WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. Conventional thinking about cancer prevention may overlook growing evidence that the combined effects of chemicals that are not carcinogenic on their own may be a significant cause of cancer, according to a new EWG analysis of a series of papers published on June 22 in the[Read More…]

Santa Monica, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015.  States that permit qualified patients to access medical marijuana via dispensaries possess lower rates of opioid addiction and overdose deaths, according to a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a non-partisan think-tank. Researchers from the RAND Corporation and the University of California,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015 – The Senate today passed by unanimous consent a reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a leader in effort to pass this bipartisan legislation, has called for increased funding to support these critical social and nutrition services. “The Older Americans Act has been[Read More…]

Nurses to Celebrate 50th Anniversary in Over 25 Actions from Washington DC to Chicago to Los Angeles RNs Join Call to Protect, Improve and Expand Medicare Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015.  Registered nurses will join actions in over 25 U.S. cities July 30 to honor Medicare and Medicaid’s 50th anniversary[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized use of the first prosthesis marketed in the U.S. for adults who have amputations above the knee and who have rehabilitation problems with, or cannot use, a conventional socket prosthesis.  The Osseoanchored Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of[Read More…]

NIH-funded scientists developed an ultra-thin, minimally invasive device for controlling brain cells with drugs and light Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. A study showed that scientists can wirelessly determine the path a mouse walks with a press of a button. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, and[Read More…]

Working for Big Tobacco, Chamber Fights to Delay, Block Life-Saving Policies WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2015. With deep ties to the tobacco industry, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been working to derail tobacco control rules and undermine life-saving policies in dozens of countries around the world, according to a[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. When U.S. adults are hospitalized with pneumonia, viruses are more often to blame than bacteria.  However, despite current diagnostic tests, neither viruses nor bacteria are detected in the majority of these patients according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[Read More…]

Washington D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–Juluy 14, 2015.  Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), and 79 of their congressional colleagues sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s draft guidance document, which, if[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015.  Advocates for mandatory GMO labeling today denounced the House Agriculture Committee’s vote to approve legislation that has come to be known as the Deny Americans the Right to Know (or DARK) Act, calling it an egregious example of government overreach.  The bill, H.R. 1599, would overturn[Read More…]