New York, NY —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Today, Planned Parenthood is sharing new national survey data showing that the vast majority of women do not know when or how often they should get screened for breast and cervical cancer — even if they think they do. The nationally representative survey from[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
NIH-funded Study Supports Surgery as Treatment for Myasthenia Gravis
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. In a global study of myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and fatigue, researchers found that surgical removal of an organ called the thymus reduced patients’ weakness, and their need for immunosuppressive drugs. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine,[Read More…]
NIH Releases Improved Guidelines for Diagnosing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
New guidelines may help better diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. A group of experts on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), organized by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), has produced proposed clinical guidelines for diagnosing FASD, which can result when a mother[Read More…]
Government Inaction Thwarts Equal Access to Care, Says New Center for American Progress Column
A nurse practitioner gives a pregnant patient information about mosquito protection on August 2, 2016, in Miami. Source: AP/Lynne Sladky Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Last month, the U.S. Congress adjourned for summer recess without approving President Barack Obama’s request for $1.9 billion in emergency supplemental funds to address the[Read More…]
Conservative Paid Family Leave Proposals Fall Short for Working Families
Bryan Niedermeyer and Angelica Juarez visit with their daughter Olivia at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Chicago on March 15, 2016. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Paid family and medical leave is critical for the economic security of working families, yet the United States is the[Read More…]
Fusobacteria Use a Special Sugar-Binding Protein to Bind to Colon Tumors
At left, colon with a tumor. Magnification at right: healthy colon tissue and colon cells, and colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer cells. Colorectal cancer cells express high levels of a sugar called Gal-GalNac. Some fusobacteria express a protein called Fap2, which helps Gal-GalNac stick to tumors where it may promote[Read More…]
Researchers Find Brain’s ‘Physics Engine’ (Video)
This region that helps humans predict how the world will behave is ‘among the most important aspects of cognition for survival’ Baltimore, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Whether or not they aced it in high school, human beings are physics masters when it comes to understanding and predicting how objects in the[Read More…]
Advocates Call for Comprehensive Response following Sharp Increases in Drug Overdose Deaths in NYC
NYC Drug Overdose Deaths Increased 58% from 2015, Bronx Hardest Hit, Overdose Deaths among Latinos Skyrocket 51% New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Today’s release of 2015 drug overdose mortality data from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) shows the devastation of overdose in New York City,[Read More…]
In Miami, Hillary Clinton Vows to Confront the Zika Crisis As President Obama and Calls On Congress to Address It
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. At Borinquen Medical Center in Miami on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton toured a facility tirelessly working to prevent and treat the Zika virus. Clinton also highlighted the work of the healthcare professionals and community health centers on the front lines of the crisis and called on Republican leaders[Read More…]
Unsafe Levels of Toxic Chemicals Found in Drinking Water for Six Million Americans
Drinking water samples near industrial sites, military fire training areas, wastewater treatment plants have highest levels of fluorinated compounds Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Levels of a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and other health problems—polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)—exceed federally recommended safety levels in[Read More…]
