Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2012.  On Dec. 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Sirturo (bedaquiline) as part of combination therapy to treat adults with multi-drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) when other alternatives are not available. TB is an infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is one of the[Read More…]

Better health and safety protection for swimming facilities SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2012. To help protect your health and safety in public swimming pools and at water parks, on January 1, 2013, Illinois will enact new legislation that calls for swimming facility engineers, architects and contractors to be prequalified by the Illinois[Read More…]

Additional opportunities to take safety courses in 2012 SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–December 29, 2012. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is reminding snowmobile operators and riders to take extra caution this year when snow falls in Illinois. Every year throughout the state, people are seriously injured or lose their lives on snowmobiles.  Many[Read More…]

  ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012. We know high-fat, high-sugar foods cause obesity and promote heart disease, but most people don’t realize that sugar and fat also contribute to conditions like osteoporosis by weakening bones. If this trend continues, this overlooked ‘silent robber’ will begin to cripple large numbers of at-risk[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director   Three quarters of medical cannabis consumers report using it as a substitute for prescription drugs, alcohol, or some other illicit substance, according to survey data published in the journal Addiction Research and Theory. An international team of investigators from Canada[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–21 December 2012.  The pain relief offered by cannabis varies greatly between individuals, a brain imaging study carried out at the University of Oxford suggests. The researchers found that an oral tablet of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, tended to make the experience of pain more bearable, rather than[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012.  Shoveling snow in frigid temps is a risky combination for heart disease patients   As Chicago and much of the Midwest gears up for its first major snowfall of the season, Northwestern Medicine® cardiovascular experts are urging people, particularly those with known heart disease, to take caution when[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned five eye care providers to stop the misleading advertising and promotion of refractive lasers used in eye surgery procedures such as LASIK. The FDA found that the providers’ advertisements and promotional materials did not offer consumers adequate[Read More…]

NIDA’s 2012 Monitoring the Future survey shows rates stable or down for most drugs Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2012. Continued high use of marijuana by the nation’s eighth, 10th and 12th graders combined with a drop in perceptions of its potential harms in this year’s Monitoring the Future survey, an annual[Read More…]

CT shooting devastating, sadly not surprising to nation’s RNs Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. Registered nurses across the country mourn the loss of life marked by the shooting of innocents in Connecticut and say it is time for the White House, Congress, and state and local legislators to take action[Read More…]