Boosts sociability, quells repetitiveness — NIH study Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2012.  National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of the three core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). An experimental compound, called GRN-529, increased social interactions and lessened repetitive self-grooming behavior in a strain of[Read More…]

DETROIT–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2012 – The National Patients’ Rights Association (NPRA) — a Michigan-based coalition of leading medical marijuana advocates working to protect patient rights — today announced it is seeking input from both members and all other interested parties to identify and discuss practical legislative framework that specifically addresses formally[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2012.   This piece originally appeared on RH Reality Check. By Leslie Kantor, MPH, vice president of education for Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Dr. Carolyn Westhoff, senior medical advisor for Planned Parenthood Federations of America (PPFA) In recent weeks people who oppose Planned Parenthood, and[Read More…]

CDC award presented during National Infant Immunization Week SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2012.  The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is proud to announce that Rosalinda DeJesus, Health Technician at the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, has been selected as the first Centers for Disease Control and[Read More…]

TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2012.  Adults who were physically abused during childhood are more likely than their non-abused peers to have suicidal thoughts, according to a new study from the University of Toronto. The study, published online this month in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, found that approximately one-third of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2012.  The Medicare Trustees Report released yesterday shows that the Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund is expected to remain solvent until 2024, the same as last year’s estimate, but action is needed to secure its long-term future.  In 2011, the HI Trust Fund expenditures were lower than[Read More…]

UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2012.  A new study suggests that a woman’s most intense relationship in her 20s is with a member of the opposite sex, but after the age of 45 this relationship shifts to a much younger female who is likely to be her daughter.  The researchers suggest that[Read More…]

Group participated in Senate HELP Committee Hearing  Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012 – Safety and health advocates, victims of work-related injuries and sickness, and family members of workers killed on the job gathered yesterday on Capitol Hill to call for action on much-needed standards to protect workers and stronger enforcement for[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. The first Earth Day, conceived by Sen. Gaylord Nelson and observed across the country on April 22, 1970, highlighted a growing public concern for ecological issues.  Forty-two years later, the call to protect our planet still resonates. At the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),[Read More…]

Proposal Saves Medicaid System for Millions SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today announced a plan to stabilize Illinois’ Medicaid system and prevent collapse of the program, one of his top priorities this session. The Governor’s plan creates $2.7 billion in Medicaid savings – which includes more than $2 billion[Read More…]