NEW DELHI—(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2015.  Ahead of US president Obama’s visit to India, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expressed deep concern over the US government’s heightened efforts  to undermine access to affordable medicines from India—often called the “pharmacy of the developing world.” Millions of people[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2015. A measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in California – and has grown to more than 50 confirmed cases in multiple states – is a stark reminder of our nation’s responsibility to protect our most vulnerable citizens. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015.   In remarks at the Families USA Health Action Conference in Washington, DC today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren announced plans to introduce new legislation to advance medical research. “Over the past fifty years, the American system of medical innovation has transformed the health of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2015 Forty-two years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Roe v. Wade, a decision that protects a woman’s freedom to make her own choices about her body and her health, and reaffirms a fundamental American value: that government should not intrude in our[Read More…]

Opioid exposure during pregnancy increases risk of some birth defects Women aged 15-44 years who fill a prescription for an opioid medication, 2008-20012: Privately Insured: 28%,Medicaid Enrolled: 39% Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015.  More than a third of reproductive-aged women enrolled in Medicaid, and more than a quarter of those with[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPSF)–January 22, 2015.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Cosentyx (secukinumab) to treat adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.   Psoriasis is a skin condition that causes patches of skin redness and irritation. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disorder, and occurs more commonly in patients in with a family history[Read More…]

Legislation fights back against attacks on reproductive health care, protects access to safe and legal abortion in U.S. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2015.  Renewing their commitment to the health and rights of women in the United States, Senators Richard Blumenthal and Tammy Baldwin and Representatives Judy Chu, Lois Frankel, and Marcia[Read More…]

Patients welcome regulations, but strenuously oppose efforts to roll 16-year-old state law into recreational marijuana market Olympia, WA –(ENEWSPF)—January 21, 2015. More than 300 patients and advocates from nearly every legislative district in Washington State are expected to convene in Olympia this Thursday to meet with their elected officials and[Read More…]

In July 2014, MSF held the first of three rounds of a mass vaccination campaign in Adjumani district of northern Uganda to protect children from deadly respiratory infections. Photo By: Sydelle WIllow Smith NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015.  Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today called on pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)[Read More…]

Shift in fear retrieval circuitry eyed in anxiety disorders – NIH-funded studies Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015.  People with anxiety disorders, such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often experience prolonged and exaggerated fearfulness. Now, an animal study suggests that this might involve disruption of a gradual shifting of brain circuitry[Read More…]