Senators call for investigation into companies that manufacture products containing synthetic stimulant routinely advertised as a “natural botanical” WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate manufacturers of dietary supplements containing “acacia rigidula”[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Dangerous Abortion Restriction Signed by Oklahoma Governor
Similar bill was signed into law in Kansas, as part of broader agenda to ban abortion New York, NY —(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. A bill targeting one of the safest and most common methods of abortion — which could restrict access to abortion for many women after 13 weeks in pregnancy[Read More…]
FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Muscle Growth Product Called Tri-Methyl Xtreme
Product marketed as a dietary supplement contains potentially harmful synthetic steroids Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug administration is warning consumers to stop using a dietary supplement for muscle growth linked to serious liver injury. Tri-Methyl Xtreme, distributed by Las Vegas-based Extreme Products Group, claims to[Read More…]
Congress Should Give Workers with Disabilities a Fair Shot at Gainful Employment in Budget Negotiations
Matthew McMeekin gets off a bus at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, as he returns from work on February 10, 2014. SOURCE: AP/Charles Dharapak Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015. Last month, House Republicans passed their fiscal year 2016 budget proposal and continued to target Social Security Disability Insurance for cuts.[Read More…]
State of Illinois Takes Action on Medical Cannabis Dispensary 9 Applicants
SPRINGFIELD, IL –-(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) today announced the qualification of one applicant and disqualification of another seeking to register as medical cannabis dispensing organizations in Illinois. After a review of the Medical Cannabis Dispensary Application of Health Central, LLC, the Division[Read More…]
State of Illinois Qualifies Additional Medical Cannabis Dispensary Applicants
SPRINGFIELD, IL –-(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) today announced the qualification of two additional applicants seeking to register as medical cannabis dispensing organizations in the City of Chicago. After a review of the Medical Cannabis Dispensary Application of Curative Health, the Division selected[Read More…]
Ebola Vaccine Trial Begins in Sierra Leone
6,000 health and other frontline workers will receive vaccine in five districts of the country Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Sierra Leone College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation[Read More…]
African Union and U.S. CDC Partner to Launch African CDC
The African CDC will be a public health institute supporting the whole continent of Africa Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015.A Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signed today by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, M.B. Ch.B., chairperson of the African Union Commission, formalizes a collaboration between the African[Read More…]
NIH Still Active in Gulf Region Five Years After Oil Spill
Three-part research approach focuses on communities and health Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, researchers at the National Institutes of Health are actively working with Gulf region community partners, to learn if any human health problems resulted from the disaster and establish a[Read More…]
Patient Admitted with Ebola Virus Disease Discharged from NIH Clinical Center, April 9, 2015
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015. The American healthcare worker admitted to the NIH Clinical Center on March 13 with Ebola virus disease was discharged today in good condition after having been successfully treated at the NIH Clinical Center Special Clinical Studies Unit. The individual is no longer contagious to the community.[Read More…]
