Medically Unnecessary Operations Risk Lifelong Suffering Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2017 – Doctors in the United States continue to perform medically unnecessary surgeries that can inflict permanent harm on intersex children, Human Rights Watch and interACT said in a report released today. Despite decades of controversy over the procedures, doctors operate on[Read More…]
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In Adolescents, Oral Truvada and Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention are Safe, Acceptable
NIH-funded clinical trials are first of their kind to include younger adolescent girls. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2017. A monthly vaginal ring and a daily oral tablet, both containing anti-HIV drugs, were safe and acceptable in studies of adolescents, two teams of investigators reported today at the 9th IAS Conference on[Read More…]
Trump Administration Proposes To Repeal Fracking Protections
Public safety rule cited as too costly for industry Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2017. Days before oral arguments are scheduled in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Bureau of Land Management safety measures to regulate fracking operations on public lands, the U.S. Department of Interior is moving ahead with[Read More…]
Bill To Ban Chlorpyrifos Unveiled in Senate
Chlorpyrifos is linked to long-term damage in children’s developing brains Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2017. Today, Senators Tom Udall (D-NM), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kamala Harris (D-CA) , Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) unveiled a first-of-its-kind bill that would[Read More…]
New Prediabetes Awareness Campaign Features Unexpected Animal Videos to Encourage Americans to Learn Their Risk
American Diabetes Association, American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ad Council launch new creative awareness effort aimed at reducing the incidence of type 2 diabetes New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2017. Building on a successful campaign that helped hundreds of thousands of Americans learn their risk[Read More…]
From Mars Rover: Panorama Above ‘Perseverance Valley’
Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded a panoramic view of Perseverance Valley before entering the upper end of a fluid-carved valley that descends the inner slope of a large crater’s rim. The scene includes a broad notch in the crest of the crater’s rim, which may have been[Read More…]
Bird Songs Provide Insight Into How Developing Brain Forms Memories
UChicago study of zebra finches could help understand human development, autism CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2017 By: Thomas Gaulkin Researchers at the University of Chicago have demonstrated, for the first time, that a key protein complex in the brain is linked to the ability of young animals to learn behavioral patterns from[Read More…]
NCI-COG Pediatric MATCH Trial to Test Targeted Drugs in Childhood Cancers
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2017. Today investigators at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) announced the opening of enrollment for a unique precision medicine clinical trial. NCI-COG Pediatric Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (Pediatric MATCH) is a nationwide trial to explore whether targeted therapies can be[Read More…]
Child Living with HIV Maintains Remission Without Drugs Since 2008
Child treated in infancy as part of NIH-funded study. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2017. A nine-year-old South African child who was diagnosed with HIV infection at one month of age and received anti-HIV treatment during infancy has suppressed the virus without anti-HIV drugs for eight and a half years, scientists reported[Read More…]
Social Interaction Affects Cancer Patients’ Response to Treatment
Biological basis is unknown but may be related to stress response, NIH researchers say. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2017. How well cancer patients fared after chemotherapy was affected by their social interaction with other patients during treatment, according to a new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute[Read More…]
