As few as 10 clinics will remain in Texas if nation’s highest court fails to intervene Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2015. Today a coalition of women’s health care providers represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights took their fight against Texas’ clinic shutdown law to the nation’s highest court. The group[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Legionnaires’ Disease Cases in Quincy, IL
SPRINGFIELD –-(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2015. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Adams County Health Department (ACHD) are reporting four confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease, including one death in Quincy. At this time there is no evidence they are connected to the Illinois Veterans’ Home-Quincy. “As part of our[Read More…]
Sanders Plan Would Stop Runaway Prescription Drug Prices
BURLINGTON, Vt. –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2015. Letting Medicare negotiate with drug companies for lower price prescription medications and cracking down on pharmaceutical industry fraud are among proposals that Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders outlined Tuesday as part of a package to rein in runaway prices for prescription medicine. Prescription prices[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Unveils Initiative to Combat America’s Deadly Epidemic of Drug and Alcohol Addiction
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2015. Since Hillary Clinton embarked on this campaign, she has heard one heartbreaking story after the next of families and communities torn apart by substance use disorders. Across the country, 23 million Americans suffer from addiction, and only 1 in 10 are being treated. So today,[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for Nausea and Vomiting from Chemotherapy
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Varubi (rolapitant) to prevent delayed phase chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (emesis). Varubi is approved in adults in combination with other drugs (antiemetic agents) that prevent nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of vomit-inducing (emetogenic and[Read More…]
Most Americans’ Hearts are Older Than Their Age
Higher heart age means higher risk of heart attacks and stroke Examples of actual age vs. heart age. Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2015. Your heart may be older than you are – and that’s not good. According to a new CDC Vital Signs report, 3 out of 4 U.S.[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Credits Chicago Innovator, MATTER
MATTER is Home to More Than 100 Health Technology Startups; Senator Kirk is an Author of Job-Creating Policy: Healthier Innovations for America Bill CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today visited Chicago’s healthcare technology incubator MATTER to discuss the future of healthcare innovation with their executives, entrepreneurs[Read More…]
Latest JAMA Studies Largely Fail To Support Past Claims About Marijuana And Brain Health
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2015 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Two new studies published online today in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Psychiatry provide little support for previous claims that cannabis exposure is significantly harmful to the developing brain. The first study, which assessed the effects of cannabis[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Calls on Anti-Abortion Activists to Release All Video Footage to Authorities Immediately
‘Where is the full, unedited video footage that experts say was heavily edited to distort Planned Parenthood’s work, and why won’t this group turn it over?’ WASHINGTON, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2015. Planned Parenthood Federation of America today called on anti-abortion activists who have been posting heavily edited videos for the[Read More…]
Parent Feeding Practices are Linked to Children’s Weight Status
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. Because child and adolescent obesity is linked to a number of health problems, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, it’s important to recognize factors in a child’s home environment that could be modified to prevent overweight and obesity. One modifiable factor is how[Read More…]
