Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2014 – 1:41 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Yay to everyone!  (Applause.)  Thank you so much.  You all, rest yourselves.  It is a pleasure to be here with all of you today.  Let me start by thanking Larry, not just for his very kind introduction but for his[Read More…]

Scientists, patients, doctors, advocates, lawyers, policymakers unite to advance public health policy reforms Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—March 14, 2014. The country’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), formally announced today its second annual Unity Conference, “Navigating Medical Cannabis in the Mainstream,” to be held at the Mayflower[Read More…]

Center for Reproductive Rights Calls Measure “Crucial,” Urges Congress to Support Health Care Coverage for all Women NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2014.  Yesterday Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) introduced the HEAL Immigrant Women and Families Act, a new federal bill that would reestablish health coverage options and health care services for[Read More…]

Regenerative Medicine Holds Potential to Treat or Cure Chronic Diseases and Conditions Including Alzheimer’s, Battlefield Injuries WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) today introduced legislation to help accelerate the discovery of new cures for traumatic injuries and diseases including Alzheimer’s, cancer, diabetes, and ALS[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of the first device as a preventative treatment for migraine headaches. This is also the first transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device specifically authorized for use prior to the onset of pain. “Cefaly provides an alternative to[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Statement of NIDDK Director Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., and NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. In recognition of World Kidney Day 2014 on March 13, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  Today the Center for Reproductive Rights filed its second challenge to Ireland’s abortion laws before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The Center filed this case on behalf of Siobhán Whelan, who was forced by Ireland’s harsh restrictions on abortion to travel to the United Kingdom[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  Mexican-Americans suffer more damage from stroke than non-Hispanic whites but they survive longer. New University of Michigan research shows that Mexican-Americans had worse neurologic, functional and cognitive outcomes 90 days after stroke compared to non-Hispanic whites. Although this population has increased risk of stroke, they have[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Americans believe that consuming cannabis poses less harm to health than does the consumption of tobacco, alcohol, or sugar, according to the findings of a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released today. Respondents were asked which of the four substances[Read More…]

Bill Would Preserve America’s Global Leadership in Innovation and Discovery by Investing in Breakthrough Biomedical Research WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  With a decline in federal biomedical research threatening our standing as a leader in discovery and innovation and our global competitiveness, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday introduced the[Read More…]