Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion law

The Supreme Court struck down a Texas abortion law Monday. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford joins CBSN with more on the fallout from this ruling.

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How to help spot teens at risk of suicide

Pediatricians have some new guidelines to help screen kids for suicide risk. Kenneth Craig reports.

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Pediatricians urged to screen teens for suicide risks

Suicide is now the leading cause of death in adolescents, and there are warning signs to look for

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Can Neurofeedback Treat ADHD Symptoms?

A look at neurofeedback as a treatment for kids who have ADHD.

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BP Problems During Pregnancy, Heart Trouble Later?

Spotting risk early may help women make healthy lifestyle changes sooner, study author says

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Elderly Get Unnecessary End-of-Life Treatments

Family members may pressure doctors to attempt heroic interventions, researcher says

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Donated Blood Won't Transmit Alzheimer's

Swedish study of nearly 1.5 million patients finds no increased risk when blood came from affected people

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Want to Stay Mobile as You Age?

Study found it was associated with less physical disability among women

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Dance teacher's inspiring message on HIV testing

Dance teacher and activist Danny Ochoa connects through the "universal language" of music and dance

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Are Disney movies making girls "girlier"?

A new report looks at what happens when boys and girls grow up in the sparkly aura of Disney princesses

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Surprise! Illinois woman learns she's pregnant days before giving birth

Illinois woman had no idea she was seven months pregnant when she went to the hospital with severe cramping

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Former rival pulling for Tennessee's Pat Summitt amid Alzheimer's progression

Summitt's family says last few days have been difficult for the former Tennessee women's basketball coach as her Alzheimer's disease worsens

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Teens turning to risky supplements to enhance looks

Pediatricians warn parents and teens that non-FDA regulated pills and powders could be recipe for trouble

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Parenting Mistakes With Grade-Schoolers: Overscheduling, Bullying, Weight, and More

Are you guilty of these 7 common parenting mistakes? WebMD explains how to correct things like overscheduling your kids, ignoring weight gain, and much more.

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Parenting Preschoolers: 8 Mistakes Raising 3-5 Year Olds

WebMD discusses 8 common mistakes parents make in raising their 3 to 5 year olds, from playtime to whining and much more.

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When Your Child's ADHD Affects You as a Couple

WebMD talks to experts about how parents can keep their child's ADHD from harming their own relationship.

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10 Tips for Parenting ADHD Kids and Their Siblings

WebMD talks to ADHD experts about how one child's ADHD can affect their brothers and sisters.

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ADHD: 7 Life Skills Your Teen Should Master

WebMD explains the 7 life skills teens should have before heading into adulthood.

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Disciplining a Child Who Has ADHD: Tips for Parents

WebMD talks to experts about the most effective ways to discipline a child with ADHD.

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Girls and ADHD

Why is attention deficit hyperactive disorder so often overlooked in girls? WebMD explores the gender differences in the way ADHD is expressed.

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Parenting a Child With ADHD: Helping Your Child

If your child has ADHD, these 6 tips from WebMD will help you discover how to help your child learn, enforce rules, and encourage good behavior.

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How to Deal with Differing Parenting Styles

It's a common plight -- one parent is authoritarian, the other more relaxed. Unless you get your styles in sync, your kids and marriage may suffer. Here's how to start.

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Mayo Clinic Men’s Health Program

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Are Omega-3s Linked to Lower Heart Attack Risk?

These vital nutrients are found in seafood, nuts and seeds

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Even 'Good' Insurance Comes With Hidden Hospital Bills

Average out-of-pocket fee for privately insured adults topped $1,000 in 2013, study shows

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Health Risks Higher for LGBT Community

Researchers suggest stigma contributes to higher rates of drinking, smoking and 'psychological distress'

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Supreme Court rules on controversial Texas abortion law

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out a Texas law that would have placed drastic restrictions on abortion.

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Day at the beach leaves Texas man with flesh-eating bacteria

Within a few hours of being in the water, Adrian Ruiz was battling "horrible" infection

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Hovering, intrusive parents may put kids at risk

A new study finds certain parenting practices may have an unwanted effect on children's health

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Tony Robbins supporters defend guru's hot coal walk

Emergency care expert says fire walking is dangerous and can lead to months-long rehab

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Baby 'Milestones' May Have Longer-Term Importance

Early standing could signal better learning and memory skills in preschool years, research suggests

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Why Some Bisexuals Won't 'Come Out'

Interviews reveal common theme

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Kid's letter to former president about broccoli

A 5-year-old sent former Pres. George H.W. Bush a letter about his love for broccoli.

