Highlights progress, challenges, and needs for stronger data Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  Income, education level, sex, race, ethnicity, employment status, and sexual orientation are all related to health and health outcomes for a number of Americans, according to a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Supplement released today by the[Read More…]

NIH-funded work finds genetic switch for pigmentation trait in non-coding, regulatory region of newly associated gene Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  Researchers have identified a genomic variant strongly associated with sensitivity to the sun, brown hair, blue eyes – and freckles. In the study of Icelanders the researchers uncovered an intricate[Read More…]

NIH-funded study suggests increasing treatment adherence may help Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  Even with more prescriptions for growth hormone, children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease were less likely to grow to normal height ranges if they came from lower-income families, according to research funded by the National Institutes of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep App is here! EWG’s popular online consumer guide to more than 78,000 personal care products is now available as an App for the iPhone and Android. “Safety profiles for tens of thousands of products are now literally at the fingertips of[Read More…]

Study findings add to prior research demonstrating that graphic health warning labels can prevent smoking and encourage cessation in young adults Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  A new study led by the Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at Legacy® and supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse[Read More…]

Women with PTSD gain weight more rapidly than women without disorder Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) gain weight more rapidly and are more likely to be overweight or obese than women without the disorder, find researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Columbia University’s Mailman[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. Young gay men who hope one day to be fathers experience psychological distress brought on by policies that ban same-sex marriage and adoption, say researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Increasingly, public health researchers are providing evidence to show that these types[Read More…]

Pattern of Brain Activity Points to Possible Neural Circuit Switched on by Drug and May Identify Other Patients Who Could Respond NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013 — George Melendez has been called a medical miracle. After a near drowning deprived his brain of oxygen, Melendez remained in a fitful, minimally conscious[Read More…]

Planned Parenthood Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Rule to Protect Women’s Privacy and the Public’s Safety in Brief to be Filed Today WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts will jointly file an amicus brief today in McCullen v. Coakley, a case before[Read More…]

The Great American Smokeout – November 21, 2013 SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  Make a commitment to quit smoking on Thursday, November 21, as part of the Great American Smokeout. This is a day when smokers across the nation quit smoking or make a plan to quit. “Smoking is the number one[Read More…]