Health and Fitness

Report Finds Global Smokers Consider Quitting due to Graphic Health Warnings on Packages

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011.  Health warnings on cigarette packages prompt smokers to think about quitting, according to a 14-nation study. Effective warning labels as a component of comprehensive tobacco control can help save lives by reducing tobacco use, said a report released by CDC. The study, published in today’s Morbidity[Read More…]

Planned Parenthood and ACLU File Lawsuit in South Dakota to Protect Women’s Health and Safety

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011.  Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS), represented by attorneys from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and joined by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against a new law that severely restricts abortion access.[Read More…]

Patient Advocates Back Three Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced in Congress

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2011.  Three medical marijuana bills were introduced yesterday in Congress with support from patient advocates. The most significant of the three bills is one introduced by Congressman Frank (D-MA), which reclassifies marijuana from its current status as a dangerous drug with no medical value. Another bill, introduced[Read More…]

Study Shows 19 Percent of Young Adults Have High Blood Pressure

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2011.  Roughly 19 percent of young adults may have high blood pressure, according to an analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), which is supported by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers took blood pressure readings of more than 14,000 men and[Read More…]

Let’s Move! in Indian Country Launched at Menominee Reservation

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2011.  The Office of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! Initiative and four federal agencies today launched Let’s Move! in Indian Country (LMIC).  LMIC is an initiative to support and advance the work that tribal leaders and community members are already doing to improve the health of American Indian[Read More…]

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