Recalled products from Rugby Laboratories, Major Pharmaceuticals, Leader Brands all manufactured by PharmaTech Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2017. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers and health care professionals not to use any liquid drug or dietary supplement products manufactured by PharmaTech LLC of Davie, Florida, and labeled[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
New Data Show More Than Half of Birth Control Exemptions Are For-Profit Companies
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2017. With the Trump administration expected any day now to announce a sweeping rule undermining the Affordable Care Act provision that gave 55 million women access to no-copay birth control, the Center for American Progress has obtained new data regarding corporations that have requested an exemption from[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: President Trump Says He Will Declare National Emergency on Opioid Crisis
Advocates Worry about National Emergency Declaration Given Trump Administration’s Escalation of Drug War Policies and Rhetoric Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 10, 2017. President Trump says he is preparing to declare a national emergency on the opioid crisis. This announcement comes just two days after he said that he favored “strong law enforcement”[Read More…]
New CDC Report: More Americans Have Epilepsy Than Ever Before
First estimates available for every state show disorder is widespread Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—August 10, 2017. The number of U.S. adults and children with epilepsy is increasing, with at least 3.4 million people living with the disorder, according to data released today in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. It’s the first[Read More…]
Early Analysis of 21 Major Cities Tracks ACA Marketplace Premium Changes, Insurer Participation, Uncertainty
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2017. As insurers grapple with continuing uncertainty surrounding 2018 Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of initial filings in 21 major cities finds that changes in 2018 benchmark silver plan premiums are likely to range widely, from a decrease of 5 percent in[Read More…]
AG Madigan Joins State Coalition Urging Feds to Protect Nursing Home, Long-term Care Residents
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined a coalition of state attorneys general and state consumer protection advocates to submit comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) urging it maintain its rule prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration clauses in nursing home and other long-term care contracts.[Read More…]
President Trump to Hold Major Briefing on Opioid Crisis
Trump’s Opioid Commission Recently Recommended Health-Based Response, While Attorney General Sessions Pushes for More Criminalization and Incarceration; Advocates: Opioid Overdose Crisis is a Health Issue, Not Criminal Issue Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2017. President Trump is expected to be briefed on the opioid crisis today by Tom Price, Secretary of Health[Read More…]
FDA to Expand Public Education Campaign to Focus on Prevention of Youth E-cigarette Use
Campaign part of wide range of tools agency is using to address youth tobacco use Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2017. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it would pursue a strategic, new public health education campaign aimed at discouraging the use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery[Read More…]
Freshtex Produce Recalls “Valery” Brand Maradol Papayas Distributed in Illinois
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2017. Freshtex Produce of Alamo, TX is voluntarily recalling “Valery” brand Maradol Papayas grown and packed by Carica de Campeche, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly[Read More…]
Midlife Cardiovascular Risk Factors May Increase Chances of Dementia
NIH funded study supports link between cognition and vascular health. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2017. A large, long-term study suggests that middle aged Americans who have vascular health risk factors, including diabetes, high blood pressure and smoking, have a greater chance of suffering from dementia later in life. The study, published[Read More…]