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Boost your memory with this simple trick

To increase your chances of remembering new information, you may want to do this four hours after learning it

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​Pepsi to reintroduce aspartame in new diet beverage

Move comes less than a year after pulling the artificial sweetener as part of a marketing move over safety concerns

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New law supports first responders who treat injured pets

Ohio legislation will allow emergency workers to administer life-saving treatment to pets, companion animals and police dogs in crisis

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OMS: Reserva mundial de vacunas contra la fiebre amarilla - Q&A

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Looks-Conscious Teens Trying Risky Supplements

Unregulated products can harm health, U.S. pediatricians' group warns

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Single payer healthcare: Pluses, minuses, and what it means for you

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As someone who researches inequities in health care, I’ve diligently followed the debate about healthcare reform. However, most of my friends (and I suspect most Americans) wonder exactly what single payer healthcare is and how will it affect them. In a New England Journal of Medicine perspective piece, Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, a professor of social medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, expounds on the history and obstacles facing calls for single payer healthcare reform.

Problems with the current U.S. healthcare system

Oberlander points out that the impetus for reorganizing the entire healthcare system has to do with the regrettable state of healthcare in the United States. Currently, the healthcare finance structure is made of an impressively complicated network of multiple payers, involving both private and government health insurance options. Despite spending more on healthcare than comparable countries, the U.S. has the lowest life expectancy and performs poorly on a variety of health outcomes. Thus, our complex network of insurance plans is wasteful — in large part due to high administrative costs and lack of price control.

Inequity is another major problem. The United States remains the only developed country without universal healthcare. The Affordable Care Act has made important gains toward improving and expanding health insurance coverage. However, it was never designed to provide universal healthcare and 30 million Americans remain uninsured.

What is a single payer healthcare system?

In a single payer healthcare system, rather than multiple competing health insurance companies, a single public or quasi-public agency takes responsibility for financing healthcare for all residents. That is, everyone has health insurance under a one health insurance plan, and has access to necessary services — including doctors, hospitals, long-term care, prescription drugs, dentists and vision care. However, individuals may still choose where they receive care. It’s a lot like Medicare, hence the U.S. single payer nickname “Medicare-for-all.”

Proponents advocate that a single payer system would address several problems in the U.S. system. Universal health coverage would be a major step towards equality, especially for uninsured and underinsured Americans. Overall expenses and wasteful spending could be better controlled through cost control and lower administrative costs, as evidenced in other countries. Furthermore, a single payer system has more incentive to direct healthcare spending toward public health measures. For example, targeting funding towards childhood obesity prevention programs in elementary schools and daycares reduces the rates and complications of obesity more effectively and at lower costs than paying for doctor visits to recommend healthier diets and increased physical activity.

At the same time, we must also recognize the potential tradeoffs of transitioning to a single payer system. Lengthy wait times and restricted availability of certain healthcare services (such as elective surgery or cosmetic procedures) are important criticisms. Thus, despite its advantages, single payer will not ease the constant tension of balancing access, quality and cost in healthcare. However, Oberlander suggests these issues are much smaller in countries with single payer healthcare when compared to the current U.S. system.

How could single payer be successful in the U.S.?

Oberlander implies the major obstacles to adopting Medicare-for-all are political, rather than actual practical problems within the single payer structure. Stakeholders who stand to lose — such as health insurers, organized medicine, and pharmaceutical companies — represent a powerful opposition lobby. Public opinion needs to be redirected to focus on how the net benefits of a single payer system outweigh the tradeoffs discussed above. Furthermore, despite the individual level savings, behavioral economics predicts the general public will wince at the notion of transferring healthcare spending from employers to higher taxes managed by the federal government. Additionally, despite long term savings projected from moving to a single payer system, the upfront costs of the transition are also politically unpopular.

