Health and Fitness

VA Lauded by National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable for Screening Rates

Approximately 4,000 Veterans are diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer each year WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016.  The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has received Hall of Fame recognition by the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCR) for achieving an 82 percent colorectal cancer screening rate, which exceeds the NCCR goal of 80 percent[Read More…]

Choking Game Alone At High Risk of Suicidal Thoughts

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2016.  Youths who engage in the “choking game,” intentionally blocking blood to the brain in search of a rush when the strangulation stops, put themselves at serious risk of injury or death.  Those who participate in the game alone also face significantly higher rates of[Read More…]

TV Food Advertising Affects Preschoolers’ Diet

Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016. In a first of its kind study, researchers looked at how TV food advertisements affected snacking habits of preschool-aged children. Previous research on the subject has focused on school-age children and found a causal association between TV food advertising and increased snacking. The study,[Read More…]

Family Focused Treatment May Offer Long Lasting Benefits For Children With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2016. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends increasing access to proven parent-child techniques for helping children; evidence sparse on medication’s effects Family-focused therapy has been proven to help reduce a very young child’s symptoms of emotional, behavioral and relationship problems and offer long-term positive effects,[Read More…]

FDA Approves Intrarosa for Postmenopausal Women Experiencing Pain During Sex

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Intrarosa (prasterone) to treat women experiencing moderate to severe pain during sexual intercourse (dyspareunia), a symptom of vulvar and vaginal atrophy (VVA), due to menopause. Intrarosa is the first FDA approved product containing the active ingredient prasterone, which[Read More…]

Donald Trump Now Parroting Paul Ryan, Which Could Mean the End of Medicare—and Trump’s Popularity

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2016 By Joan McCarter Throughout the campaign, Donald Trump maintained that he wasn’t going to touch Social Security or Medicare. Now that he’s president-elect and has done absolutely nothing to prepare for that eventuality, he—or his transition team—is apparently latching onto whatever is already out there. Thanks[Read More…]

Use of Physical Punishment Declines Across All Socioeconomic Groups

Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. A study in the December 2016 issue of Pediatrics, “Socioeconomic Gaps in Parents ’Discipline Strategies from 1988-2011,” (published online Nov. 14) investigated changes over time in parents’ discipline strategies. Discipline strategies are a main component of socioemotional interactions and include physical punishments such as spanking, and[Read More…]

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