Ortiga, an unapproved product promoted for a variety of health conditions and sold on multiple websites, including Ebay, and in some retail stores Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2013.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or use Ortiga, an unapproved product promoted for a variety[Read More…]

NIH-funded study provides more evidence supporting development of noninvasive tests Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2013.  Levels of a protein in the urine of kidney transplant recipients can distinguish those at low risk of developing kidney injury from those at high risk, a study suggests. The results also suggest that low levels[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2013.  Chronic alcohol exposure leads to brain adaptations that shift behavior control away from an area of the brain involved in complex decision-making and toward a region associated with habit formation, according to a new study conducted in mice by scientists at the National Institutes of Health.[Read More…]

New findings may help neuroscientists pinpoint better targets for antianxiety treatments The tips of long neuronal extensions from the amygdala (green) contact neurons of the hippocampus (blue). This communication pathway helps to modulate anxiety. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2013.  Anxiety disorders, which include posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder,[Read More…]

Every three hours, drunk-driving crashes claim a victim who was not driving drunk WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2013.  U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today joined with safety advocates and law enforcement officials to announce the Department’s annual Drive Sober or Get[Read More…]

Laws Regulating Abortion Clinics Violate Constitutional Protections of Privacy, Due Process and Equal Protection INDIANAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2013.  The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Indiana, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America today challenged amendments to state laws that single out one health care center in Lafayette, Ind., for a[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2013.  The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus case reported in Illinois for 2013. The McHenry County Health Department reported a woman in her 50’s became ill earlier this month. “This first human case is a good reminder that we[Read More…]

Tobacco Giant R.J. Reynolds Cited for Alleged Distribution of Tobacco Coupons Without a License; Board of Health Launches Town Hall Meetings to Consider Further Action CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2013.  As part of his overall campaign to curb youth smoking, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today went after the tobacco industry to curb marketing[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing in the U.S. of the first mass spectrometer system for automated identification of bacteria and yeasts that are known to cause serious illness in humans. The VITEK MS can identify 193 different microorganisms and can perform up[Read More…]

New State-of-the-Art Facility Will Employ 400 Illinois Residents MOUNT PROSPECT–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2013.  Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by company officials to open the new state-of-the-art CVS Caremark Mail Service Pharmacy and Customer Center in Mount Prospect. The 150,000 square foot facility will employ 400 people, represents an investment of[Read More…]