CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2015. Today, Aldermen Proco Joe Moreno, Roderick Sawyer and organizers with We Charge Genocide and ChicagoVotes announced their intention to continue their campaign to pass the Stops Transparency Oversight Protection Act (the STOP Act) in Chicago’s City Council. The STOP Act requires the Chicago Police Department (CPD)[Read More…]
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Summer 2015 Graduate Calls Decision to Attend Prairie State College ‘Financially Smart’
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. When 2014 Marian Catholic Academy graduate Hannah Grace Bohlen started taking classes at Prairie State College (PSC) in fall 2015, she already had 15 credits from the Advanced Placement (AP) classes she took in high school under her belt, giving her a head start on earning[Read More…]
Roosevelt Community Advocates for People with Disabilities
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. As students and staff from Roosevelt University’s Academic Success Center marched recently for the first time ever in Chicago’s Disability Pride Parade, Roosevelt journalism alumnus Daniel Smrokowski (BA, ’12) was there to capture the moment. (Smrokowski is pictured above carrying the torch on the final leg for[Read More…]
NIH Study Finds Cutting Dietary Fat Reduces Body Fat More Than Cutting Carbs
Carbs vs Fat in the Diet – Kevin Hall, NIH. Credit: NIH Intramural Research Program Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. In a recent study, restricting dietary fat led to body fat loss at a rate 68 percent higher than cutting the same number of carbohydrate calories when adults with obesity ate[Read More…]
Research Reveals Unintended Consequences of Inappropriate Medical Food Use in Managing Patients with a Type of Metabolic Disorder
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. Many “medical foods” are designed to help manage patients with rare inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs), and can help prevent serious and life-threatening complications. However, such special foods may cause harm in some patients when their use is not carefully monitored and managed, according to a[Read More…]
Large Percentage of Youth With HIV May Lack Immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella
NIH study finds those vaccinated before starting modern HIV therapy may be at risk Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. Between one-third and one-half of individuals in the United States who were infected with HIV around the time of birth may not have sufficient immunity to ward off measles, mumps, and rubella—even[Read More…]
Fetal ECG Readings Offer No Advantage Over Heart Rate Monitoring During Labor
NIH network finds similar results for infants delivered with, without ECG Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A new technology that tracks the electrical activity of the fetal heart offers no advantages over conventional technology in preventing birth complications, according to a new study by the National Institutes of Health. The technology[Read More…]
Math Matters: How the Common Core Will Help Prepare Today’s Students for College and Career and Improve the United States’ Performance in Math Education
A 12-year-old student works on math problems as part of a trial run of a new state assessment test in Annapolis, Maryland, February 12, 2015. Source: AP/Patrick Semansky Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. Researchers and employers alike acknowledge that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, skills are critical for[Read More…]
Enhancing the Child Tax Credit Would Help Young Families, Create Economic Mobility, and Lift Kids Out of Poverty, Says New Center for American Progress Report
A girl helps her brothers with a drawing and homework in Philadelphia, October 8, 2013. Source: AP/Matt Rourke Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A new Center for American Progress analysis underscores that the economic cost of child poverty in the United States is $672 billion per year, or nearly 4[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: Governor Cuomo and New York Elected Officials Return to Failed Drug War Approaches to Address Synthetic Cannabinoids
Advocates: New Yorkers Need a Public Education and Health Approach to Deal with Emerging Drugs New York –(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2015. Earlier this week, Governor Cuomo issued regulations and the New York State Senate introduced a bill that would criminalize the sales of synthetic cannabinoids. Recently, there have been several media reports of tragic episodes involving synthetic cannabinoids, such[Read More…]
