Experts plan clinical trial to test treatments for withdrawal syndrome. Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2017 Authored by: National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health is funding a new study to evaluate treatment options for newborns with opioid withdrawal syndrome, a condition caused by exposure to opioids during pregnancy. Currently,[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Global Commission on Drug Policy Launches Position Paper on the Opioid Crisis in North America
Geneva, Switzerland—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2017 Authored By: Global Commission on Drug Policy The Global Commission on Drug Policy today released a position paper on The Opioid Crisis in North America. With some 64,000 drug overdose deaths in 2016 in the US alone, the extent of the opioid-driven public health crisis cannot[Read More…]
1000 Shoes Launch Advocacy Campaign to Reform Oregon Addiction Recovery System
Governor Kate Brown & Rep. Knute Buehler both offer support for effort OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2017 Submitted by: Mike Marshall, Oregon Recovers A pile of nearly 1000 shoes was created last week in Shemanski Park as a crowd of over 1000 turned out to protest Oregon’s lack of support for addiction[Read More…]
Report: The Marijuana ‘Gateway’ Theory Is A Fallacy
New Paltz, NY—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2017 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Scientific evidence does not support claims that marijuana experimentation often serves as a ‘gateway’ to the use of other substances, particularly cocaine and heroin, according to a report issued by the Benjamin Center for Public Policy Initiatives at SUNY[Read More…]
CDC Is Deactivating the Emergency Operations Center for the Zika Response
Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2017 Authored by: Centers for Disease Control (CDC) CDC is deactivating its emergency response for Zika virus (Zika) to transition efforts to normal program operations on September 29, 2017. On January 22, 2016, CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in response to the devastating effects of[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Treatment for Certain Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancers
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—September 28, 2017 Authored by: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Verzenio (abemaciclib) to treat adult patients who have hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer that has progressed after taking therapy[Read More…]
New Study Shows Tdap Vaccination During Pregnancy Can Prevent Whooping Cough in Babies
Less than half of pregnant women in the United States take advantage of vaccination Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—September 28, 2017 Authored by Center for Disease Control (CDC) A new CDC study published today in Clinical Infectious Diseases reported that vaccination with whooping cough vaccine, Tdap, during the third trimester of pregnancy prevented[Read More…]
Federal Court Strikes Down Kentucky’s Mandatory Ultrasound Requirement
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —(ENEWSPF)—September 28, 2017. A federal court today issued an order that strikes down an anti-abortion law that forced doctors to display and describe a patient’s ultrasound, as well as to play the fetal heartbeat, even if the doctor believed it would harm the patient or it was against[Read More…]
Just Over Half of Adults with Work-Related Asthma Report Having Received a Pneumococcal Vaccine
People with work-related asthma at high risk of pneumococcal pneumonia Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—September 28, 2017 Authored by Center for Disease Control (CDC) Adults with asthma are at increased risk for pneumococcal disease, yet according to a new CDC study published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, just 54 percent[Read More…]
Environmental Groups Again Urge Support for Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 26, 2017 By: Lauren Lantry,Sierra Club Ahead of this week’s potential vote on the Cassidy-Graham bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Alaska Wilderness League, the Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, Natural Resources Defense Council, Green Latinos, Green For All, Safe Climate Campaign,[Read More…]
