News release: “Nearly 1 million children in the United States are potentially misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder simply because they are the youngest and most immature in their kindergarten class, according to new research by a Michigan State University economist. These children are significantly more likely than their older classmates to be prescribed behavior-modifying stimulants such as Ritalin, said Todd Elder, whose study will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Health Economics. Such inappropriate treatment is particularly worrisome because of the unknown impacts of long-term stimulant use on childrens health, Elder said. It also wastes an estimated $320 million-$500 million a year on unnecessary medication some $80 million-$90 million of it paid by Medicaid, he said…ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder for kids in the United States, with at least 4.5 million diagnoses among children under age 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
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Daily Archives: August 17, 2010
Report: up to 79% of oil released into Gulf of Mexico from Deepwater Horizon well has not been recovered
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this Outcome/Guidance from Georgia Sea Grant Program: Current Status of BP Oil Spill by Chuck Hopkinson, Director, Georgia Sea Grant, August 17, 2010 – “On August 2, 2010, the National Incident Command (NIC) released a report on the status of oil from the BP oil… Continue Reading
Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill a new medical report: Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill, Gina M. Solomon, MD, MPH; Sarah Janssen, MD, PhD, MPH. JAMA. Published online August 16, 2010. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1254 “The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico poses direct threats to human health from inhalation or… Continue Reading
DOD Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the Peoples Republic of China 2010
Military and Security Developments Involving the Peoples Republic of China 2010. A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 “Over the past 30 years, China has made great progress in its pursuit of economic growth and development, which has allowed China to achieve higher living standards for the… Continue Reading
BLS – Producer Price Index, July 2010
Producer Price Index, July 2010: “The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.2 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This advance followed a 0.5-percent decline in June and a 0.3-percent decrease in May. At the earlier stages of processing, prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods moved… Continue Reading
Wildlife Conservation Society: Massive Coral Bleaching in Indonesia
“A dramatic rise in the surface temperature of Indonesian waters has resulted in a large-scale bleaching event that has devastated local coral populations. Following a report of a bleaching incident in May, WCS-Indonesia dispatched a Rapid Response Unit of marine biologists to investigate. Their initial survey revealed that over 60 percent of corals have bleached.… Continue Reading
Whooping Cough in California Reaches Highest Rate in 50 Years
Pertussis Report 8/17/2010: “To date (8/17/2010), there have been 3,076 confirmed, probable and suspect cases of pertussis reported in 2010 for a state rate of 7.9 cases/100,000. This is a 7-fold increase from the number of reported cases during the same time period in 2009 when 434 cases were reported If current trends continue, it… Continue Reading
OECD: The EU Stress Test and Sovereign Debt Exposures
Blundell-Wignall, A. and P. Slovik (2010), The EU Stress Test and Sovereign Debt Exposures, OECD Working Papers on Finance, Insurance and Private Pensions, No. 4, OECD Financial Affairs Division, 13-Aug-2010 “This working papers quantifications show that most sovereign debt is held on the banking books of banks, whereas the EU stress test considered only their… Continue Reading
Report of the Task Force on A Unified Security Budget for the United States
Report of the Task Force on A Unified Security Budget for the United States. Foreign Policy In Focus of the Institute for Policy Studies, August 2010 Since 2004, this Task Force has been reporting on the balance of our security budget. There is improvement to report this year. The Obama administration deserves credit for submitting… Continue Reading
BLS: Health Care Spending: 1998, 2003, and 2008
Health Care Spending: 1998, 2003, and 2008: “How have rising health care costs affected household budgets? That question was raised many times before the passage of the Affordable Care Act, whose goalas the acts name impliesis to make health care more affordable for American families. This analysis of Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) data from the… Continue Reading
