Study: Health insurance helps lower-income Americans avoid depression, diabetes, major financial shocks CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Enrollment in Medicaid helps lower-income Americans overcome depression, get proper treatment for diabetes, and avoid catastrophic medical bills, but does not appear to reduce the prevalence of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol,[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Governor Chris Christie to Sign Bill that Would Help Prevent Drug Overdose Deaths Today at 2:00 p.m.
Legislation Encourages Calling 911 in Drug Overdose Cases and Expands Access to Overdose Antidote Naloxone Bon Jovi, Families Who Have Lost Loved Ones to Overdose and Advocates to Attend Signing Trenton–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Today at 2:00 p.m., Governor Chris Christie is scheduled to sign into law the Overdose Prevention Act,[Read More…]
NIH Awards $40 Million in Grants to Reduce Stroke Disparities in the U.S.
May is National Stroke Awareness Month Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2013. Four research centers will develop high-impact culturally tailored interventions aimed at lowering stroke risk among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Together the centers are expected to receive $40 million in funding over five years, contingent on the[Read More…]
NIH Encourages Americans to Make Vision a Priority during Healthy Vision Month
Statement from National Eye Institute Director Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2013. In May, Healthy Vision Month, the National Eye Institute (NEI) calls on Americans to make their vision a priority by taking the necessary steps to protect vision, prevent vision loss, and make the most of[Read More…]
Access to Medical Marijuana for Patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in New Mexico is Protected
In a Surprise Move, the New Mexico Department of Health Announced that PTSD will Remain a Qualifying Condition Drug Policy Alliance will Continue to Call on the Martinez Administration to Support Access to Medical Marijuana SANTA FE, NM–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2013. After months of deliberation, yesterday, the New Mexico Department of[Read More…]
FDA Approves Plan B One-Step Emergency Contraceptive Without a Prescription for Women 15 years of Age and Older
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has approved an amended application submitted by Teva Women’s Health, Inc. to market Plan B One-Step (active ingredient levonorgestrel) for use without a prescription by women 15 years of age and older. After the FDA[Read More…]
Decoded: Molecular Messages That Tell Prostate and Breast Cancers to Spread
Tumor cells secrete signals that call in wound healing cells to the tumor site. In the process, the normal wound healing cells make the tumor cells more aggressive and able to metastasize. ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2013. Cancer cells are wily, well-traveled adversaries, constantly side-stepping treatments to stop their spread.[Read More…]
How Some Cancers ‘Poison the Soil’ to Block Metastasis
Research Shows Therapeutic Proteins Could Offer Much Needed Treatment Strategy for Metastatic Cancer NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2013 — Cancer spread or metastasis can strike unprecedented fear in the minds of cancer patients. The “seed and the soil” hypothesis proposed by Stephen Paget in 1889 is now widely accepted to explain[Read More…]
Washington Hospital Center Charged for Withholding Vital Health and Safety Information from Nurses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2013. Washington’s biggest private hospital, Washington Hospital Center, will stand trial in July on charges by the federal government on charges of refusing to disclose critical information regarding patient safety to the union representing hospital nurses. The National Labor Relations Board issued the formal complaint last Friday[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders: Increased Mental Health Care Needed in Iraq
Iraq 2009 © Khalil Sayyad – Basra, where MSF established an international team in 2008 BAGHDAD/NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–APRIL 30, 2013—The Iraqi Ministry of Health and its supporters should improve access to mental health care services for a population still reeling from decades of conflict, political instability, and social upheaval, the international[Read More…]
