Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. People who increased the amount of coffee they drank each day by more than one cup over a four-year period had a 11% lower risk for type 2 diabetes than those who made no changes to their coffee consumption, according to a new study led by[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
New Study Tells Nothing About Marijuana’s Role in Heart Disease
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. By Mitch Earleywine A new study on marijuana appeared in Journal of the American Heart Association. These are interesting data, but we have to interpret them very carefully. Sure, we know cannabis can raise heart rate briefly, but most users develop tolerance to the effect. We’ve[Read More…]
New Study Tells Nothing About Marijuana’s Role in Heart Disease
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. By Mitch Earleywine A new study on marijuana appeared in Journal of the American Heart Association. These are interesting data, but we have to interpret them very carefully. Sure, we know cannabis can raise heart rate briefly, but most users develop tolerance to the effect. We’ve[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Announces Federal Grant for Greater Elgin Family Care Center
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2014. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the Greater Elgin Family Care Center (GEFCC) a $2,203,792 Health Center Cluster Grant. Duckworth informed Robert Tanner, President and CEO of GEFCC, about the news earlier in the day. The[Read More…]
Members of Congress, Authors of E-Cigarette Marketing Report Respond to FDA Tobacco Regulations
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. Today U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), John D. Rockefeller (D-WV), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI), and U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) – authors of a recent investigative report that found a dramatic recent increase in the marketing[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Human Papillomavirus Test for Primary Cervical Cancer Screening
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first FDA-approved HPV DNA test for women 25 and older that can be used alone to help a health care professional assess the need for a woman to undergo additional diagnostic testing for cervical cancer. The[Read More…]
New Report Slams USDA for Indefinitely Stalling Animal Welfare Regulations in Organic Poultry Production
Center for Food Safety Counters Economic Assessment Relied Upon by USDA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. Center for Food Safety’s (CFS) whitepaper, released today, chastises the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for stalling poultry animal welfare regulations and hiding behind a faulty economic impact analysis. CFS’s white paper reveals that the[Read More…]
New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board Recommends Adding Alzheimer’s Disease to the List of Eligible Conditions
If Approved by the Dept. of Health, New Mexico Would Join 13 Other States Where Patients Can Access Medical Cannabis for Alzheimer’s Disease SANTA FE—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2014. Yesterday, the New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board voted unanimously to add neurodegenerative dementia including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to the list[Read More…]
Report Shows 20-year U.S. Immunization Program Spares Millions of Children from Diseases
Recent measles outbreaks underscore importance of sustaining high vaccination coverage Vaccines for Children – 20 Years of protecting America’s Children – Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. The CDC estimates that vaccinations will prevent more than 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths among children born in the last 20[Read More…]
HHS Leaders Call for Expanded Use of Medications to Combat Opioid Overdose Epidemic
New England Journal of Medicine commentary describes that vital medications are currently underutilized in addiction treatment services and discusses ongoing efforts by major public health agencies to encourage their use Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. A national response to the epidemic of prescription opioid overdose deaths was outlined in the[Read More…]
