More than 70 percent of adults who misuse prescription opioids get them from friends or relatives Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Wednesday approved an amendment based on the bipartisan, bicameral Reducing Unused Medication Act that would allow[Read More…]

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  A new STAT-Harvard poll finds bipartisan support for new federal guidelines advising physicians to give patients with acute pain no more than a three-day supply of opioid painkillers. Seven in 10 Americans support the guidelines, which also advise doctors to try other treatment options before issuing prescriptions.[Read More…]

Study provides evidence for the existence of a non-opioid process in the brain to reduce pain through mindfulness meditation Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  Results from a new study, funded in part by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, demonstrate that mindfulness meditation works on a different pain pathway[Read More…]

Improves potential to help Parkinson’s, other degenerative diseases Human neurons (red) extend neural outgrowths across the 3D scaffold. Prabhas Moghe, Rutgers. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  National Institutes of Health-funded scientists have developed a 3D micro-scaffold technology that promotes reprogramming of stem cells into neurons, and supports growth of neuronal connections[Read More…]

Vaccine developed by NIH and FDA scientists A female Aedes mosquito, which spreads dengue virusNIAID Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  A clinical trial in which volunteers were infected with dengue virus six months after receiving either an experimental dengue vaccine developed by scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016.  It turns out men and women may not be all that different when it comes to the kinds of things they’re stressed about, a new study by a Roosevelt University PsyD student shows. Like many of us, Sarah Fredrickson (above), a doctoral psychology student at Roosevelt University[Read More…]

Studies show that one-half of all chronic mental illness begins by age 14 and three-quarters by age 24 WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016.  Responding to the pressing need for enhanced mental health services on college campuses across the country, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Susan Collins (R-ME) joined with[Read More…]

NEW YORK, NY —(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016.  A new study in JAMA Pediatrics yesterday found that teens who use long-acting reversible contraception,  IUDs and implants, were 60 percent less likely to use condoms than teens who use the Pill. Statement from Leslie Kantor, PhD, MPH, Vice President of Education at Planned Parenthood Federation of America:[Read More…]

Contact lens design for presbyopia Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016.  Making the most of the low light in the muddy rivers where it swims, the elephant nose fish survives by being able to spot predators amongst the muck with a uniquely shaped retina, the part of the eye that captures light.[Read More…]

NIH consortium uses big data, team science to uncover complex interplay of factors https://youtu.be/J3An-iH9NoQ Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016.  Seeking a better understanding of vascular contributions to Alzheimer’s disease, the National Institutes of Health has launched the Molecular Mechanisms of the Vascular Etiology of Alzheimer’s Disease (M²OVE-AD) Consortium, a team-science venture[Read More…]