CONCORD–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. A bill to allow New Hampshire residents to use medical marijuana in the treatment of their debilitating medical conditions moved one step closer to becoming law Thursday when it was approved 14-1 by the House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs. It will now be[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Amputee Phantom Pain Linked to Brain Retaining Picture of Missing Limb
UK–(ENEWSPF)–06 March 2013. Changes in the brain following amputation have been linked to pain arising from the missing limb, called ‘phantom pain’, in an Oxford University brain imaging study. Arm amputees experiencing the most phantom limb pain were found to maintain stronger representation of the missing hand in the brain[Read More…]
A ‘Purpose in Life’ Lowers Risk of Stroke for Older Adults
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2013. Among older American adults, a greater purpose in life is linked with a lower risk of stroke, a new University of Michigan study found. Diseases like stroke can cause severe social, financial and personal burden. Therefore, recent studies have sought to uncover links between psychological factors[Read More…]
Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Protect Women’s Access to No Co-pay Birth Control
Coalition Calls on Leaders of Appropriations Committees to Block Attempts to Undermine Affordable Care Act Birth Control Provision WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2013. Spearheaded by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, a broad coalition of nearly 40 groups today urged leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees to stand strong against ongoing[Read More…]
CDC: Action Needed Now to Halt Spread of Deadly Bacteria
Data show more inpatients suffering infections from bacteria resistant to all or nearly all antibiotics Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. A family of bacteria has become increasingly resistant to last-resort antibiotics during the past decade, and more hospitalized patients are getting lethal infections that, in some cases, are impossible to cure. [Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics: Launches 9th Annual Children’s Art Contest
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Calling young artists! Win a trip to Orlando, Fla., by creating a piece of original artwork for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) international art contest. Children in grades 3 through 12 are invited to submit original artwork on the theme, “A World Free from Tobacco and[Read More…]
Arkansas Governor Vetoes Unconstitutional Legislative Assault on Reproductive Rights
Ban on abortion at 12 weeks would have been most extreme anti-choice law in the country Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe vetoed a measure Monday that would have been the most extreme anti-choice law in the country by banning all abortions at 12 weeks of pregnancy with[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine Trauma Team Travels to Bolivia
A group of surgeons, nurses, medical students and staff seek to improve pre-hospital and trauma care in South America’s most impoverished nation CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. North Yungas Road is the main passageway connecting Bolivia’s capital city of La Paz to the country’s Amazon rainforest region in the north. The 35[Read More…]
Hospital Safety Should Be a Guarantee, Not a Gamble, Michigan Legislators Say
Michigan Safe Patient Care Act will solve nurse understaffing, save lives MICHIGAN–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. State legislators are launching a new push to protect the lives and health of all Michigan residents by ensuring that hospitals provide enough nurses to give every patient safe, appropriate care. Responding to nurses’ pleas to[Read More…]
UN Welcomes News of HIV Baby Who Appears to be Cured by Treatment
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–4 March 2013 – The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today welcomed the news that a baby treated in the United States with antiretroviral drugs during the first months of her life appears to be functionally cured of the disease. “This news gives us great hope that a[Read More…]
