CDC’s graphic anti-smoking campaign will air March 30 Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching its 2015 “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign with a series of powerful new ads featuring former smokers who suffer from smoking-related illnesses, including vision loss and colorectal cancer. Ads[Read More…]

Announcement Comes as Kentucky’s Republican Governor Signs Bill Approving Syringe Service Programs; Federal Funding Ban on Syringe Services Continues to Hamper Local Efforts to Address Heroin Use and Reduce HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C INDIANA—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2015. Indiana’s Republican Governor, Mike Pence, said on Wednesday he would consider implementing a syringe service[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015.  U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced a targeted initiative aimed at reducing prescription opioid and heroin related overdose, death and dependence. Deaths from drug overdose have risen steadily over the past two decades and currently outnumber deaths from car accidents in[Read More…]

Dozens of Texas mothers from all across the state with seriously ill children will be coming together in the state capitol to call for passage of legislation that will help reduce their children’s suffering. AUSTIN —(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2015. A new statewide network of Texas moms and caregivers will be coming[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2015.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use for Eylea (aflibercept) injection to treat diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic macular edema. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common diabetic eye disease and is a leading cause of blindness in adults in[Read More…]

Bill Follows Historic Introduction of the CARERS Act by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dean Heller (R-NV), and Barbara Boxer (D-CA); Support for Letting States Set Their Own Marijuana Policies without Federal Interference Growing Rapidly in Congress WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)[Read More…]

ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015.  Prior to Illinois issuing medical marijuana business licenses I was in a meeting with a company rep that was trying very hard to get one or more medical marijuana cultivation licenses in Illinois. He had big visions of grandeur for what the program would be like, and[Read More…]

System intended for certain patients undergoing treatment for severe coronary artery disease Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Impella 2.5 System, a miniature blood pump system intended to help certain patients maintain stable heart function and circulation during certain high-risk percutaneous coronary[Read More…]

ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015.  Illinois’ medical marijuana program is a mess to say the least. It’s been over a year and half since former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed medical marijuana into law, yet not one patient has been able to safely and legally access medical marijuana in Illinois. Licenses have finally been issued,[Read More…]

NIH-funded study finds T-cell level returns to normal with time Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015.  Most children with HIV who have low levels of a key immune cell eventually recover levels of this cell after beginning treatment, according to a study by researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health. Failure[Read More…]