NIH-funded study finds new technique could significantly accelerate tissue repair, reduce costs for chronic wound management Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. In a small clinical study, researchers administered a new method for treating chronic wounds using a novel ultrasound applicator that can be worn like a band-aid. The applicator delivers low-frequency,[Read More…]
Year: 2013
World Breastfeeding Week, August 1 – 7, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Today, August 1, marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week, a time when organizations and communities bring attention to the benefits of breastfeeding and offer moms support and encouragement to be successful at breastfeeding. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office on Women’s Health[Read More…]
Secretary Duncan Names Five Leaders to National Assessment Governing Board, Overseeing the Nation’s Report Card
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Five education leaders from around the country—including a state legislator, elementary school principal, testing and measurement expert, and two parent/general public members—have been appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board to serve four-year terms, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced today. Four leaders were reappointed[Read More…]
State Judge Blocks ND Law Designed to Close Only Abortion Clinic in the State
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. A state judge ruled yesterday that North Dakota state officials cannot enforce a law designed to shut down the state’s only reproductive health care provider offering abortion services—temporarily blocking the law while the legal challenge to the unconstitutional measure, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights,[Read More…]
Top Robotic Helicopter Team Sets Sights on Impossible Mission
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. If the mission sounds impossible, that’s because it is—at least with today’s technology: Build a three-pound flying machine that can, under its own control, take off, fly through a window into a model building, avoid security lasers, navigate the halls, recognize signs, enter the correct room,[Read More…]
Both Parents Experience Highs and Lows in Sexuality After Childbirth
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Partners of new mothers often experience shifts in sexuality, and these shifts can be unrelated to biological or medical factors pertaining to childbirth, according to a University of Michigan study. The findings, which are published in a recent issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, expand[Read More…]
Advance in Regenerative Medicine Could Make Reprogrammed Cells Safer While Improving Their Function
Finding Suggests the Potential to Repair a Patients’ Organs Using Cells from Ailing Tissue NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Aug. 1, 2013 — The enormous promise of regenerative medicine is matched by equally enormous challenges. But a new finding by a team of researchers led by Weill Cornell Medical College has the potential to[Read More…]
One Year Later, Obamacare Women’s Preventive Benefit Helps Millions of Women
Anniversary Comes as New Data Confirms Access to Affordable Birth ControlReduces Unintended Pregnancy, Delivers Financial Savings to Taxpayers NEW YORK, NY–(ENEWSFP)–July 31, 2013. With tomorrow marking the one year anniversary of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s women’s preventive health benefit, Planned Parenthood Federation of America today celebrated the[Read More…]
National Veterans Art Museum to Host Education Open House
The National Veterans Art Museum will unveil a new season of educational programming, including a brand new interactive website Chicago, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–August 2013 – On Saturday, August 17, 2013, from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) will host an education open house to introduce students, teachers,[Read More…]
Nurses to Join Massive Protest on Anniversary of Chevron Richmond Refinery Fire Saturday
Cite climate change and toxic tar sand as number one danger to public’s health Richmond, CA–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Registered nurses will join a broad and growing number of labor, environmental, and community organizations in one of the largest climate justice events in recent history on Saturday, the first-year anniversary of[Read More…]
