E-cigarette use among youth is rising as e-cigarette advertising grows Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2016.  About 7 in 10 middle and high school students – more than 18 million young people – see e-cigarette advertising in stores, online, in newspapers and magazines, or on television and in movies, according[Read More…]

Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2016.   A large new study of twins has found that having a twin sibling diagnosed with cancer poses an excess risk for the other twin to develop any form of cancer. Among the 23 different types of cancer studied, an excess familial risk was seen[Read More…]

Diverse supporters unite to urge U.S. Supreme Court to overturn deceptive Texas law that creates unconstitutional limits on safe, legal abortion Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2016.  An unprecedented collection of diverse and influential U.S. organizations and individuals have filed 45 amicus curiae briefs urging the Supreme Court to reject Texas’ clinic shutdown law and[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 5, 2016. Despite significant progress in recent years, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says the nation remains incompletely equipped to respond to children’s unique medical needs in the wake of disasters. Children are particularly vulnerable to illness and injury during pandemics,[Read More…]

$157 million in funding will bridge clinical care with social services Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2016.  The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new funding opportunity of up to $157 million to test whether screening beneficiaries for health-related social needs and associated referrals to and navigation of community-based[Read More…]

SAN FRANCISCO —(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2016.  A judge today will hear whether to grant an emergency motion to prevent a Catholic-affiliated hospital in California’s largest hospital network from using religious directives to deny a doctor’s request to perform a pregnant woman’s post-partum tubal ligation. The hearing, held in San Francisco Superior[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Januar 5, 2016.  Hillary Clinton is proposing a new, wide-ranging autism initiative that would boost screening, improve treatment, increase research, and expand employment and housing opportunities for those impacted by autism. More than 3.5 million Americans are believed to have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and, according to an estimate[Read More…]

Durbin’s Cures Act Sets Standard for Increased Biomedical Research Funding in Omnibus CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced major progress towards his goal of restoring the United States’ commitment to breakthrough scientific and biomedical research, reversing a troubling, decades-long downward trend in funding that has threatened[Read More…]

NIH researchers find no risk by age 3 from in vitro fertilization, other widespread treatments Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016.  Children conceived via infertility treatments are no more likely to have a developmental delay than children conceived without such treatments, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued two final orders to manufacturers and the public to strengthen the data requirements for surgical mesh to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP) transvaginally, or through the vagina. The FDA issued one order to reclassify these medical devices[Read More…]