MATTER is Home to More Than 100 Health Technology Startups; Senator Kirk is an Author of Job-Creating Policy: Healthier Innovations for America Bill CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today visited Chicago’s healthcare technology incubator MATTER to discuss the future of healthcare innovation with their executives, entrepreneurs[Read More…]
Science
Latest JAMA Studies Largely Fail To Support Past Claims About Marijuana And Brain Health
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2015 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Two new studies published online today in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Psychiatry provide little support for previous claims that cannabis exposure is significantly harmful to the developing brain. The first study, which assessed the effects of cannabis[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Calls on Anti-Abortion Activists to Release All Video Footage to Authorities Immediately
‘Where is the full, unedited video footage that experts say was heavily edited to distort Planned Parenthood’s work, and why won’t this group turn it over?’ WASHINGTON, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2015. Planned Parenthood Federation of America today called on anti-abortion activists who have been posting heavily edited videos for the[Read More…]
Groups Appeal Seattle Judge’s Decision Allowing Shell To Use the City As Arctic Drilling Homeport
Seattle-area environmental groups demand environmental review Shell’s Polar Pioneer in Elliott Bay as it exits the Port of Seattle on June 15, 2015. Jeff Dunnicliff for the Backbone Campaign/Flickr Seattle, WA —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Today, a group of Seattle-area environmental groups and the Sierra Club appealed a King County Superior[Read More…]
Court Sides with Feds and Coal Firms in Lawsuit Over Federal Coal Leasing Program
Bureau of Land Management has not comprehensively reviewed the program in over 30 years; Plaintiffs Will Appeal WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2015. A federal court in Washington, D.C. dismissed litigation brought against the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management by Friends of the Earth and the Western[Read More…]
Parent Feeding Practices are Linked to Children’s Weight Status
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. Because child and adolescent obesity is linked to a number of health problems, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, it’s important to recognize factors in a child’s home environment that could be modified to prevent overweight and obesity. One modifiable factor is how[Read More…]
Shift Seen in Type of Imaging Conducted for Common Childhood Health Problems
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. A cross-sectional study of children admitted to 33 pediatric tertiary-care hospitals between 2004 and 2012 examined the rates and types of imaging done for 10 of the most common diagnostic groups in children. These groups included seizures, appendicitis, concussions, upper respiratory infections and abdominal[Read More…]
Adolescents Who Do Not Receive Health Care When Needed More Likely to Suffer With Poor Health as Adults
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. Teenagers who don’t see a doctor for health problems are more likely to have poor health in general, and a new study shows they also become sicker adults. The study, “Unmet Health Care Need in U.S. Adolescents and Adult Health Outcomes,” in the[Read More…]
FDA Approves Repatha to Treat Certain Patients with High Cholesterol
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Repatha (evolocumab) injection for some patients who are unable to get their low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol under control with current treatment options. Repatha, the second drug approved in a new class of drugs known as PCSK9 inhibitors,[Read More…]
Short Bouts of Activity May Offset Lack of Sustained Exercise in Kids
NIH study finds interrupting sitting with short walks lowers blood sugar, insulin and blood fats Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Brief intervals of exercise during otherwise sedentary periods may offset the lack of more sustained exercise and could protect children against diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, according to a small study[Read More…]
