Mental Health Advocates deliver body bags full of testimonies about disastrous impact of clinic closures CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016. Mental Health Movement members have spent months collecting stories of the disastrous impact of Rahm Emanuel’s policies on Chicago neighborhoods, from the closure of 6 of 12 mental health clinics to the[Read More…]
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Governments of Canada and the United States Announce Phosphorus Reduction Targets of 40 percent to Improve Lake Erie Water Quality and Reduce Public Health Risk
New targets to reduce toxic and nuisance algae blooms affecting Lake Erie WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna today announced that Canada and the U.S. have adopted targets to reduce phosphorus entering affected areas of Lake Erie[Read More…]
HPV Prevalence Among Teens Down by 64 Percent Since Vaccination Introduced a Decade Ago
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 22, 2016. For a new study in the March 2016 Pediatrics, government researchers compared human papillomavirus (HPV) infection rates among U.S. teens and young women before and after vaccination against the cancer-causing virus was introduced in 2006. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination[Read More…]
From Asthma to Zika, UN Tackles Links Between Environment and Health
Environmental pollution and degradation can be linked to a growing list of health conditions such as skin cancer, lung cancer, asthma, lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, malaria, Ebola and Zika. Photo: World Bank/Curt Carnemark GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–19 February 2016 – The list of health conditions that can be linked to environmental pollution and[Read More…]
Footprints of a Martian Flood
Arda Valles EU–(ENEWSPF)–18 February 2016. Water has left its mark in a variety of ways in this martian scene captured by ESA’s Mars Express. Arda Valles context The region lies on the western rim of an ancient large impact basin, as seen in the context map. The image shows the[Read More…]
Joint Statement Addresses Increasing Need for Privacy Protections for Young Patients
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Statement Highlights Confidentiality Risks in Health Care Billing Processes Oakbrook Terrace, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016 – A new statement by the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) addresses privacy concerns[Read More…]
HHS Awards $500,000 in Funding to Flint Health Centers
FLINT, Mich. –(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2916. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell yesterday announced $500,000 in funding to help two area health centers increase and expand activities in response to the lead contamination of Flint’s water. Following a tour of the Hamilton Community Health Network, Inc.[Read More…]
FDA Approves Briviact to Treat Partial Onset Seizures
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Briviact (brivaracetam) as an add-on treatment to other medications to treat partial onset seizures in patients age 16 years and older with epilepsy. Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes people to have recurring seizures. A seizure[Read More…]
Researchers Find Link Between Death of Tumor-support Cells and Cancer Metastasis
NIH-funded scientists find the lifespan of supportive cells in a tumor may control the spread of cancer. The images show tumors that have metastasized to the lungs (image b) and bones (image d) in mice that had CAFs eliminated after 10 days. Biju Parekkadan, Massachusetts General Hospital Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 19,[Read More…]
New Report Exposes Enbridge as Serious Threat to Great Lakes Region
Report details Enbridge’s web of risk and destruction throughout the region and highlights need to block tar sands expansion Minneapolis, MN –(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. A new report compiled by national and regional environmental and Tribal groups exposes the serious threat Enbridge Inc., the Canadian oil pipeline goliath, poses to the Great Lakes region.[Read More…]
