Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2013. By Sabrina Fendrick, Director of Women’s Outreach   It’s no secret that there has been a proliferation government agencies across the country removing minors and infants from their home, based solely on the fact that a parent is a cannabis consumer, and the false presumption that[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2013. A year ago this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention activated its Emergency Operations Center as part of the response to the tragic outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to three contaminated lots of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) produced by the New England Compounding Center[Read More…]

Data could aid in rehabilitation from strokes, other motor disorders. A front and side view of a volunteer wearing the Anklebot in a seated posture. During experiments, the robot moved the ankle and recorded its stiffness in multiple directions. Photos: Hyunglae Lee CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2013.  For most healthy bipeds,[Read More…]

Flavored little cigar smokers less likely to think about quitting tobacco use   Infographic: “40 Percent of middle school and high school students who smoke use flavored litle cigars or flavored cigarettes” Full Accessible Version  [1.45 MB] Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013.  More than two out of every five middle and high[Read More…]

City’s Free Eye Exams Program Will Now Serve 15,000 Additional Students in Need CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013.  Mayor Emanuel announced today that the City of Chicago budget for 2014 will invest an additional $550,000 to expand its school-based vision program to serve 45,000 Chicago Public School (CPS) students. With the additional[Read More…]

BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013.  Bioengineers at UC Berkeley have shown that physical cues can replace certain chemicals when nudging mature cells back to a pluripotent stage, capable of becoming any cell type in the body. Pluripotent stem cells, created from human skin or mouse ear tissue, are shown here developing into[Read More…]

Company distributed unapproved and adulterated products online Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, is seeking a permanent injunction against the dietary supplement manufacturer James G. Cole, Inc., its president, James G. Cole, and its general[Read More…]

NIH also improves access for parents, teachers, and Spanish language readers Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013.  Teens — and adults who care for them — can now find answers to questions about drug abuse and addiction more easily, and through smartphones and tablets. Spanish language versions of easy to understand resources[Read More…]

NIH-funded research tests much-touted vitamin in people with prediabetes Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013.  Researchers have begun the first definitive, large-scale clinical trial to investigate if a vitamin D supplement helps prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in adults who have prediabetes, who are at high risk for developing type 2.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013.  A statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: October is Bullying Prevention Awareness Month – when individuals, families, schools, and communities across the nation help to raise awareness about bullying prevention.  Bullying remains a widespread problem with nearly 30 percent of adolescents in the U.S. reporting some[Read More…]