NRDC’s Beinecke Calls for “Immediate and More Vigorous Actions to Limit Toxic Brew’’ WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2014 – An estimated seven million people around the world in 2012 died prematurely as a result of air pollution– making dirty air the largest single environmental health risk we face, the World Health Organization[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Attorney General Holder Announces Justice Department to Require Federal Halfway Houses to Boost Treatment Services for Inmates Prior to Release
New Rules Also Instruct Federal Halfway Houses to Provide Transportation Assistance, Cell Phone Access in Order to Help Inmates Seek Employment Opportunities WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2014. In a new step to further the Justice Department’s efforts towards enhancing reentry among formerly incarcerated individuals, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the[Read More…]
Gene Implicated in Progression and Relapse of Deadly Breast Cancer
Finding Points to Potential Achilles’ Heel in Triple Negative Breast Cancer NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2014 — Scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College and Houston Methodist have found that a gene previously unassociated with breast cancer plays a pivotal role in the growth and progression of the triple negative form of[Read More…]
Court Victory Allows Arizonans to Use Marijuana Extracts for Medical Conditions Like Seizures
PHOENIX–(ENEWSFP)–March 23, 2014. The Maricopa County Superior Court ruled late Friday in favor of five-year-old Zander Welton, finding that his parents and physicians could resume treating his seizure disorder with a marijuana extract. Judge Katherine Cooper found that the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA), approved by voters in 2010, allows[Read More…]
FDA Approves Otezla to Treat Psoriatic Arthritis
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Otezla (apremilast) to treat adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). PsA is a form of arthritis that affects some people with psoriasis. Most people develop psoriasis first and are later diagnosed with PsA. Joint pain, stiffness and swelling[Read More…]
New TB Screening Guidelines Overseas Save U.S. Estimated $15 Million
Thousands receive treatment prior to coming to the United States MAP Team member, Captain Mary Naughton, reviews chest x-rays with a panel physician in Ghana. Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. Updated CDC recommendations for overseas tuberculosis (TB) screening of immigrants and refugees have identified hundreds of cases that otherwise would have[Read More…]
Seattle Medical Marijuana Dispensary is First in Washington State to Achieve National Certification
New Patient Focused Certification program brings quality, safety standards to medical marijuana industry Seattle, WA—(ENEWSPF)—March 20, 2014. The first medical marijuana dispensary in Washington State was certified today under a recently launched nationwide program that verifies the quality and reliability of products sold at licensed medical marijuana businesses. Today’s certificate[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Implantable Hearing Device for Adults with a Certain Kind of Hearing Loss
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first implantable device for people 18 and older with severe or profound sensorineural hearing loss of high-frequency sounds in both ears, but who can still hear low-frequency sounds with or without a hearing aid. The Nucleus[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Calls on Supreme Court to Protect Women’s Health Care
Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley yesterday joined with a small business owner and women’s health advocates to call on the U.S. Supreme Court to protect women’s health in a case that will be heard before the Court next week. The case, Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius, could allow[Read More…]
Women in Ttheir 60s Twice as Likely to Develop Alzheimer’s Disease as They are Breast Cancer
There are 2.5 Times More Women Than Men Providing Intensive ‘On Duty’ Care 24 Hours a Day to Someone with Alzheimer’s CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 19, 2014. According to the Alzheimer’s Association 2014 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report released today, a women’s estimated lifetime risk of developing Alzheimer’s at age 65 is[Read More…]
