CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. While widespread heroin use in Chicago’s suburbs has been well documented, people are more likely to suffer negative health and criminal justice impacts due to heroin on Chicago’s West Side than in any other part of the city or the Chicagoland region. Long considered to be a[Read More…]
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HHS Announces New Standards to Further Strengthen the Quality of Head Start Programs (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new standards today to further improve and strengthen the Head Start program. The Head Start program promotes the school readiness of children (from birth to age five) from low-income families through early learning, health and family[Read More…]
FDA Requires Strong warnings for Opioid Analgesics, Prescription Opioid Cough Products, and Benzodiazepine Labeling Related to Serious Risks and Death from Combined Use
Action to better inform prescribers and protect patients as part of Agency’s Opioids Action Plan Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2016. After an extensive review of the latest scientific evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it is requiring class-wide changes to drug labeling, including patient information, to[Read More…]
NIH Review Finds Nondrug Approaches Effective for Treatment of Common Pain Conditions
U.S. study reviews trial results on complementary health approaches for pain relief; aims to assist with pain management Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Data from a review of U.S.-based clinical trials published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that some of the most popular complementary health approaches — such as yoga,[Read More…]
Former Imperial Wizard of the KKK and White Supremacists Line Up to Praise Trump’s Speech
ARIZONA–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 By Barbara Morrill Donald Trump’s immigration speech on Wednesday night was described here as “fascism in it’s purest, most vile form, slathered in an unbroken stream of lies,” while most in the media tip-toed around, trying to explain it all away. So, who was praising the speech? There[Read More…]
Woman Who Viciously Beat Her Child with a Coat Hanger Cites Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law
INDIANA–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 By Walter Einenkel Most of us here remember vice presidential candidate Mike Pence as Governor Mike Pence the wicked homophobe who signed one of the most discriminatory and backwards laws into Indiana’s books—the anti-LGBT “religious freedom” law. The law was such a perfect example of terrible phobic and awful thinking and[Read More…]
A Doctor Dissects Trump’s Doctors Letter. It Ain’t Pretty.
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 By Murfster35 Want to change4 your story Dr? At this point I’m thinking that the good Dr. Bornstein wishes that both he and his most excellent patient had just both kept their big, fat mouths shut. For a while there, it looked like they had gotten[Read More…]
Extreme Temperatures Could Increase Preterm Birth Risk
NIH researchers find more preterm births among women exposed to extremes of hot and cold Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Extreme hot or cold temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk of preterm birth, according to study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The study authors found that extremes[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Trump Attacks Climate Action In Failed Attempt to Demonstrate International Leadership
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Today, Donald Trump attacked international efforts to take action to tackle the climate crisis during a speech about his immigration policy. In Response, Sierra Club Political Director Khalid Pitts Released the Following Statement: “Trump has proven twice today how humiliating to the United States he[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending August 27, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 263,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 261,000. The 4-week moving average was 263,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
