Medically Underserved Children Need More Than Insurance Card

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Insuring all children is a worthy goal but it will not address the fundamental problems preventing access to health care. Since Congress passed the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in 1997, about 2 million children have been enrolled in the program. SCHIP will give states $40 billion over 10 years to purchase health insurance for low-income uninsured children. However, many children live in rural areas where there are few doctors. Even if a rural community has a health center, many parents will not be able to get to the center if they lack a reliable source of transportation.

Children, Medically uninsured persons, Insurance

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Issues in Prostate Cancer Screening

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The American Cancer Society recommends that doctors screen men over 50 for prostate cancer when the men come in for their regular check-up. Screening usually involves measuring the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in blood. Rising levels may indicate the presence of cancer. However, it is not clear that mass screening of all middle-aged men would lead to lower mortality rates. Many men have a slowly progressing form of cancer that will probably never kill them. If so, they would not benefit from treatments that have severe side effects.

Diagnosis, Ethical aspects, Prostate cancer, Medical screening, Health screening, Prostate-specific antigen, Prostate specific antigen

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