First-ever contest gives emerging leaders a platform to share their personal stories about reproductive health and rights as part of growing movement Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2015. The United Nations Foundation’s Universal Access Project, in partnership with Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Sierra Club, announced the first-ever Why We[Read More…]

Report exposes growth in front groups and PR spin to win over skeptical consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2015. In response to skyrocketing growth in organic and non-GMO food sales, food and agrochemical companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars over the past several years on stealth communications campaigns[Read More…]

Nation’s highest court blocks 5th Circuit ruling that would have shuttered all but 9 clinics in the state Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2015.  In a 5-4 order, the U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to suspend a recent ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit which threatened to shutter all but[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 29, 2015. In updated recommendations, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers practical steps families can take to help children maintain a healthy weight. The advice comes as part of an AAP clinical report published in the July 2015 issue of Pediatrics. The report, “The Role[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 29, 2015. A retrospective study of 29,173 kindergarten students examined whether preventive oral health services provided by physicians in the medical setting had any impact on the oral health of children. The study, “Effects of Physician-Based Preventive Oral Health Services on Dental Caries,” appearing in the[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 29, 2015. Telemedicine can improve patients’ access to care, help fill shortages of physicians and increase communication among clinicians. But it can also lead to fragmented health care. In a new policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) makes recommendations on the use of telemedicine[Read More…]

Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2015.  Longer secondary schooling substantially reduces the risk of HIV infection—especially for girls—and could be a very cost-effective way to halt the spread of the virus, according to researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In a study in Botswana, researchers found that, for[Read More…]

For preemies delivered by C-section, technique increases blood pressure, finds NIH-funded study Bethesda, Marylanhd–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2015.  A technique to increase the flow of blood from the umbilical cord into the infant’s circulatory system improves blood pressure and red blood cell levels in preterm infants delivered by cesarean section, according to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2015 – This Fourth of July weekend, many Americans will be celebrating our nation with family gatherings and summer cookouts.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is reminding families to take extra care not to let foodborne bacteria, which grows more quickly in[Read More…]

UNODC Chief calls number of drug-related deaths worldwide unacceptable; Global opium cultivation highest since the late-1930s GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–26 June 2015 – Drug use prevalence continues to be stable around the world, according to the 2015 World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). It is estimated[Read More…]