WASHINGTON D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015.   Wendy’s (NASDAQ: WEN) one of the nation’s top restaurant chains, has confirmed the company does not plan to sell or use the Arctic® apple. In the wake of widespread criticism of the USDA’s recent approval of the first genetically engineered apple, the Food and[Read More…]

New maps, interactive features and search function provide two decades of data Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a redesigned online tool making it easier to search data on foodborne disease outbreaks. The updated Foodborne Outbreak Online Database Tool (FOOD Tool) lets[Read More…]

Sally Hansen, OPI, Wet N Wild Among Brands Selling Nail Polishes With Endocrine Disruptor WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015.  Researchers at Duke University and Environmental Working Group have found evidence of a suspected endocrine-disrupting chemical widely used in popular nail polishes in the bodies of more than two-dozen women who participated[Read More…]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia–(ENEWSPF)–19 October 2015.  The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) today released its third thematic report,  The Global Crisis of Avoidable Pain: The Negative Impact of Drug Control on Public Health: at the 24th International Harm Reduction Conference (IHRC2015) taking place October 18-21  in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The[Read More…]

  Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages primary care physicians to take an active role in treating children with mental health conditions. So the authors of a study appearing in the November 2015 issue of Pediatrics, “Outpatient Visits and Medication Prescribing for US Children[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. Today, Hillary Clinton sent letters to the heads of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the agencies to review actions they could take to protect consumers against the unfair prescription drug price hike executed by Turing Pharmaceuticals.  Last[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2015.  Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released, “Where Will Patients Obtain Their Medicine?” a white paper on the impact of medical cannabis dispensaries on patients, teen cannabis use, crime and communities.  Since legal medical cannabis dispensaries first emerged following the creation of California’s medical cannabis program in 1996,[Read More…]

Ruling comes less than one week before trial on Arizona law that would force doctors to tell patients it’s possible to “reverse” an abortion Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2015.  A state court judge yesterday permanently blocked an Arizona measure that would severely limit women’s access to medication abortion, an extremely safe method[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2015. Yesterday – on the first day of Medicare open enrollment – it became clear that due to a quirk in federal law, millions of Medicare beneficiaries could see their premiums increase by about 50 percent next year. Even more, including many vulnerable retirees, could see their deductibles increase[Read More…]

Belo Horizonte, Brazil–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015.  Marijuana smoke exposure is not positively associated with the development of cancers of the head or neck, according to the results of a systematic literature review published online ahead of print in the journal Archives of Oral Biology. Investigators from the Federal University of Minas[Read More…]