Know The Facts First, an STI awareness and education campaign, reaches teens where they are, online and off Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015.  During yesterday’s opening session of the National HIV Prevention Conference, Douglas M. Brooks, M.S.W., the director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, announced the launch[Read More…]

NIH 3-D software tracks worm embryo’s brain development. Image A shows the twisted up worm embryo inside the egg with the fluorescently labeled cells. The second image shows how the computer program identifies each of the marked cells, and image C shows the untwisted worm. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015.  A[Read More…]

NIH-funded study yields potential opportunity for early identification of at-risk youth. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015.  Scientists have confirmed the role of a set of gene mutations in the development of congenital heart disease and simultaneously discovered a link between them and some neurodevelopmental abnormalities in children. These abnormalities include cognitive,[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015.  The enactment of statewide laws permitting the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes is associated with an annual reduction in obesity-related medical costs, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Health Economics. Investigators at Cornell University in New York and San Diego[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015.  Cannabis use is associated with improved outcomes in opioid-dependent subjects undergoing outpatient treatment, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Researchers at Columbia University assessed the use of cannabinoids versus placebo in opioid-dependent subjects undergoing in-patient detoxification and[Read More…]

Blacks, Mexican Americans less likely to be taking recommended cholesterol-lowering medication Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015.  More than a third of American adults are eligible to take cholesterol-lowering medications under the current guidelines or were already taking them – but nearly half of them are not, according to a report by[Read More…]

Thirty per cent of all deaths from foodborne diseases are in children under the age of 5 years, despite the fact that they make up only nine per cent of the global population. Photo: WHO/PAHO GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–3 December 2015 – Diarrhoeal diseases are responsible for more than half of all foodborne[Read More…]

Planned Parenthood Calls on Parents, Educators, and Policymakers to Advocate for LGBTQ-inclusive Sex Education Nationwide WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015.  Today, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, in partnership with Advocates for Youth, Answer, GLSEN, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 3, 2015. Major safety changes in babies’ sleep environment contributed to dramatic reductions in the rate of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in the United States since 1992. That’s when the American Academy of Pediatrics first recommended against placing babies to sleep in a chest-down position[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. Yesterday, I spoke at a Steering and Policy hearing on the high cost of prescription drugs. Far too many Americans are unable to afford prescription drugs because too many pharmaceutical companies charge outlandish prices for the drugs they make with little transparency and accountability. It is[Read More…]