Bill Updates Accessibility Guidelines & Improves Ability for Businesses to Comply Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that members of the Senate unanimously approved legislation to improve accessibility for people with disabilities in Illinois. “People living with disabilities need equal access to their communities, including[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
New National Survey from Planned Parenthood Shows Need to Educate Young People on Consent and Sexual Assault
Results also reveal overwhelming support for consent education in schools New York, NY —(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. New data released today by Planned Parenthood Federation of America on consent and sexual assault shows that there continues to be a great deal of confusion about what consent is and the definitions of sexual assault. It[Read More…]
Access to Care at Planned Parenthood Health Centers At Risk in Nearly Half the Country
More than half a million Americans at risk of losing their health care Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. Planned Parenthood yesterday declared a turning point for women’s health in this country, warning that more than half a million Americans are at risk of losing access to basic health care. Over[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis Not Associated With Adverse Immune Effects In HIV/Hep C Co-Infected Patients
Marsielle, France–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. The use of cannabis does not adversely impact CD4 T-cell count in patients co-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review. CD4 cells are white blood cells that fight[Read More…]
Study: Cannabinoids Limit Neuroblastoma Cell Proliferation
Tel-Hashomer, Israel–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. The administration of the cannabinoids THC and CBD limit cancer activity in neuroblastoma cells in culture and in animals, according to preclinical data published in the journal Current Oncology. Neuroblastoma is an aggressive form of childhood cancer that often goes inadequately addressed by conventional treatment. Investigators[Read More…]
World Drug Problem: UN Adopts New Framework for Policies to ‘Put People First’
Heroin seizure in Turkmenistan. Photo: UNODC NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2016 – The United Nations today adopted a new framework putting people at the centre of global policies on drug control, which the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says can help promote the “urgent, united and[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Opposes Legislation that Discriminates Against Transgender Children
North Carolina’s HB2 and similar bills across the country harm transgender youth RALEIGH—(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a nonprofit organization representing 64,000 pediatricians dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of all infants, children, adolescents and young adults, and its North Carolina chapter, representing 2,000 pediatric care[Read More…]
Childhood Sexual Violence Against Boys in Three Countries Underscores Need for Locally Targeted Prevention Strategies
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 19, 2016. Sexual abuse against boys has gone largely unexamined, but a new study in the May 2016 issue of Pediatrics compares sexual violence in Haiti, Kenya and Cambodia and suggests that public prevention efforts be tailored locally to each country. The study, “Childhood Sexual Violence[Read More…]
National Cancer Institute Opens Online Platform to Submit Ideas About Research for Cancer Moonshot
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health has launched an online platform to enable the research community and the public to submit ideas on the National Cancer Moonshot efforts. Submissions will be considered by the Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP) of scientific[Read More…]
Healthy Diet May Reduce High Blood Pressure Risk After Gestational Diabetes, NIH Study Suggests
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. Sticking to a healthy diet in the years after pregnancy may reduce the risk of high blood pressure among women who had pregnancy-related (gestational) diabetes, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. The study was published in Hypertension.[Read More…]
