Particular consideration to be given to firearm violence Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013.  The National Institutes of Health is opening funding opportunities calling for research on violence with particular focus on firearm violence. Applications will be accepted through fiscal year 2016.  NIH developed this call for proposals in response to the[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–27 October 2013. The mood changes of a ‘Jekyll-and-Hyde’ protein, which sometimes boosts tumour cell growth and at other times suppresses it, have been explained in a new study led by Oxford University researchers.The researchers in Britain, with collaborators in Singapore and the USA, carried out a comprehensive biological study[Read More…]

ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Center for Reproductive Rights Seek to Immediately Block Restrictions that Jeopardize Women’s Health AUSTIN, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013.  More than a dozen women’s health care providers across Texas jointly filed a lawsuit today in federal court on behalf of their patients to block two harmful and unconstitutional[Read More…]

Mayor asks FDA to consider all options to combat menthols up to and including outright ban CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013.  As part of his overall campaign to reduce youth smoking, Mayor Rahm Emanuel called on the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take strong, forceful, and lasting action to[Read More…]

DENVER–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013.  Eric Jensen, age 37, and Ryan Jensen, age 33, brothers who owned and operated Jensen Farms, located in Granada, Colorado, presented themselves to U.S. Marshals in Denver today, where taken into custody on federal charges brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with the Food and Drug Administration[Read More…]

Use of new nicotine delivery devices is on the rise among children and teens WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013.  Following new information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing a dramatic increase in the use of e-cigarettes among children and youth, twelve members of Congress today called on[Read More…]

McDonald’s Commits to Leveraging Menu and Marketing Power to Increase Access to Fruits and Vegetables to Help Families Make Informed Choices NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013— McDonald’s is partnering with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, founded by the Clinton Foundation and American Heart Association, to increase customers’ access to fruit[Read More…]

Contracts allow repurposing of a commercial cancer therapy for use in emergencies Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013.  Orders placed today under Project BioShield contracts will increase the national stockpile of leukocyte growth factors, a treatment for acute radiation syndrome. The products ordered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’[Read More…]

Senator introduces legislation yesterday that would strengthen procedures for preventing, detecting and treating concussions in K-12 athletes WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013.  After receiving endorsements from six national professional and collegiate sports organizations, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday introduced legislation to strengthen K-12 schools’ procedures for preventing, detecting, and treating[Read More…]

Also call on companies to commit to labeling, social media, appropriate consumption restrictions WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. In the latest step in their ongoing investigation into the energy drink industry, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), yesterday called[Read More…]