Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. A cross-sectional study of children admitted to 33 pediatric tertiary-care hospitals between 2004 and 2012 examined the rates and types of imaging done for 10 of the most common diagnostic groups in children. These groups included seizures, appendicitis, concussions, upper respiratory infections and abdominal[Read More…]

  Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. Teenagers who don’t see a doctor for health problems are more likely to have poor health in general, and a new study shows they also become sicker adults. The study, “Unmet Health Care Need in U.S. Adolescents and Adult Health Outcomes,” in the[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Repatha (evolocumab) injection for some patients who are unable to get their low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol under control with current treatment options. Repatha, the second drug approved in a new class of drugs known as PCSK9 inhibitors,[Read More…]

NIH study finds interrupting sitting with short walks lowers blood sugar, insulin and blood fats Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015.  Brief intervals of exercise during otherwise sedentary periods may offset the lack of more sustained exercise and could protect children against diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, according to a small study[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015.  Female mice exposed in utero, or in the womb, to low levels of arsenic through drinking water displayed signs of early puberty and became obese as adults, according to scientists from the National Institutes of Health. The finding is significant because the exposure level of 10[Read More…]

Campaign Calls on Fast Food Giant to Buy Meat Raised Without Antibiotics and Stand Alongside Competitors to Address Public Health Threat of Antibiotic Overuse WASHINGTON D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015 – As Subway marks its 50th anniversary later this week, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) yesterday launched a national campaign[Read More…]

Local pockets of unvaccinated children can reveal nation’s vulnerabilities National Childhood Vaccination Rates and State/Community Data. Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 27. 2015.  Vaccine exemption levels for kindergarteners are low for most states and infant vaccination rates are high nationally, according to data from two reports published in this week’s Morbidity[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Last week, Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., and Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., released a perspective article, GMOs, Herbicides, and Public Health, in the New England Journal of Medicine that outlines the hazards associated with food residues of elevated pesticide use in the production of genetically engineered (GE) crops. While mainstream media continuously[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to three tobacco manufacturers — ITG Brands LLC, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc., and Sherman’s 1400 Broadway N.Y.C. Ltd. — who describe their cigarettes on product labeling as “additive-free” and/or “natural.” The warning letters[Read More…]

Agency has violated the Freedom of Information Act dozens of times, showing pattern of unlawfully withholding information for over thirteen years Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25th, 2015–Center for Food Safety (CFS) today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Freedom of[Read More…]