Millions of non-smokers still exposed to secondhand smoke Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013.  Four out of five U.S. adults report having voluntary smoke-free rules in their homes and three out of four report having voluntary smoke-free rules in their vehicles, according to a study published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease,[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013.  A study of public pools done during last summer’s swim season found that feces are frequently introduced into pool water by swimmers.  Through the study, released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers found germs in samples of pool filter water collected[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new use for Simponi (golimumab) injection to treat adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. Simponi works by blocking tumor necrosis factor (TNF), which plays an important role in causing abnormal inflammatory and immune responses. Previously[Read More…]

Xofigo approved three months ahead of schedule under priority review program Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) to treat men with symptomatic late-stage (metastatic) castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to bones but not to other organs. It[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013.  Helping to answer President Obama’s call to ensure quality early education for every American child, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed today a new regulation for public comment that will better ensure children’s health and safety in child care and promote school[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013.  The Center for Reproductive Rights took legal action yesterday on behalf of North Dakota’s only abortion clinic and its doctors to block a state law designed to shut down the Red River Women’s Clinic and effectively end safe and legal abortion in the state. Senate Bill[Read More…]

An artificial cadaver that is used by the Security and Privacy Research (SPQR) Lab headed by EECS Professor Kevin Fu. Researchers in SPQR use the artificial cadaver to test the security and privacy of various medical devices, including heart rate sensors, pacemakers, defibrillators, drug delivery systems, and neurostimulators. Photo: Joseph[Read More…]

Styrene can be listed as potential carcinogen; public’s right to know upheld Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2013. The D.C. District Court today dismissed the styrene industry’s challenge to the identification of styrene as “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen,” ensuring that government can alert the American public to the potential[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Subjects who regularly consume cannabis possess favorable indices related to diabetic control as compared to occasional consumers or non-users, according to trial data published today online in the American Journal of Medicine. Here is a summary of the study from[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2013. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Inhaling cannabis reduces symptoms of Crohn’s disease compared to placebo in patients non-responsive to traditional therapies, according to clinical trial data published online ahead of print in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Researchers at the Meir Medical Center, Department[Read More…]