Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Children’s health and housing security are closely intertwined, and children without homes are more likely to suffer from chronic disease, hunger and malnutrition. In a policy statement, “Providing Care for Children and Adolescents Facing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity,” published in the June 2013 Pediatrics[Read More…]
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Early Detection and Diagnosis of Motor Delays is Key, According to a New American Academy of Pediatrics Report
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Motor delays are common in children, but early recognition can optimize outcomes through timely referrals from the medical home to pediatric specialists and developmental therapists. In a new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical report, “Motor Delays: Early Identification and Evaluation,” published in the[Read More…]
Latinos Disproportionately Sterilized for Decades in California
Pacific Colony, located at Spadra, California. Image published in the Biennial Report for 1950-1952 by State of California Department of Mental Hygiene and provided by Alex Wellerstein. ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Patients with Spanish surnames in California psychiatric institutions and homes for the developmentally disabled were disproportionately sterilized at rates[Read More…]
Children of Long-lived Parents Less Likely to Get Cancer
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. The offspring of parents who live to a ripe old age are more likely to live longer and are less prone to cancer and other common diseases associated with aging, a study that involved a University of Michigan researcher has revealed. Experts at the University of[Read More…]
Dental Therapists Clinically Competent to Provide Patient Care
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. A new University of Michigan study finds that mid-level practitioners who are trained to provide fillings do so competently and safely, performing these procedures as well as dentists. U-M researchers reviewed the findings of 23 separate studies conducted in six industrialized countries over the past 60[Read More…]
ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano Arrives at Space Station
EU–(ENEWSPF)–29 May 2013. A Soyuz spacecraft launched from Kazakhstan last night safely docked with the International Space Station this morning, delivering ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his crewmates to the orbital outpost where they will live and work for five months. Luca Parmitano is an ESA astronaut flying on board[Read More…]
Protesters March Worldwide Against Monsanto
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– May 29, 2013. Last weekend across the world thousands of protesters rallied in dozens of cities against industry giant Monsanto and its genetically engineered (GE) products. “March Against Monsanto,” a coordinated day of action and protest, was held in 52 countries and 436 cities, including Washington, D.C. and[Read More…]
UPDATE: Main Street Family Pharmacy in Tennessee: FDA Alerts Health Care Providers of Adverse Reactions Associated with Steroid Injections
Newbern, Tennessee–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013. Main Street Family Pharmacy, LLC today announced a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots of all sterile products compounded by the pharmacy. The compounded products that are subject to the recall are those products with a use by date on or before November 20, 2013. The[Read More…]
Plans for Proposed Kansas Coal-Fired Power Plant Halted Pending Further Environmental Review
D.C. Circuit Court dismisses Kansas power company appeal, leaving environmental review requirements in place Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013. The D.C. Circuit Court today dismissed an appeal by Sunflower Electric of a ruling requiring environmental review of Sunflower’s proposed new coal plant in Holcomb, Kansas. The decision lets stand a[Read More…]
California Overdose Prevention Bill, AB 831, Stalled in Assembly Appropriations Committee
Committee Vetoes Overdose Prevention Funding; OD Remains Leading Cause of Accidental Death in State CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013. Last Friday, California’s Assembly Appropriations committee chairman Mike Gatto chose to hold Assemblymember Richard Bloom’s overdose prevention funding bill, AB 831, in committee, effectively killing it for this year. Procedurally the bill remains[Read More…]
