Not yet known if strain will cause more outbreaks than previous years Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. A new strain of norovirus called GII.4 Sydney was the leading cause of norovirus outbreaks in the United States from September to December 2012, according to a study published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly[Read More…]
Year: 2013
American Academy of Pediatrics Publishes First Guidelines to Manage Type 2 Diabetes in Children
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. Over the past three decades, the prevalence of childhood obesity has increased dramatically in North America, ushering a host of health problems, including type 2 diabetes, that formerly afflicted only adults. To assist physicians in caring for this population, the American Academy of Pediatrics[Read More…]
Alcohol Ads on Television are Associated With Underage Drinking and Related Problems
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. Seventh graders who are exposed to alcohol ads on TV, and who say they like the ads, may experience more severe problems related to drinking alcohol later in their adolescence, according to a study in the February 2013 issue of Pediatrics, “Exposure to Alcohol[Read More…]
Celebrate Black History Month at Prairie State College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2013. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting several events in February in celebration of Black History Month. All events will be held on the college’s main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Feb. 4, the Charles[Read More…]
Science Needs a Second Opinion: Researchers Find Flaws in Study of Patients in ‘Vegetative State’
Reanalysis Finds Errors in Statistical Findings and Methods of Previously Published Study in Lancet Testing Patient’s Awareness at Bedside with Portable EEG Technology NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. A team of researchers led by Weill Cornell Medical College is calling into question the published statistics, methods and findings of a[Read More…]
Pot Prohibition, Regulation and Danger to the Young
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2013. Wall Street Journal, Letters to the Editor Pot Prohibition, Regulation and Danger to the Young, January 28, 2013 http://online.wsj.com/public/page/letters.html The defenders of the status quo say that we can’t end marijuana prohibition because it “sends the wrong message to the kids” and will increase teen drug[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Patient Advocacy Group and Herbal Medicine Industry Collaborate to Enhance Product Safety
Cannabis Committee of the American Herbal Products Association issues regulatory recommendations for state officials Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. The Cannabis Committee of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the only national trade association that is focused primarily on herbs and botanicals and herbal products, issued recommendations this week to regulators[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders Treats Victims of Kunduz Bomb Blast
KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN/NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–JANUARY 28, 2013—Following Saturday’s bomb blast in the center of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, the independent international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) received 22 patients at its surgical hospital there. Five people were dead on arrival and two others died during surgery.[Read More…]
ACLU Says Roadmap to Citizenship Must Protect Civil Liberties
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. The framework released by the “Gang of Eight” rightly includes the creation of a roadmap to citizenship, but also includes provisions that endanger everyone’s civil liberties and do nothing to reverse the recent extraordinary and unwarranted increase in wasteful spending on border security. Roadmap to Citizenship. “The Gang of Eight[Read More…]
‘Gang of Eight’ Unveils Bipartisan Senate Immigration Framework
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2013. The ‘Gang of Eight,’ i.e., Senators Schumer (D-NY), McCain(R-AZ), Durbin (D-IL), Graham (R-SC), Menendez (D-NJ), Rubio (R-FLA), Bennet (D-CO), and Flake (R-AZ), have released their Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The Framework will be discussed more fully in a press conference scheduled for this afternoon.[Read More…]
