NIH celebrates Brain Awareness Week 2014 Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014.  Hundreds of middle school students from the Washington, D.C., area will visit the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Md. this week for a special brain-bending experience. Alongside scientists from seven institutes of the National Institutes of[Read More…]

Attorney General Urges Local First Responders to Carry Naloxone, Which Can Save Lives by Reversing Overdoses Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. Calling the rise in overdose deaths from heroin and other prescription pain-killers an “urgent public health crisis,” Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Monday that the Justice Department would combat the[Read More…]

Momentum Builds as Assembly Jumpstarts Negotiations and Four Senate Republicans Announce Support for Compassionate Care Act New York—(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2014. Today, Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried (D, WFP – Manhattan) announced that the Assembly would include the comprehensive medical marijuana bill in their state budget proposal. The move assures[Read More…]

CDC urges physicians to improve prescribing practices to reduce harm Yellow-green fluorescence of Clostridium difficile under long-wave UV irradiation on a CCFA plate. Photo: James Gathany Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2014.  The majority of pediatric Clostridium difficile infections, which are bacterial infections that cause severe diarrhea and are potentially life-threatening, occur[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2014.  Renee Sharp, research director at the Environmental Working Group said yesterday that the cosmetics industry’s legislative proposal to reform cosmetics law would deprive the federal Food and Drug Administration of the power to keep hazardous substances out of personal care products. “We are deeply disappointed that[Read More…]

Testosterone blood tests, long questioned as being unreliable, should be used in conjunction with a physical exam to determine treatment NEW YORK–(ENWESPF)–March 7, 2014 — While the number of men in the United States diagnosed with low testosterone has increased considerably over the last decade, a team of experts, led[Read More…]

Boston/New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014—Two new studies released today by Epicentre,the research arm of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) at CROI, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, point to reductions in new HIV infections in areas where HIV treatment has been greatly expanded. The[Read More…]

WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014.  Today Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley cosponsored the Medicare Protection Act, legislation that expresses strong opposition to changes in Medicare that would reduce or eliminate guaranteed benefits or raise the eligibility age for hard-working seniors. Today, more than 46 million Americans rely on Medicare.  “Raising the Medicare[Read More…]

Albuquerque, NM–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014.  Representatives of the New Mexico Department of Health have announced their intentions to expand the state’s medical cannabis program. State Health Secretary Retta Ward accepted an advisory board’s recommendation to expand the state’s existing list of qualifying conditions for which cannabis may be recommended to include[Read More…]

Legislation Will Combat Over 100 Fatal Overdoses in U.S. Every Day Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (MD-4) reintroduced the Stop Overdose Stat (S.O.S.) Act today with 18 Members to support community-based efforts to prevent fatal drug overdoses. The legislation establishes a federal plan to combat what the[Read More…]