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Texas Matters
12:32 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

The Battle Over Expanding Medicaid In Texas

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Texas Republicans are now trying to find a way to get federal money without going "all in" with Obamacare.
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There’s a mounting effort at the Capitol in Austin to try to find a way to do something about Medicaid, the joint state and federal health program for children, the disabled and the very low income.

Early in the week there were rumors that the House GOP caucus was going to vote in favor of expanding Medicaid in line with the Affordable Care Act.

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Community Health
5:20 pm
Thu March 7, 2013

B-Cycle Bike Share Expands East, North Up To The Witte

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Credit Joey Palacios / Texas Public Radio
Patrons checkout B-Cycles at the Witte Museum during a special touring ride of the new stations.
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A screengrap of the B-cycle app for iPhone shows the diffrent stations stretching from Mission San Jose up to the Witte.
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As B-cycle nears its two year anniversary in San Antonio, five new stations north and east of downtown have been installed.

The new B-cycle stations are at the Zoo, the Witte Museum, Tri-point YMCA, the South St. Mary’s Acemart and Sunset Station. The station at the Witte is now the farthest northern location.  

There are now 35 stations and B-Cycle executive director Cindy Snell said they hope to have 50 stations by the end of this year.

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Science & Technology
3:22 pm
Wed March 6, 2013

Expo Offers Low-Vision Patients A Look At Emerging Technology

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Dr. Sandra Fox said cataract patients often do better with amber or pink-colored sunglasses.
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An estimated 3.5 million Americans suffer from low vision, but Saturday’s Low Vision Expo offers new information and technologies that can help people who have given up their favorite hobbies or activities.

Dr. Sandra Fox, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the UT Health Science Center, said a low-vision therapist can help patients find the right tools, lighting and working distance to see better for the hobbies or tasks they want to perform.

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Childhood Nutrition
3:41 pm
Mon February 25, 2013

Study Shows Breakfast Cereal Helps Lower BMI In Children

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Common breakfast cereals - if eaten frequently - with milk have greater dietary benefits over foods with high refined flours like biscuits and breakfast tacos.
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Figure. Relationship between body mass index (BMI) percentile and days of ready-to-eat-cereal (RTEC) consumption (# days) in fourth- through sixth-grade, low-income children.
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A new study using San Antonio children shows that eating cereal with whole milk provides them with more nutrients and smaller waistlines as opposed to other breakfast foods.

The study used about 600 boys and girls from family incomes of less than $24,000 and followed them as they progressed from the fourth through the sixth grades. Every year it took 72 hours of a child’s diet to determine the effects of the different types of breakfast.

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