Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2017 By Jen Hayden Who’s afraid of Planned Parenthood? Paul Ryan and Republican congressmen In their first week back on the job, House Speaker Paul Ryan and his non-uterus-having Republican congressmen have announced an extremist effort to defund Planned Parenthood, a healthcare provider used by 1 in 5[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Paul Ryan and Team Seem Confused on Whether Ryan has an Obamacare ‘Replacement’ Plan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2017 By Joan McCarter Is there a better way? Ryan seems to be baffled. House Speaker Paul Ryan apparently hasn’t been talking to his majority leader, Kevin McCarthy. Because they don’t seem to be on the same page on the biggest issue the House is[Read More…]
New Analysis: Uninsured Rate for Americans With Pre-existing Conditions Dropped Sharply When Major Affordable Care Act Reforms Were First Implemented
Without ACA protections, more than half of non-elderly Americans could face discrimination in health care Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2017. Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law, millions of Americans no longer face coverage denials, higher costs, or coverage carve outs because of their medical histories. A new analysis from[Read More…]
NIH-Sponsored Expert Panel Issues Clinical Guidelines to Prevent Peanut Allergy
Recommendations focus on introducing peanut-containing foods to infants. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2017. An expert panel sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, issued clinical guidelines today to aid health care providers in early introduction of peanut-containing foods to infants[Read More…]
Trump Tweet Storm Reveals Republican Master Plan for Obamacare: Blame Everything on the Democrats
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2017 By Joan McCarter Popular vote loser Donald Trump took to Twitter again Thursday morning to demonstrate his acute understanding of the nation’s healthcare system and his plans for replacing Obamacare. Or something. The Democrats, lead by head clown Chuck Schumer, know how bad ObamaCare is and[Read More…]
Sex Hormone-Sensitive Gene Complex Linked to Premenstrual Mood Disorder
Dysregulated cellular response to estrogen and progesterone suspected. Expression of this ESC/E(Z) gene network was found to be systematically disturbed in PMDD.Peter Schmidt, M.D., NIMH., David Goldman, M.D., NIAAA Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017. National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have discovered molecular mechanisms that may underlie a woman’s susceptibility to[Read More…]
Parental Obesity Linked to Delays in Child Development, NIH Study Suggests
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017. Children of obese parents may be at risk for developmental delays, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The investigators found that children of obese mothers were more likely to fail tests of fine motor skill — the ability to control[Read More…]
Paul Ryan/Tom Price/GOP *DO* Plan to Throw Grandma Off a Cliff…After Picking Her Pocket (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 30, 2016 By Brainwrap Five years ago, a political action committee called “The Agenda Project” released the TV ad above, warning of GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan to privatize Medicare, wiping out the current system and basically replacing it with a far worse version of…Obamacare, ironically. The[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Drug for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
New therapy addresses unmet medical need for rare disease Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 24, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Spinraza (nusinersen), the first drug approved to treat children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare and often fatal genetic disease affecting muscle strength and movement.[Read More…]
Nurses Call on Senate to Reject Tom Price as HHS Secretary Policies Would ‘Substantially Erode Our Nation’s Health and Security’
WASHINGTON -(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2016. National Nurses United later Thursday called on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, as well as the full Senate, to reject the nomination of Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services. In a letter to HELP from NNU co-presidents Deborah[Read More…]
