Progress in some Liberian counties but multiple outbreaks continue throughout country Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014.  The effort to contain the Ebola epidemic in Liberia is showing preliminary signs of progress in some counties, but maintaining and extending these trends will require sustained efforts, according to three early-release articles in CDC’s[Read More…]

Aurora, CO–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014.  Cannabis holds promise as a comparatively safe and effective treatment for digestive disorders, according to a literature review published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Investigators at the University of Colorado, Aurora and at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical University in New Hampshire reviewed data in regard to[Read More…]

Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury, speaks at the briefing on the public health crisis emanating from the Ebola virus outbreak. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–13 November 2014 – There has been important progress made in the global fight against Ebola but a scaling-up[Read More…]

GENEVA/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014.  In the absence of specific treatments for Ebola, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) announced today that it will host clinical trials in three Ebola treatment centers in West Africa. The separate trials, which are aimed at quickly finding an effective therapy[Read More…]

Twelve months following inpatient psychiatric treatment is high-risk period-NIH funded study Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014.  U.S. Army soldiers hospitalized with a psychiatric disorder have a significantly elevated suicide risk in the year following discharge from the hospital, according to research from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014.  Researchers receiving funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) will seek ways to improve cognition, decision making, mobility and independence of older people. The awards, announced yesterday, renew funds for 11 Edward R. Roybal Centers for Research on Applied Gerontology, and the designation of two[Read More…]

More than 1 in 5 high school students use a tobacco product; 90 percent are tobacco smokers Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014. Almost 23 percent of high school students currently use a tobacco product, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today’s Morbidity and[Read More…]

Improper contact lens habits pose major risk for serious infections Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014.  Each year, Americans make nearly a million doctor visits for eye infections, resulting in $175 million in direct health care costs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated in the first study of its[Read More…]

Project Access is Second Syringe Access Program in the State to Distribute the Life-Saving Overdose Antidote—First in North Jersey; Advocates and Family Members Who Lost Loved Ones to Overdose Applaud Important Step in Implementation of Overdose Prevention Act Trenton—(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2014. On Tuesday, November 18th Project Access, the Sterile Syringe[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–November 11, 2014.  A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) physician who was infected with Ebola Virus Disease was released today from HHC Bellevue Hospital Center. Dr. Craig Spencer contracted the virus while on assignment in the West African country of Guinea. Following confirmation of test results by the[Read More…]