Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2014. More than 30 tribal leaders, juvenile court judges, child advocates, juvenile justice system experts and community members from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community testified today in the second public hearing of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney General’s Task Force on American Indian and Alaska[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. The overall caffeine intake of children has not increased in recent years, but the sources of caffeine have changed.  Children are drinking less caffeinated soda, but they are drinking more energy drinks and coffee.  Authors of a study in the March 2014 issue of[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. Older children who are exposed to only small amounts of adult speech are known to be at risk for language delay. A new study in the March 2014 Pediatrics examined whether the same is true for preterm infants. For the study, “Adult Talk in[Read More…]

Unnecessary Restrictions Would Force Most Clinics in the State to Stop Providing Abortions MONTGOMERY, Ala.–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Alabama, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America appeared in court today asking a federal judge to strike down an Alabama law that would single[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  Meghana Aruru, assistant professor of administrative sciences in the College of Pharmacy, has been appointed to serve as a consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Risk Communication Advisory Committee. Physicians, pharmacists and marketing and communication specialists from around the country are on the committee, which[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  Women who take aspirin daily may reduce their risk of ovarian cancer by 20 percent, according to a study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. However, further research is needed before clinical recommendations can be made. The[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  School-age children with vitamin A deficiencies are more likely to get gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Michigan State University followed nearly 2,800 children, ages 5-12, in Bogota, Colombia, over the course of[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  In societies where women are equal to men, males stand a better chance of living longer, a new study shows. Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and colleagues found gender differences in mortality rates are higher in more patriarchal societies. Men living[Read More…]

New CDC Analysis Shows Continuing Need for Prevention and Access to Health Care New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  Today, Planned Parenthood Federation of America marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day by reminding people of the importance of prevention and access to health care in combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  The United States Senate last night unanimously approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) supporting the goals and ideals of World Polio Day. The resolution also commends the international community for taking steps to prevent and fully eradicate this deadly[Read More…]