New research finds link between frequency of exercise and stroke risk Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSWPF)–July 19, 2013.  Here’s yet another reason to get off the couch: new research findings suggest that regularly breaking a sweat may lower the risk of having a stroke. A stroke can occur when a blood vessel in[Read More…]

Decision Follows NRDC, EWG Suit to Protect Millions of Californians from Contaminated Drinking Water SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2013 –The California Superior Court of Alameda yesterday required the state’s Department of Public Health to proceed with setting a standard to protect millions of Californians from unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium in[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013.  Kathleen Kane Willis, director of the Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy at Roosevelt University, called the untimely death of Fox TV’s Glee star Cory Monteith “ a tragedy that could have been prevented and reversed” if available overdose precautions and treatments were more commonly known and understood.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013.  HHS Office of Civil Rights director Leon Rodriguez announced the termination of Medicaid funding to a California surgeon who intentionally discriminated against an HIV-positive patient by refusing to perform much needed back surgery.  An order, issued by the HHS Departmental Appeals Board, concluded that the surgeon[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 18, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Marijuana smoking is not associated with the promotion of liver disease in subjects coinfected with both hepatitis C and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to data published online in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Investigators at McGill University in[Read More…]

HB 1815 Creates Special License Plate to Raise Awareness and Funds for Diabetes Research; HB 2199 Requires Biennial Reporting by State Diabetes Commission to General Assembly CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013.  Governor Pat Quinn today signed into law House Bill 1815, legislation that will create a special license plate designed to raise[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013.  Residents of the South regardless of race, and blacks throughout the United States, have lower healthy life expectancy at age 65, according to a report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Healthy life expectancy (HLE)[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013.  The combinations of anti-HIV drugs recommended for pregnant women do not appear in general to increase their children’s risk for language delay, according to a study from a National Institutes of Health research network. Children exposed to HIV in the womb and whose mothers received combinations[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013.  More low-income women are having potentially life-saving health screenings in states with expanded Medicaid eligibility for family planning services, according to new research from the University of Michigan. The study will be published in the August issue of the American Journal of Public Health. “When states[Read More…]

State Agencies Urge Safety During Record High Temperatures CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013.  With hot weather expected for the remainder of the week, Governor Pat Quinn is urging residents to take advantage of the state’s cooling centers. The state has opened more than 100 cooling centers around Illinois, in order to help[Read More…]