Standardized approaches necessary to expand treatment access worldwide Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015.  In just 10 years, 10 million heart attacks and strokes could be averted worldwide by treating just half the people with uncontrolled hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, suggests CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues[Read More…]

Vilsack Continues to Push Smartphones as Solution to GE Labeling Demand Despite Obvious Shortcomings Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015.  U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has revived his inadequate suggestion that consumer demand for labeling should be solved with voluntary use of bar code technology on smartphones. Vilsack introduced the[Read More…]

Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015.  In partnership with the Liberian government, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) today launched a clinical trial to obtain safety and efficacy data on the investigational drug ZMapp as a treatment for Ebola virus disease.[Read More…]

Better understanding of the placenta promises to improve the health of mothers and children Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015.  The National Institutes of Health has dedicated $41.5 million for an initiative to understand and monitor the development of the human placenta during pregnancy. The funding will support the development of new[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) today introduced legislation to address the rising number of poisonings in children due to laundry detergent packets.  The Detergent Poisoning and Child Safety Act is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL), Richard Blumenthal[Read More…]

CDC Data Reflects Trend in Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS) Patients St. Paul, MN —(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015.  This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a  report on the use of long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC) methods among women in the U.S. The report found that[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Children younger than 5 years of age accounted for 70 percent of pneumonia hospitalizations among children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in a study published yesterday. Pneumonia remains a leading cause of hospitalization among children in the United States. The two-and-a-half-year study published[Read More…]

More than 100,000 of these infections developed among residents of U.S. nursing homes Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a study released yesterday by the Centers[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015.  Today, the national advocacy organization Food & Water Watch released an analysis of USDA records documenting the impact of long-standing vacancies in the ranks of USDA meat and poultry inspectors. This release comes just hours before officials from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) are due[Read More…]

More Than 100 Restrictions Introduced in Legislatures Across the Country NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015.  The governor of Arkansas has signed the first abortion restriction of 2015. The bill restricts medication abortions by preventing them via telemedicine, which allows doctors to provide care to patients remotely. Evidence shows that medication[Read More…]