Photo: iStockphoto.com Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. A new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that death rates among people over 65 are higher in zip codes with more fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) than in those with lower levels of PM2.5. It is[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
DOT Joins Members of Congress, Industry and Safety Advocates to Highlight the Life-saving Potential of Groundbreaking Technology to Prevent Drunk Driving
Alcohol-impairednology could potentially save driving crashes kill nearly 10,000 people annually; this alcohol-detection vehicle tech thousands of lives each year WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today joined with members of Congress, safety advocates and industry representatives at the U.S. Department[Read More…]
NIH Study Finds Alcohol Use Disorder On the Increase
AUDs often untreated Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. Alcohol use disorder, or AUD, is the medical diagnosis for problem drinking that causes mild to severe distress or harm. A new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, reports that[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer Amendment to Lower Barriers to Opioid Addiction Treatment
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2015. As the U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R. 2578, Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) will offer an amendment to ensure that no funds are available to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to enforce inspections of physicians who prescribe buprenorphine – a Schedule III drug[Read More…]
Report On Secretary Kerry’s Surgery from Dr. Dennis Burke, June 2, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. The following is attributable to Dr. Dennis Burke, Orthopedic Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital and Clinical Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School: “This morning Secretary Kerry underwent a surgical procedure to repair his broken femur. The procedure was performed under a regional anesthetic and the Secretary[Read More…]
UN Secretary General Ban to Convene International Ebola Recovery Conference in New York
In Sierra Leone, local health workers plan for the day ahead, as they continue their vigilance against Ebola. Photo: WHO/S. Aranda NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 June 2015 – To help mobilize needed resources “in the last mile of the response” against the Ebola outbreak and to start the affected West African countries[Read More…]
FDA Regulation to Help Ensure Judicious Use of Antibiotics in Food-producing Animals
Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) final rule issued today Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) final rule, an important piece of the agency’s overall strategy to promote the judicious use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals. This strategy will bring[Read More…]
Rates of New Melanomas – Deadly Skin Cancers – Have Doubled Over Last Three Decades
Without community skin cancer prevention efforts, melanoma rates will continue to climb Community skin cancer prevention programs can prevent future melanoma cases and decrease treatment costs.Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. Melanoma rates doubled between 1982 and 2011 but comprehensive skin cancer prevention programs could prevent 20 percent of new[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights Challenges Kansas Law Criminalizing Doctors for Providing Safe, Common Abortion Method
Medical experts opposed law which threatens women’s access to abortion in the second trimester Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. The Center for Reproductive Rights has filed a new lawsuit in state court today challenging a Kansas law banning the most commonly used method of ending a pregnancy in the second trimester—a law[Read More…]
State Policies On Alcohol Can Lower Youth Drinking
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015. Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among teens, and accounts for more than 4,300 deaths annually among people under age 21. In a study, “Youth Drinking in the United States: Relationships With Alcohol Policies and Adult Drinking,” published in the July 2015 Pediatrics[Read More…]
