Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2016.  During his 2016 State of the Union Address, President Obama called on Vice President Biden to lead a new, national “Moonshot” initiative to eliminate cancer as we know it.  Today, the White House is announcing a new $1 billion initiative to jumpstart this work. Too many[Read More…]

NIH-funded study shows early intervention is more cost-effective than typical care. The RAISE project was designed to study the best ways to intervene after a person begins to experience psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized speech. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2016.  New analysis from a mental health care study[Read More…]

Opiod Rx is the Gateway to Heroin Addiction WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016.  U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today applauded the news that 1.1 billion fewer opioid tablets, 26.3 million opioid prescriptions, were dispensed in the one year period since hydrocodone products were rescheduled. The study was reported this week in[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zepatier (elbasvir and grazoprevir) with or without ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1 and 4 infections in adult patients. Hepatitis C is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the liver[Read More…]

New study using cryo-electron microscopy shows how potential drugs could inhibit cancer Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016.  A new study shows that it is possible to use an imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to view, in atomic detail, the binding of a potential small molecule drug to a key protein[Read More…]

ISRAEL–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016.  The administration of cannabis oil extracts high in cannabidiol reduces seizure frequency in children with intractable epilepsy, according to clinical data published online ahead of print in the journal Seizure. Israeli researchers retrospectively evaluated the effects of CBD oil in a multicenter cohort of 74 patients with[Read More…]

Calgary, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016.  THC administration prevents weight gain in mice fed a high fat diet, according to preclinical trials data published in the journal PLOS ONE. Investigators at the University of Calgary and at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Ontario assessed the impact of small, daily[Read More…]

At Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator points to prescription narcotic drugs as a dangerous and growing source of opioid addiction, and shares treatment efforts in Dixon, Illinois as model for addressing the growing crisis WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016.  Yesterday at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Attacking America’s Epidemic of Heroin and[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Halaven (eribulin mesylate), a type of chemotherapy, for the treatment of liposarcoma (a specific type of soft tissue sarcoma) that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable) or is advanced (metastatic). This treatment is approved for patients who[Read More…]

Advocacy group warns that impending TPP agreement will exacerbate current weaknesses with food imports. Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016.  As officials prepare to sign the Transpacific Trade Partnership (TPP) next month, the national advocacy organization Food & Water Watch today warned that the controversial trade deal will exacerbate already flawed food[Read More…]