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Md. couple bonds with teen as interest grows in adopting older foster children

Once there was the idea of a child. Now there is Frenice: a middle-schooler who steeled her way through 14 foster homes before moving last summer to a comfortable Prince George's County neighborhood, where Sharon and Michael Rollins embraced her as their daughter. Foster care - Family - Home - Parenting - Foster Parents

Adopting special needs kids tough but rewarding, parents say

    The idea of adoption had always interested Angela Kuhn.     The notion became a reality after a friend's e-mail sent Angela, her husband, Craig, and their three children, Grace Hughes, 10, Grant Hughes, 7, and Chloe, 2, on an adoption odyssey that resulted in a new family member: Colin Matvey Kuhn, 3.  

Research Roundup:COBRA subsidies; Children's insurance and dental coverage; Adopting health IT; Race and heart ...

Archives of Internal Medicine: Racial Differences In Admissions To High-Quality Hospitals For Coronary Heart Disease - "Racial disparities in the management of coronary heart disease (CHD) are widely documented, yet the reasons behind persistent gaps in quality of care are not fully understood," write the authors, who examined "Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction and coronary ...

Teachers too soft on students?

Gone are the days when children were afraid of telling their parents about the punishment they received in school, for fear of being scolded at home. Many teachers today are loathe to punish students for fear of retaliation from parents and students themselves.

Clamping down on CT scans for kids

Medical experts aim to reduce radiation doses for young, growing bodies Ferdousi Dawood was worried. Her daughter's headaches were excruciating, and prescription medicines and natural remedies had failed to make a difference. Now, a doctor at Children's Memorial Hospital was recommending a CT scan to peer inside the 10-year-old's brain.