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September 2008
This edition:
Support for Parents of Children with Special Needs
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Raising a child with special needs or a disability is fulfilling in ways you'd never dream, says Jackie Richards. But it can also be a lonely place.
As the associate director of Family Connection of South Carolina, a state-wide non-profit that provides support for such parents, Richards knows too well the statistics: in 80 percent of families with special needs, marriage ends in divorce. Child abuse in these families is also drastically higher than in other family homes, occurring three times more often.
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Dear faculty, Children's Hospital staff and other friends,
One of the missions of the MUSC Children's Hospital is to support the advocacy for children's health. In recent years, we have been involved with many advocacy programs. Family Connection of South Carolina has been a partner with the Children's Hospital and advocate for pediatric care, especially for children with special needs for several decades. They have provided lobbying efforts with the legislature, given help to fragile patients with multiple problems, and have offered counseling and advice for parents.
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It's that time again! Back to school, and back to worrying about hurricanes. After a hot and humid summer, we are finally ready for a little fall weather but with the threat of Hurricane Hanna upon us, we are reminded that this may be the calm before the storm. Fortunately, the MUSC Medical Center and the Department of Pediatrics are well prepared for such natural disasters. Generators in the facility have been tested, plans are in place for minimizing inpatient volume and keeping the patients that remain hospitalized safe, and essential physicians and staff are deciding on who will stay and who will leave in the event of an evacuation. Hurricane disaster planning is yet another example of the kind of team building and organization necessary to keep a large medical center like ours operational. The community can rest assured that MUSC is prepared and always here to provide you with the best healthcare services possible.
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Can Foods and Natural Products be used as "Medicines"?
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It's a common belief that certain foods or natural products can prevent or even cure certain diseases or ailments. For example, cranberry juice is thought to prevent or treat urinary tract infections.
"There have been some studies showing cranberries work, but most haven't been conducted in a systematic and controlled way, in the same ways researchers study conventional medicines," says DCRI researcher Jennifer Donovan, PhD.
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Asthma in the Schools (Part 2 of 2)
In last month's EBM Tip, we looked at the MUSC Children's Hospital initiative to improve asthma outcomes for children who visit the Emergency Room. Through the institution of evidence-based standards for care that include medication, family education, and new products, the Asthma Outcomes Committee was able to meet the JCAHO standards, reaching 100% in two of the three measures.
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Dietary Guidelines - Looking for Color!
Every five years, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) revise Dietary Guidelines to encourage Americans to live a lifestyle which promotes health. Today, nearly one third of us are either overweight or obese. This leads to increased risk for the metabolic cluster of high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and diabetes. This leads to debilitating heart and kidney disease. Changing the way you live can prevent and treat many chronic diseases.
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A special thanks to the following individuals for their efforts in putting together Kids Connection each month.
Editor-in-Chief: Bernard L. Maria, MD/MBA
Editorial Assistant: Jennifer Cherock, Trio Solutions, Inc.
Publishers: Brian Dadin, Roxanne Hicks, Trio Solutions, Inc.
Feature Writer: Mary Sue Lawrence
Contributing Writers:
Lyndon Key,
Bernard Maria,
Philip Saul,
John Sanders,
Laura Cousineau
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