A way forward

If the major barrier to implementing single payer healthcare in the U.S. is a matter of politics, the pathway forward will require mobilizing public support. A recent poll suggests 58% of Americans support Medicare-for-all. Interestingly, whereas a majority of physicians support transitioning to single payer, they are less likely to believe their colleagues share this opinion. This raises an interesting question of whether the “conventional wisdom” that it is too difficult to reorganize the healthcare insurance system overshadows actual public opinion.

Multiple strategies to continue to push for Medicare-for-all have been proposed. This includes individual states implementing a single payer system as a demonstration of feasibility, which failed before implementation in Vermont but will be on Colorado’s 2016 ballot. An alternative proposes implementing a single payer system on a federal level by lowering the Medicare qualifying age every few years. Through education of the general population about the merits of single payer, perhaps eventually the public will vote politicians into office willing to overcome Medicare-for-all’s political barriers.

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Dental groups to amass in Denver for ADA 2016

The world of dentistry will come together at ADA 2016 – America's Dental Meeting as more than 150 dental groups will host some 300 events during the annual meeting, including alumni get-togethers, affiliate group conferences, district meetings and special events.

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Hovering Parents May Harm Kids

Study found too much pressure for good grades raised risk for anxiety, depression

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Your Rights, One Voice: Jazmyne’s Story

One day at school in late January 2016, 7-year-old Jazmyne Codes, of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, received her insulin dose an hour late. The assistant principal informed her mother, CaTasha, of the incident. When CaTasha asked why that happened, she was told that the regular school nurse wasn’t available. She also learned that nobody else, including the two substitute school nurses, had been trained as backup to provide Jazmyne’s diabetes care.

Jazmyne, who is in first grade and has type 1 diabetes, was okay. But CaTasha was concerned about the rest of the school year.

Jazmyne’s medical challenges had caused her to miss a lot of school over the past couple of years. She has allergies and a weakened immune system from another condition, so any cold or other airborne illness can hurt her. CaTasha didn’t want Jazmyne’s diabetes to cause her any extra problems, such as possibly being penalized for missing too many school days—or even being held back a year because of absences. After all, she was a straight-A student.

To help prevent that from happening, CaTasha tried to get Jazmyne approved for the school district’s homebound medical program. That program allows students to receive instruction at home on days when they can’t attend school for medical reasons. But, Jazmyne was not approved for the program.

CaTasha realized that Jazmyne needed special consideration and accommodations from the school.

She needed to stay medically safe, avoid a repeat of the January insulin issue and continue doing well academically—then advance to the second grade on time. Although CaTasha knew a bit about what the school could offer students with medical needs and about the plan that was already in place for Jazmyne, she didn’t know the details. She also didn’t know if the existing plan fully protected Jazmyne. But she did know that she wanted the best for her daughter.

CaTasha contacted the American Diabetes Association® for help.

One of the Association’s Legal Advocates gave her information about their rights and guidance on how to move forward. It included the suggestion to schedule a 504 Plan meeting to discuss improvements to Jazmyne’s plan. A thorough 504 Plan would help Jazmyne by listing the details for her diabetes care at school, including which staff members would be trained to administer insulin. CaTasha took that advice, had the 504 meeting and achieved the results she needed.

Jazmyne now has a 504 Plan in place.

The school administrators assured CaTasha that Jazmyne’s medical care and educational needs would be met at school. That included training all of the school nurses about diabetes care. CaTasha is not only happy for Jazmyne, but also for other children in the district who have diabetes.

CaTasha says, “I really appreciated the help I received from the Legal Advocate at the American Diabetes Association. She was so wonderful, helping me through the process and providing the information I needed to understand the rights of children who have diabetes.”

She adds: “As parents we are the advocates for our children. We need to go above and beyond to ensure that they are okay. We should not have to worry about their health during the school day.”

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The American Diabetes Association leads the effort to prevent and eliminate discrimination against people with diabetes at school, at work and in other parts of daily life. If you need help, call 1-800-DIABETES or visit http://diabetes.org/gethelp.

Through our nationwide Safe at School program, the Association is dedicated to making sure that all children with diabetes are medically safe at school and have the same educational opportunities as their peers. Visit our Safe at School website for information and resources.

Give the gift of fairness — donate now to help people with diabetes facing discrimination, just like Jazmyne.

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