Launches Global Program to Train Young People in Africa and Latin America as Community Health Providers, Global Fellowships for Young Health Care Advocates in U.S. New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012. At this year’s Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced the launch of a[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Illinois Health Department Alerts Illinoisans of Peanut Butter Recall
Multistate Salmonella outbreak sickens 30 SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2012. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is warning residents not to eat Trader Joe’s Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter or peanut butter and other products containing nuts and seeds from Sunland, Inc. Both companies issued voluntary recalls after preliminary results from[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton to the UNAIDS Shared Responsibility Event
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON:Thank you. Thank you very much. Michel, thank you, and thank you for your years of leadership. President Yayi, thank you. Everywhere I go at the UN this week where there’s an important issue being discussed, the President is here on behalf of[Read More…]
NIH Introduces Bilingual Booklet on Sports Injuries
Fotonovela teaches young athletes about prevention Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012. An English and Spanish fotonovela to teach children and teens how to avoid sports injuries, “Ana’s Story,” is now available through the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health. A[Read More…]
ACLU and PUBPAT Ask Supreme Court to Rule that Patents on Breast Cancer Genes Are Invalid
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Medical Associations, Geneticists, Patients and Breast Cancer and Women’s Health Groups WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate patents for two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer that allow[Read More…]
Massachusetts’ Lawrence General Hospital Announces Layoffs, Service Closures and Patient Care Restructuring
Nurses Hope to Convince Management to Work with Them to Ensure Safe Patient Care – Vow to Warn Public of Changes that Compromise their Safety LAWRENCE, MA –(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. The nurses of Lawrence General Hospital are outraged by a recent decision from hospital management to lay off staff, close services[Read More…]
U-M Study: Pacific Islanders Have High Obesity, Smoking Rates
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. In the first study to detail the health of Pacific Islanders living in the United States, University of Michigan researchers have found alarmingly high rates of obesity and smoking. The preliminary findings are being presented today (Sept. 24) at a conference in Los Angeles on[Read More…]
Novel Program Shows Strong Promise in Malaria Prevention
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–SEPTEMBER 24, 2012—A large-scale malaria prevention program, consisting of intermittent distributions of anti-malaria medicines, appears to be drastically reducing the number of new cases of the disease among young children during peak transmission season, according to preliminary results from projects run by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without[Read More…]
Statement from White House Drug Policy Director Kerlikowske on HHS Report Showing Declines in Prescription Drug Abuse
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. Today, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the following statement in response to survey data from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) showing significant declines in the non-medical use of prescription drugs:[Read More…]
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, September 29
Park Forest Police Department to serve as drop-off location Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 23, 2012. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day which will take place on Saturday, September 29, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a great opportunity for those who[Read More…]
