Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2012. The National Organic Program (NOP) will now require organic certifiers to conduct periodic residue tests each year on at least 5% of the farms they certify, beginning in 2013. Periodic residue testing is required by the 1990 Organic Food Production Act (OFPA). This recent policy change[Read More…]
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Advocacy for Planned Home Birth Not in Patients’ Best Interest
Home-Birth-Like Experience in Hospitals Ultimately Safer, More Satisfying, and More Cost Effective for Patients, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Reports NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012 — Advocates of planned home birth have emphasized its benefits for patient safety, patient satisfaction, cost effectiveness, and respect for women’s rights. A clinical opinion[Read More…]
New Index Shows Federal Agencies Fail to Meet Salmon Restoration Goal
Federal law requiring almost a million salmon ignored at great expense to Bay-Delta ecosystem and fishing industry San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012 – The Central Valley Chinook salmon fishery has suffered a dramatic collapse over the past decade, now standing at only 13 percent of the population goal required by[Read More…]
Disparities in Breast Cancer Continue Among U.S. Women
Report shows importance of improved access to preventive care and high-quality treatment Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012. Black women have higher death rates from breast cancer than any other racial or ethnic group. They are 40 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, according to a Vital[Read More…]
PCBs, Other Pollutants May Play Role in Pregnancy Delay
NIH study finds delays after exposure to pesticides, industrial chemicals Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012. Couples with high levels of PCBs and similar environmental pollutants take longer to achieve pregnancy in comparison to other couples with lower levels of the pollutants, according to a preliminary study by researchers at the National[Read More…]
Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Diabetes Month and World Diabetes Day
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012. On Nov. 14, World Diabetes Day, we unite with individuals living with diabetes, their families, advocates and health care professionals to raise awareness of this devastating disease around the world. Combating diabetes is an urgent public health issue. More than 340 million people worldwide have diabetes.[Read More…]
Life and Death in a Star-Forming Cloud
W44 and its environment EU–(ENEWSPF)–14 November 2012. The aftershock of a stellar explosion rippling through space is captured in this new view of supernova remnant W44, which combines far-infrared and X-ray data from ESA’s Herschel and XMM-Newton space observatories. W44, located around 10 000 light-years away within a[Read More…]
Boosting Access to Family Planning is Good for Women and the Economy – UN Report
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–14 November 2012 – A new United Nations report urges additional investments in family planning that could save developing countries more than $11 billion a year in maternal and newborn health care costs, while stressing that the benefits of making services available to everyone are not just economic. The State[Read More…]
Head Injury and Pesticide Exposure Increases Risk for Parkinson’s Disease
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012. For years, scientists have shown that pesticide exposures are linked to the onset of Parkinson’s disease. Now a new study by researchers at University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) finds that exposure to pesticides and suffering a head injury are associated with a three-fold increase in[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces New Health Clinic
Illinois Jobs Now! Project Supported 200 Jobs; Will Strengthen Healthcare for Vulnerable, Low-Income and Medicaid Patients at Mount Sinai CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today joined with community and healthcare leaders to announce the newly renovated Mount Sinai Hospital Health Clinic. This $7 million Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction[Read More…]
