Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2017. Specialized transgender care clinics are seeing increasing numbers of youth identifying themselves as transgender. While it’s known that these young people have social and psychological vulnerabilities, a study “Sexual and Romantic Experiences of Transgender Youth Before Gender Affirmative Treatment” published in the March 2017[Read More…]
Month: February 2017
American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Recommendations on Caring for Teens After Sexual Assault
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2017. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its recommendations on how pediatricians address, treat and prevent acute sexual assault in adolescents. The AAP clinical report, “Care of the Adolescent After an Acute Sexual Assault,” published in the March 2017 issue of Pediatrics (published[Read More…]
Nation’s Pediatricians Warn of Rising Risks to Youths From Loosening Marijuana Laws
New American Academy of Pediatrics report calls on doctors to help protect patients’ developing brains and bodies from the health harms of marijuana amid increased legalization Elk Grove Village, IL –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. With marijuana now legal for recreation or medical use in a majority of states—and access and[Read More…]
Veterans Resources Fair Scheduled on Prairie State College Campus on Thursday, March 9
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting a Veterans Resources Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, March 9, in the Prairie Center on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Admission to the event is free. Attendees will be able[Read More…]
DePaul University’s School of Cinematic Arts Teams with HBO and ‘Vice’ for Visiting Artists Event on Friday, March 3
March 3 program to feature ‘Vice’ documentary, panel discussion CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. A new HBO “Vice” documentary, “Trans Youth,” which follows the story of transgender children, their families and doctors as they ponder the medical transition process before puberty begins, will make its Chicago premiere at DePaul University as part[Read More…]
The Perfect Bracket: DePaul University Mathematician Talks Longshot Odds of Predicting March Madness
Professor Jeff Bergen calculates chances of predicting all 63 games correctly at one in 9.2 quintillion DePaul mathematics professor Jeff Bergen determined the odds of predicting a perfect bracket in this March’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament to be one in 9.2 quintillion. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion) CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. As college[Read More…]
National Cancer Institute Launches Study of African-American Cancer Survivors
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. The largest study to date of African-American cancer survivors in the United States is underway. The Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors (ROCS) study, which will include 5,560 cancer survivors, will support a broad research agenda looking at the major factors affecting cancer progression, recurrence, mortality, and[Read More…]
Extreme Temperatures May Increase Risk for Low Birth Weight at Term, NIH Study Suggests
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. Extreme hot or cold temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk that infants born at term will be of low birth weight, according to a study of U.S. women by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The study was published in Environmental Research. The authors[Read More…]
Ethan Nadelmann: As Trump Said in the Campaign, Leave Pot to the States
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2017 By: ETHAN NADELMANN When Donald Trump was running for president, he had three things to say about marijuana policy: He was “in favor of medical marijuana 100 percent,†he was skeptical of legalizing it more broadly, and marijuana policy should basically be left to the states.[Read More…]
ACLU Launches Grassroots Mobilization Platform
Program Aims to Organize Resistance to President Trump WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union is launching PeoplePower.org, a major new grassroots mobilization platform, to help organize the mass resistance to President Trump’s threats to civil rights and civil liberties. The program comes as unprecedented public support of[Read More…]
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