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Environmental Illness in Kids Costs Billions – MedPage Today


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Environmental Illness in Kids Costs Billions
MedPage Today
Building on a 2002 analysis, investigators estimated how much of a role environmental factors play in causing such conditions as childhood cancers, asthma, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and then attached a dollar figure to the …
Costs To Treat Kids With Lead Poisoning Dwarfs That Of Cancer, AutismThe Consumerist
Environmental Illness in US Kids Cost $76.6 Billion in One YearEnvironment News Service
Estimated costs of environmental disease in children at $76.6 billion per yearEurekAlert (press release)
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Most Youth With Chronic Illness Finish High School – Doctors Lounge

Most Youth With Chronic Illness Finish High School
Doctors Lounge
Most young adults growing up with a chronic illness graduate high school and have employment, but those with chronic illnesses other than asthma have worse educational and vocational outcomes, according to a study published in the March issue of the …
Apparent demerits of chronic illnesses in young adults revealedHealthJockey.com
Young adults with chronic illnesses have poorer educational, vocational and …EurekAlert (press release)

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Surviving Serious Childhood Illness Takes Toll Later: Study – U.S. News & World Report

Surviving Serious Childhood Illness Takes Toll Later: Study
U.S. News & World Report
The researchers compared those with asthma or other chronic illness, such as cancer, diabetes and epilepsy, with people who did not have these conditions. Among those included in their analysis, 16 percent suffered from asthma and 3 percent had cancer, …

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Risk of illness increases with every added pound

Risk of illness increases with every added pound
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) The number of Utahns considered obese continues to inch upward, and for the first time, we know how their risk of illness rises with each additional pound. The Utah Department of Health just completed a study showing obesity has a dramatic impact on the overall poor health of Utahns.   This is the first time the health department has divided the obese category into …

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