Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2017. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vabomere for adults with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI), including a type of kidney infection, pyelonephritis, caused by specific bacteria. Vabomere is a drug containing meropenem, an antibacterial, and vaborbactam, which inhibits certain types of resistance mechanisms[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Following Announcement of National Opioid Emergency, Bipartisan Senate Sponsors of Medicaid Care Act Press Trump to Heed own Commission’s Recommendations
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017. U.S. Democratic Senators Dick Durbin (IL), Sherrod Brown (OH), Joe Manchin (WV), and Cory Booker (NJ), Independent Senator Angus King (ME), and Republican Senators Rob Portman (OH), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), and Susan Collins (ME) today urged President Trump to lift the Medicaid Institutions for Mental[Read More…]
UChicago Startup Investment Program Makes First Investment
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017. The University of Chicago has made its first venture investment from the UChicago Startup Investment Program. ExplORer Surgical, which is based on technology developed at the University of Chicago Medical Center, provides an interactive surgical playbook that promotes optimal teamwork in the operating room. It will receive[Read More…]
UN Aid Chief Allocates $45 Million to Tackle Neglected Emergencies in Four Countries
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–29 August 2017 – The United Nations aid chief released today $45 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to four countries “struggling in crises away from the headlines” – Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Chad and Sudan – where more than 21 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance.[Read More…]
Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Agbeni Infections Linked to Pet Turtles
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and multiple states are investigating a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella infections linked to contact with pet turtles. Thirty-seven people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Agbeni have been reported from 13 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from[Read More…]
Common Flame Retardant Chemicals May Reduce Likelihood of Clinical Pregnancy, Live Birth Among Women Undergoing Fertility Treatments
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2017. Women with higher urinary concentrations of a common type of flame retardant had reduced likelihood of clinical pregnancy and live birth than those with lower concentrations, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, conducted in the Fertility Clinic at Massachusetts[Read More…]
Cannabis Use May Modulate Pancreatitis Severity
Macon, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2017. Patients with a history of cannabis use present less severe symptoms of acute alcoholic pancreatitis (AAP) as compared to matched controls, according to data published in the journal Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Researchers from the Mercer School of Medicine assessed AAP severity at the time of[Read More…]
The Cancer Support Center Announces Survivor Camp on September 16
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2017. On Saturday, September 16, The Cancer Support Center will host their first ever Survivor Camp. The event is free and will be held at The Conference Center at Prairie State College at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and[Read More…]
Robotic Exoskeleton Offers Potential New Approach to Alleviating Crouch Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2017. Researchers from the NIH Clinical Center Rehabilitation Medicine Department have created the first robotic exoskeleton specifically designed to treat crouch (or flexed-knee) gait in children with cerebral palsy by providing powered knee extension assistance at key points during the walking cycle. Crouch gait, the excessive bending[Read More…]
Case Series: Topical Cannabis Preparations Associated With Reduced Opioid Use
Toronto, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2017. The administration of whole-plant topical cannabis extracts is associated with reduced pain and opioid use in patients suffering from leg and ankle ulcers due to Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG), according to a series of case reports published online ahead of print in the Journal of Pain Symptom[Read More…]
