicaid, he said.
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  • ADHD diagnoses depend on a child's age relative to classmates and the teacher's perceptions of whether the child has symptoms.
  • ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder for kids in the United States, with at least 4.5 million diagnoses among children under age 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • However, there are no neurological markers for ADHD
  • Overall, the study found that about 20 percent -- or 900,000 -- of the 4.5 million children currently identified as having ADHD likely have been misdiagnosed.
Katie Stevenson

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - Information About Asthma, Allergies, Food Al... - 0 views

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asthma allergy allergies research

shared by Katie Stevenson on 20 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • An estimated 50 million Americans suffer from all types of allergies
  • Allergy is the 5th leading chronic disease in the U.S. among all ages,
  • 3rd most common chronic disease among children under 18 years old
  • Katie Stevenson on 20 Mar 13
     
    Allergies facts
Carolina Torres

Marijuana Use Among U.S. Teens More Common Than Cigarette-Smoking, Survey Finds - 1 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...use-among-us-te_n_1582017.html

shared by Carolina Torres on 02 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • This marks the first time that marijuana use has eclipsed cigarette smoking. One expert says that a factor in rising marijuana use is that teens perceive the drug to be less harmful for their health than cigarettes.
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      Carolina Torres on 02 Nov 12
       
      It not only seems less harmful, most teens don't care about the effects of marijuana. So they smoke it more then cigarettes because most of them know whats inside of cigarettes. So in a way, marijuana is better.
Katy Wilson

Lower drinking ages lead to more binge drinking, study of U.S. states finds - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...130206162327.htm

shared by Katy Wilson on 11 Feb 13 - No Cached
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    I'm glad that legal drinking age is 21 here.
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