Graves marks Health Week with public health proclamation
KDHE observed Health Week with a proclamation from Gov. Bill Graves declaring April 28 as Kansas Public Health Week. The event promotes awareness of public health services and activities, highlighting advances in food safety, disease prevention, and environmental protection across Kansas, including new regulations, lead safety, HIV reporting, and water quality efforts. Kansas programs and organizations planned exhibits at the State Capitol on National Public Health Day.
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Kansas Association of Sanitarians
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Kansas School Nurses’ Association
Group warns against swim lessons for under four
Chicago AP report says the American Academy of Pediatrics cautions against early swimming lessons for children under four, citing physical and cognitive immaturity. It supports water acclimation and safety tips but warns that survival training can reduce parental vigilance and increase risk.
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Bed-wetting in children and enuresis facts and support
This piece explains enuresis the involuntary bedwetting in children and adolescents its prevalence causes and emotional impact on families. It covers primary and secondary enuresis nocturnal and diurnal forms associated conditions non pharmacological and medical approaches and stresses supportive care and the positive prognosis with treatment programs and physician involvement. Susan Ward BSN MPH director of patient services at Ransom Memorial Hospital is mentioned.
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Susan Ward
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Protein tests may spare some women chemotherapy in early breast cancer
At a San Francisco meeting, researchers describe using uPA and PAI-1 protein levels in tumors to predict recurrence risk. In a study of 684 node-negative patients, those with low protein levels fared better without chemotherapy, while high levels guided treatment decisions.
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United States
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Anita Prechtl
Technical University
Munich
Prechtt
Prechtl
German Research Association
American Diagnostica Inc
Greenwich, Conn
Karen Antman
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
New York City
Carlos Arteaga
Vanderbilt University
Study finds antibiotics overused for kids’ respiratory infections
A Rochester area pediatric practice conducted a yearlong study on 383 children and found that withholding antibiotics from many respiratory infections did not harm outcomes. The group warns doctors face pressure from parents and schools to overprescribe, contributing to antibiotic resistance. results published in Pediatrics.
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