Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. A study in the July 2016 Pediatrics examines the food industry’s use of music celebrities to endorse sugary soft drinks and nutrient-poor foods through multi-million-dollar campaigns. Results also demonstrated that these celebrities are highly popular among teenage audiences. The study, “Popular Music Celebrity Endorsements[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Identifying Parents With Low Health Literacy Improves Children’s Health
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. As part of well child visits, pediatricians may also want to assess parents’ health literacy levels. The study, “Parent Health Literacy, Depression, and Risk for PediatricInjury,” appearing in the July 2016 issue of Pediatrics (published online June 7) looked at a cross-sectional group of[Read More…]
Size of Formula Bottles Contributes to Greater Infant Weight Gain and Size at Age Six Months
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. While it’s known that formula-fed infants are at a greater risk of obesity later in life, it wasn’t known if this was caused by the formula, the formula bottle or some other impact. A new study shows that using a large formula bottle in[Read More…]
Democratic Leaders Introduce Resolution to Disband Republicans’ Select Panel to Attack Women’s Health
WASHINGTON, D.C.– (ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2016. Today, Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky and leading Democratic members introduced a resolution to disband the Select Investigative Panel, which was established by House Republicans as a political weapon to attack women’s health, target health care providers, and intimidate scientists seeking to understand and ultimately cure[Read More…]
Standard Blood Pressure Target is Sufficient for Treating Some Strokes
NIH-funded study helps answer decades old question about emergency blood pressure management options. Brain scan showing damage caused by bleeding during a hemorrhagic stroke. Adnan I Qureshi, M.D., University of Minnesota Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. An international stroke study found that standard and intensive blood pressure treatments were equally effective[Read More…]
Medicaid Policy Changes Needed to Help More Women Access Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Says New Center for American Progress Report
Changes are needed to Medicaid at the federal and state levels to increase women’s access to long-acting reversible contraceptives after childbirth and abortion care. Source: iStockphoto Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. Long-acting reversible contraceptives, or LARCs, are highly effective family-planning methods. However, due to a variety of policy[Read More…]
FDA Targets Unlawful Internet Sales of Illegal Prescription Medicines During International Operation Pangea IX
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, announced that it took action this week against 4,402 websites that illegally sell potentially dangerous, unapproved prescription drugs to U.S. consumers. This effort was part of Operation Pangea IX, the[Read More…]
Nearly 100 Organizations Oppose Senator Ayotte Fentanyl Mandatory Minimum Expansion
Groups Send Letter Urging Congress to Avoid Repeating Draconian Measures of the 1980s; Letter Decries “step backward toward ineffective policy” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2016. Today, close to 100 groups from the civil rights, criminal justice, public health, and faith communities – including the ACLU, Drug Policy Alliance, United Methodist Church,[Read More…]
Most U.S. Counties Could Gain $1M in Annual Health Benefits From a Power Plant Carbon Standard
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Nearly all U.S. regions stand to gain economic benefits from power plant carbon standards that set moderately stringent emission targets and allow a high level of compliance flexibility, according to a new study by scientists from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Syracuse University,[Read More…]
One-third of Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries Fail to Reach Developmental Milestones
With data on almost 100,000 children, new research reveals extent of developmental setbacks among 3- and 4-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries Boston, MA ─ (ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. In developing countries, one-third of children 3 and 4 years old don’t reach basic milestones in cognitive and/or socioemotional growth, according to a new[Read More…]
