bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2011. Nutritious meals can be tasty and easy to prepare, according to a new family cookbook from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. Keep the Beat Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Family Meals has more than 40 kid-tested recipes featuring[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Updated NDEP Guide Helps Keep Children With Diabetes Safe at School
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2011. School-age children with diabetes face unique challenges and sometimes dangerous situations tied to their oftentimes unpredictable glucose levels. To help teachers, principals and others ensure the safety of youngsters with diabetes during the school day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Diabetes Education[Read More…]
New Pneumonia Vaccine Targets Leading Cause of Child Deaths Worldwide – UN
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 February 2011 – Hundreds of infants in Kenya received their first shots against pneumococcal disease today at a special United Nations-backed event to celebrate the global roll-out of vaccines targeting the world’s leading cause of child deaths – pneumonia. President Mwai Kibaki joined parents, health workers, ambassadors and[Read More…]
FDA Approves First 3-D Mammography Imaging System
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 11 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Selenia Dimensions System, the first X-ray mammography device that provides three-dimensional (3-D) images of the breast for breast cancer screening and diagnosis. A mammogram is a safe, low-dose X-ray of the breast that is the best[Read More…]
Neuro Resource Group, Inc. Informs Customers of Important Information about Triad Group’s Alcohol Prep Pads
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. Neuro Resource Group, Inc. (NRG) has become aware of the market recall of Triad Group’s alcohol prep pads, alcohol swabs, and alcohol swabsticks manufactured by Triad in the United States and marketed under various brand names, (http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm239219.htm). The Triad Group alcohol prep pads are co-packaged[Read More…]
CPSC Investigation Finds No Problem Drywall or Environmental Factors Linked to Ft. Bragg Deaths
FT. BRAGG, NC–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. Conclusions from a broad investigation by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) presented to Ft. Bragg military officials and families today, found no evidence either of problem drywall or environmental factors linked to the deaths of three infants. This investigation confirms the results of[Read More…]
Surgery on Fetus Reduces Complications of Spina Bifida
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. A surgical procedure to repair a common birth defect of the spine, if undertaken while a baby is still in the uterus, greatly reduces the need to divert, or shunt, fluid away from the brain, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health and[Read More…]
Durbin Asks for Meeting With Consumer Product Safety Chairman to Discuss Faulty Pool Drain Covers
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2011. Prompted by a Chicago Tribune investigation, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Inez Tenenbaum, to request a meeting to discuss existing rules and regulations regarding pool safety, specifically steps taken to prevent entrapments due[Read More…]
FDA Approves 1st Pacemaker Designed to Work Safely During Some MRI Exams
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first heart pacemaker designed to be used safely during certain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams. Pacemakers are surgically implanted medical devices that generate electrical impulses to treat irregular or stalled heart beats. MRIs use a powerful[Read More…]
IDPH Recommends Water Well Testing for Private Wells Near Woodstock
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is advising residents who obtain their drinking water from private wells in the Woodstock area (McHenry County) to test their water for possible groundwater contamination. Routine testing of Woodstock’s community water supply wells by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency[Read More…]
