Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved an expanded indication for the Optune device to treat patients with newly-diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer. It is given along with the chemotherapy drug temozolomide (TMZ) following standard treatments that include surgery, chemotherapy,[Read More…]

Without U.S. Supreme Court intervention, widespread clinic delays will undermine the constitutional rights of women Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. New research released today by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) exposes the tremendous impact the state’s clinic shutdown law will have on Texas women if the U.S. Supreme Court fails to take[Read More…]

First drug approved in lung cancer for patients whose tumors express PD-L1 Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has progressed after other treatments and with[Read More…]

Montreal, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2015. Chronic pain patients who use herbal cannabis daily for one-year report reduced discomfort and increased quality of life compared to controls, and do not experience an increased risk of serious side effects, according to clinical data published online ahead of print in the Journal of Pain.[Read More…]

OKLAHOMA–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2015.  The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a new lawsuit in state district court today challenging two Oklahoma measures which threaten to make safe and legal abortion even harder to obtain in a state with only two abortion providers. The first measure bans the most commonly used method[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2015.  CDC today launched its redesigned Healthy Pets Healthy People website, with expanded information about diseases people can catch from pets, farm animals, and wildlife. Users can now search alphabetically by animal and learn which zoonotic diseases they may carry. It is a unique “one-stop shop” where[Read More…]

Waltham, MA–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2015 Before we begin today’s program, I want to take a moment to address the devastating events that occurred yesterday at Umpqua Community College in Oregon.  Like you, I was shocked and appalled by this monstrous and tragic attack.  Although we are still gathering information, the Department[Read More…]

NIH human and mouse study may open an unexplored path for finding treatments Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health discovered that reactivation of ancient viral genes embedded in the human genome may cause the destruction of neurons in some forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).[Read More…]

NIH study finds mothers’ use of tenofovir tied to lower bone mineral content in babies Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015.  Infants exposed in the womb to a drug used to treat HIV and reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to child, may have lower bone mineral content than those exposed[Read More…]

NIH study finds mothers’ use of tenofovir tied to lower bone mineral content in babies Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015.  Infants exposed in the womb to a drug used to treat HIV and reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to child, may have lower bone mineral content than those exposed[Read More…]