Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. A study that followed children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood found nearly 30 percent of them continued to have ADHD at age 27, and more than half had another psychiatric disorder. The study, “Mortality, ADHD, and Psychosocial Adversity in Adults With Childhood[Read More…]

A female Anopheles stephensi mosquito, which transmits malaria in western India. Photo courtesy of Kedar Bhide. ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. Sea surface temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean can be used to accurately forecast, by up to four months, malaria epidemics thousands of miles away in northwestern India, a[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. The discovery of seven new regions of the human genome associated with macular degeneration could help scientists better understand who reaches the most severe stages of the disorder, says a University of Michigan researcher. Gonçalo Abecasis, the Felix Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics at the University[Read More…]

TALLAHASSEE—(ENEWSPF)—March 1, 2013. State Sen. Jeff Clemens (D-Lake Worth) introduced a bill yesterday that would allow Floridians with debilitating medical conditions to legally obtain and use marijuana if their doctors recommend it. S.B. 1250, the Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act, would allow patients with certain qualifying medical conditions, or their[Read More…]

New approach in Malawi dramatically increases the number of mothers on treatment Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. The number of pregnant and breastfeeding women in Malawi with HIV who started life-saving antiretroviral treatment increased by more than 700 percent in one year, according to a study in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality[Read More…]

Naples, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. The administration of the nonpsychotropic cannabinoid cannabigerol (CBG) mitigates colitis (inflammation of the large intestine) in a preclinical model and ought to be assessed in clinical trials, according to data published online in the journal Biochemical Pharmacology. Investigators at the University of Naples assessed the impact[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013.  In 2011, about 21 percent of adults who smoke traditional cigarettes had used electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, up from about 10 percent in 2010, according to a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Overall, about six percent of all[Read More…]

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–28 February 2013 – Health risks associated with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident in Japan such as cancer are low, according to a United Nations report released today, which calls for continued health and environmental monitoring in the country, particularly in the area where the disaster occurred two[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013.  Scientists may be better able to study how heavy drinking damages the liver using a new mouse model of alcohol drinking and disease developed by researchers from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The model incorporates[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013.  Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the start of public voting for the People’s Choice Award in the HHSinnovates Program.  The program recognizes inventive and original projects led by HHS employees, designed to help solve some of the nation’s most challenging health[Read More…]