WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2016 – The lead contamination of Flint, Michigan’s drinking water is not an isolated incident, and lead is just one of many poisons that taint tap water all over the United States, according to Mae Wu, senior attorney with the Health Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
FDA Approves Folic Acid Fortification of Corn Masa Flour
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved folic acid fortification of corn masa flour. The approval allows manufacturers to voluntarily add up to 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour, consistent with the levels of certain other enriched cereal grains.[Read More…]
No Decline in Overall Youth Tobacco Use Since 2011
4.7 million middle and high school students report using a tobacco product; almost half use at least two Tobacco use among middle and high school students – United States, 2011-2015 Text Version Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Overall tobacco use by middle and high school students has not changed since 2011,[Read More…]
Increased Use of Type of Diagnostic Test Poses Challenge to Tracking of Foodborne Illness
A pure culture of the bacteria that made someone sick. Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Changes in the tests that diagnose foodborne illness are helping identify infections faster but could soon pose challenges to finding outbreaks and monitoring progress toward preventing foodborne disease, according to a report published today in CDC’s[Read More…]
Race and the Drug War: Hundreds to Gather on Sunday, April 17 at Columbia University in New York City for Historic Strategy Session on the Eve of the UN Special Assembly on Drugs
Featuring Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick, Columbia University Professor Dr. Carl Hart, Activist Erica Garner and More NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2016. On Sunday, April 17th, just prior to the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS), scholars and activists will participate in what is likely the largest strategy-session that has been[Read More…]
Senators Call on New FDA Commissioner to Address Gaps in Policies to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Animals
Senators Call on New FDA Commissioner to Address Gaps in Policies to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Animals Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016. Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) wrote to urge recently-confirmed[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Discusses New Initiatives to Address High Rates of Lead Exposure in Cities
Durbin’s bills to update regulations at EPA and HUD are part of larger push by Senate Democrats to combat lead contamination CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today highlighted new initiatives to protect children in affordable housing from lead poisoning and update the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Drug for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in Patients with a Specific Chromosomal Abnormality
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Venclexta (venetoclax) for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who have a chromosomal abnormality called 17p deletion and who have been treated with at least one prior therapy. Venclexta is the first FDA-approved treatment[Read More…]
States Poised to Be Leaders on Cost Control in Health Care
Nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago work in the emergency room at the hospital, November 2010. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016. A new report from the Center for American Progress outlines how states are well-positioned to be leaders in implementing[Read More…]
New Role Identified for Scars at the Site of Injured Spinal Cord
NIH-funded mouse study suggests scar formation may help, not hinder, nerve regrowth Benefits of scarring Previously injured axons (in red) can grow through a dense astrocyte scar (in green) in the presence of molecules that stimulate growth (in blue). Decades of research suggested that scars block regrowth after injury. Dr.[Read More…]
