Patient plaintiffs argue that federal appeals panel has set unreasonable standard for medical efficacy Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013. Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed a petition with the federal court of appeals today in a widely watched case that seeks to reclassify marijuana for medical[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013.  Children as young as 3 years old understand they should share with others, but they fail to follow this rule until age 7 or 8, according to a new University of Michigan study. “There is abundant evidence that children are aware of fairness standards at a[Read More…]

In the Journal of the American Medical Association, Weill Cornell Researcher Suggests Ways to Improve Patient Safety and High-Level Care NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013 — In its 2001 report Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine outlined six domains of quality in medical care: safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency[Read More…]

Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013.  Women who experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse as children are more likely to have a child with autism than women who were not abused, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Those who experienced the most serious abuse had the[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013.  Norovirus is now the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis among children less than 5 years of age who seek medical care, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.  Norovirus was responsible for nearly 1 million pediatric medical care visits for[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. Earlier today the Philippine Supreme Court ordered a three-month delay in the implementation of a new groundbreaking law that guarantees universal and free access to nearly all modern contraceptives for all citizens, including impoverished communities, through government health centers. The law also mandates reproductive health education[Read More…]

Painful and Potentially Life-Threatening Benign Bile Duct Strictures Can Be Fixed with “Fully Covered Self-Expanding Metal Stents” NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013— A multi-center analysis, led by Weill Cornell Medical College and published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, shows the use of temporary “fully covered self-expanding metal stents” (FCSEMS) can[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee yesterday missed an opportunity to add public health protections to the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA), which sets the fees veterinary drug makers pay FDA for approval of new drugs. Mae Wu, Health and Environment Program[Read More…]

CONCORD–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013.  A bill allowing seriously ill New Hampshire residents to use marijuana for medical purposes moved one step closer to becoming law Wednesday afternoon when the House voted in favor by a record 286-64 margin. Similar bills passed the House with more than two-thirds support in 2009, 2011,[Read More…]

Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013.  There is wide variation in the rate of cesarean sections performed at different hospitals across the U.S. and one explanation has been that hospitals with higher c-section rates serve greater numbers of women at high risk for the procedure. Now, a new study by researchers from[Read More…]