Online Nurse Practitioner Programs–http://onlinenursepractitionerprograms.com/vaccine-immunization/ -(ENEWSPF)- The concept of immunization has been around for centuries, but the past 100 years has seen more innovation and advancement in the field than ever before. Increasingly effective and widely available vaccines have nearly or completely eradicated smallpox, polio, measles, and other diseases that were[Read More…]

AUSTIN–(ENEWSPF)–April 10 – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Center for Reproductive Rights have filed a petition asking the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reconsider the constitutionality of the provision of Texas’ H.B. 2, which[Read More…]

University Park, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2014. The health of the entire family, especially the children, is the theme of the Family Health and Wellness Fair at Governors State University on April 26 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. “Spring into Wellness – Empowering Healthy Families” is free and open to everyone.[Read More…]

Rep. Pompeo’s GMO Bill Identical to Industry Proposal Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014.  Legislation introduced yesterday by Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) would block any federal or state action to require labeling of foods made with genetically engineered ingredients. “More than 90 percent of Americans support labeling of GE foods,” said Scott[Read More…]

Mayo Clinic study finds rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk of kidney disease ROCHESTER, Minn.–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014.  Rheumatoid arthritis patients are likelier than the average person to develop chronic kidney disease, and more severe inflammation in the first year of rheumatoid arthritis, corticosteroid use, high blood pressure and obesity are[Read More…]

NIH-funded study on key Parkinson’s gene finds a possible new target for monitoring the disease Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014.  Scientists may have discovered how the most common genetic cause of Parkinson’s disease destroys brain cells and devastates many patients worldwide. The study was partially funded by the National Institutes of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014.  Today’s announcement by Walmart, the world’s biggest grocer, that it plans to sell a line of organic foods at competitive prices could eventually lower the cost of all organic food by expanding the footprint of organic agriculture, said Environmental Working Group Executive Director Heather White. “While[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–10 April 2014.  Tamiflu (the antiviral drug oseltamivir) shortens symptoms of influenza by half a day, but there is no good evidence to support claims that it reduces admissions to hospital or complications of influenza. This is according to the updated Cochrane evidence review, published today by The Cochrane Collaboration,[Read More…]

Patient advocates worked with Council member Yvette Alexander to improve lagging enrollment in the program Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2014. District of Columbia Council member Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) introduced legislation yesterday that would lift restrictions on physicians that currently prevent them from recommending medical marijuana to any patient who[Read More…]

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–8 April 2014 – With the recent discovery of a new case of polio in a six-month-old boy in Iraq, the United Nations and it partners, warning that the crippling virus still poses a threat to children across the Middle East, have re-launched a massive vaccination campaigns in Syria, Iraq[Read More…]