The impact of recent CHIP eligibility expansions on children's insurance coverage, 2008-12.

Following the reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 2009, fifteen states raised their CHIP income eligibility thresholds to further reduce uninsurance among children. We examined the impact of these expansions on uninsurance, public insurance, and private insurance among children who became newly eligible for CHIP after the expansions. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we estimated that the expansions reduced uninsurance by 1.

Health-promoting environments in U.S. medical facilities: physician perceptions, DocStyles 2012.

Objective: Medical facilities are natural leaders for health promotion because of their mission, influence, and reach. We sought to determine the frequency of physicians reporting supportive, health-promoting environments in their facility and identify characteristics of physicians and medical practices associated with support.

Methods: We analyzed a sample of 1485 U.

Hitting the target: Lyme or STARI?

Erythema migrans (EM) is a characteristic rash most commonly associated with Lyme disease (LD) in the northeastern and north central United States. EM rash found in the southeastern United States is usually classified as Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI). Here we describe an EM rash in a 3-year-old female from central Louisiana, whose laboratory and clinical findings were suspicious for LD.

Hydrophobic high surface area zeolites derived from fly ash for oil spill remediation.

Fly ash, a coal combustion byproduct with a predominantly aluminosilicate composition, is modified to develop an inexpensive sorbent for oil spill remediation. The as-produced fly ash is a hydrophilic material with poor sorption capacity. A simple two-step chemical modification process is designed to improve the oil sorption capacity.