Inaugural event kicks off the first-ever Illinois Public Health Datapalooza Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013.  Officials with Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s Administration today joined the Health Data Consortium (HDC) to kick off two days of activities focused on developing and sharing innovative ways to work with open health data in an effort[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—November 8, 2013. A proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule would speed the dissemination of new safety information about generic drugs to health professionals and patients by allowing generic drug makers to use the same process as brand drug manufacturers to update safety information in the product[Read More…]

Recommendations are part of statewide public comment period, culminating with Nov. 13th public hearing Seattle, WA—(ENEWSPF)—November 8, 2013. Medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed recommendations yesterday for the Washington State legislature, based on a series of patient and provider stakeholder meetings held last week in Bellingham,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The results of a first-of-its-kind worldwide survey of nearly 1,000 medicinal cannabis consumers shows that most patients prefer their medicine in the way that nature, not Big Pharma, intended it to be. Investigators from Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and the[Read More…]

Reducing trans fat intake could prevent thousands of heart attacks and deaths Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced its preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” for[Read More…]

NIH-funded study finds attention to others’ eyes declines in 2 to 6-month-old infants later diagnosed with autism Betgesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013.  Eye contact during early infancy may be a key to early identification of autism, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013.  A statement by Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh: November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month. Epilepsy, which affects roughly 2.3 million Americans, is a common, yet poorly understood, neurological disorder. The condition, which is in fact a complicated spectrum of disorders, can have a devastating[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive brain disease that destroys memory and the ability to carry out the simplest tasks of daily living, can be devastating to the people who have the condition and also to their loved ones. At this point, it is an irreversible and ultimately[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013.  As Congress debates a bill that would end employment discrimination based on sexual orientation—perhaps as early as this week—University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers offer further evidence of workplace discrimination and its impact on the health of young sexual minorities. José Bauermeister, the John[Read More…]

Cancer Cells “Go to Sleep” When Crucial Set of Molecules Is Targeted NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013 — The most frequently mutated gene across all types of cancers is a gene called p53. Unfortunately it has been difficult to directly target this gene with drugs. Now a multi-institutional research team, led[Read More…]