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THE WEEKLY DOSE |
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Oct. 29, 2017 |
Vol. 6, No. 43 |
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In this Issue… |
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U.S.
Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-San Antonio), senior Member of the House Ways
& Means Committee, was joined by Diana Burns-Banks, MD and other
physicians and health care providers at The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio
to discuss the urgent need for federal reauthorization of the Children’s
Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and share examples of how CHIP affects
children and providers in San Antonio. “State CHIP
programs are running on empty, and they cannot be filled with empty
Republican promises that, eventually, something will be done,” Congressman
Doggett said. “We are here today to be a voice for the
voiceless—especially the estimated 26,800 Bexar County children who rely upon
CHIP. |
CHIP had a
bipartisan beginning, we urgently need that cooperation now. Congress must
not linger any longer while parents are left with only uncertainty about
their child’s access to a family physician.” Dr. Mark Gilger,
Pediatrician-in-Chief for The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, said,
"SCHIP provides peace of mind to our children and their families because
it ensures all children who visit the Children's Hospital of San Antonio can
readily access essential health care services." Pediatrician
& Co-Owner of South Texas Center for Pediatric Care, Dr. Dianna
Burns-Banks said, “On behalf of the over 4,800 members of the Bexar
County Medical Society and the over 4,000 members of the Texas Pediatric
Society, physicians are urging Congress to accelerate the reauthorization of
CHIP funding.” Dr. Burns-Banks is also a representative of Bexar County
Medical Society. “In my practice,
I see firsthand how providing access to healthcare for children is an
investment in our collective future,” said Dr. Rudy Morales Urby,
Community Health Family Physician. “As we strive to educate our
country’s children, so should we ensure their health by reauthorizing
CHIP—allowing them to learn, to realize their potential, and to be productive
citizens one day.” “One in five kids
in Texas and across the United States suffer from a diagnosable mental
disorder – about 40,000 to 80,000 children and teens in Bexar County alone,”
said Fred Hines, President & CEO of Clarity Child Guidance Center. “What
is truly disheartening, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, only
21% of those kids will receive needed treatment. Further, we know that
treatment works, and like any chronic illness, the sooner the problem is
identified and treated, the more successful the outcome. CHIP has
enabled hundreds of thousands of Texas kids, kids who would have been
excluded, to access that early identification and treatment.” You
can view Rep. Doggett’s full remarks on his Facebook page here: www.Facebook.com/LloydDoggett (Rep.
Doggett’s remarks begin at 3:45) And
on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/heZpO1imAAk |
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Dr. Don Hilton, an adjunct associate professor of neurosurgery
and director of the spine fellowship at the University of Texas Medical
School at San Antonio, recently gave an address at the Vatican about the
harmful effects of pornography on children. “The brain’s reward system balances rational
thinking and wanting, what Thomas Aquinas called the rational and the animal
appetites. Addictive behaviors can include substances like cocaine or
behaviors like viewing pornography, and youth are particularly vulnerable to
the harms of pornography. Five considerations are discussed: the immaturity
of the frontal judgment areas, the sensitivity of the developing reward
center, cultural conditioning of youth, imprinting of the mirror neuron
system in forming sexual scripts and templates, and the exposure of
vulnerable and impressionable minds to the powerful supranormal stimulus of
pornography. It is imperative that we effect a cultural and legal
change to protect children from pornography and secure their
future.”
His full remarks will be published in the
December issue of San Antonio Medicine magazine.
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