IDPH Launches Public Health Community Map Website CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 5 2012. Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck announced a new, interactive “Public Health Community Map” featuring information about the quality of health care in communities throughout Illinois. Aligning with the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), the Map feature[Read More…]
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University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Concludes Marijuana Has Legitimate Medicinal Benefits
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. A recent government sponsored study at the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis concluded marijuana has legitimate medicinal benefits, including relief from chronic pain.The study also found that reclassification is needed immediately to open the way for more clinical trials. The study was published in The Open Neurology Journal. [Read More…]
Family Conflict, Patient Ailments Increase Caregiver Stress
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. Patients’ mental and physical challenges, as well as family conflict, heighten caregivers’ stress when they assist their ailing parents, a new University of Michigan study found. In addition, sons experience greater family conflict when taking care of the elder parent than daughters, U-M researchers[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Home Use HIV Test Kit
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, the first over-the-counter, self-administered HIV test kit to detect the presence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and type 2 (HIV-2). HIV is the virus that causes acquired immune[Read More…]
Methadone Linked to 30 Percent of Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. The prescription drug methadone accounted for 2 percent of painkiller prescriptions in the United States in 2009, but was involved in more than 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths, according to a CDC Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and[Read More…]
FDA Proposes Unique Device Identification System for Medical Devices
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. Today, in response to requirements in legislation that passed Congress with broad bipartisan support, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a unique device identifier, or UDI. A UDI system has the potential to improve[Read More…]
California Court of Appeal Affirms Legality of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Rejects Municipal Bans
City of Los Angeles will soon vote on whether to enact an outright ban similar to the County ban just rejected Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. The Second District Court of Appeal in California issued a landmark decision yesterday in County of Los Angeles v. Alternative Medicinal Cannabis Collective (AMCC),[Read More…]
GlaxoSmithKline to Plead Guilty and Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Fraud Allegations and Failure to Report Safety Data
Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in U.S. History Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Global health care giant GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) agreed to plead guilty and to pay $3 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion of certain prescription drugs, its failure to report certain[Read More…]
Occupy Pittsburgh and Others Demonstrate At New UPMC East Facility
MONROEVILLE—(ENEWSPF)—June 29, 2012. On Monday, July 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., members of Save Our Community Hospitals (SOCH) will be joined by Occupy Pittsburgh in a protest at the new UPMC East hospital in Monroeville. July 2 is the first day of operation at UPMC East. Demonstrators will[Read More…]
New Hampshire Medical Marijuana Veto Upheld
CONCORD–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2012. Today, the New Hampshire Legislature narrowly failed to overturn Gov. John Lynch’s veto of a proposed medical marijuana bill. SB 409, which would have allowed people with certain qualifying medical conditions to grow and possess limited amounts of marijuana with doctors’ recommendations, was approved by the House[Read More…]
