Receive Update on Illinois’ Critical Health Care Industry SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013.  With the Senate on break from legislative session, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), alongside U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville), today convened Senator Kirk’s Health Care Advisory Board at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield to discuss a wide range of[Read More…]

New Laws Prevent Anyone Under Age 18 From Using Tanning Beds or Smoking Electronic Cigarettes CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013.  Governor Pat Quinn today took steps to protect the health of youth across Illinois by signing legislation that prevents anyone under the age of 18 from using tanning beds and electronic cigarettes,[Read More…]

NIH-funded study shows children on newer regimens closer to normal timetable Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013.  For children who have been HIV-infected since birth, current anti-HIV drug regimens may protect against the delays in puberty that had been seen in HIV-infected children taking older regimens, according to researchers funded by the[Read More…]

Randomized phase II trial will investigate vaccine therapy combined with Avastin for patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme CHICAGO–(ENEWPSF)–August 15, 2013. Northwestern Medicine® recently joined a landmark clinical trial to investigate if a vaccine made from a patient’s own brain tumor is effective in slowing tumor progression and extending survival. The[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber yesterday signed legislation, House Bill 3460, into law establishing regulations for the creation of state-licensed medical cannabis facilities. The law tasks the Oregon Health Authority with crafting rules and regulations over the following nine months to[Read More…]

Abuse and Manipulation of Humanitarian Action End 22 Years of Medical Aid in Somalia; Armed Groups and Civilian Leadership Support and Tolerance of Violent Attacks Against MSF Undermine Minimum Security Guarantees for Maintaining Assistance NAIROBI, NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013—After working continuously in Somalia since 1991, the international medical humanitarian organization[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013.  A new online training course will help health care professionals conduct fast, evidence-based alcohol screening and brief intervention with youth. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, produced the course jointly with Medscape, a leading provider of[Read More…]

Effort is aimed at protecting Washington’s medical marijuana law while state implements full legalization initiative Seattle, WA–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013.  Medical marijuana patients across Washington have begun a campaign called “Health Before Happy Hour” to educate the Washington State Legislature and Governor Jay Inslee that the needs of patients are much[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013.  Three in four teens who were prescribed medication during the last six months had unsupervised access to them at home, likely increasing the risk of overdose, substance abuse and drug diversion, a new University of Michigan study indicates. The study sought to determine teens’ access to[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–13 August 2013. Improvements in care mean that one in 10 young adults will have been born prematurely. Young adults who as babies were born prematurely have smaller hearts with thicker walls than those who were born after full-length pregnancies, an Oxford University study has found. The extent of the[Read More…]