Northwestern Medicine emergency physician offers tips on how to play smart in the summer sun  Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2012.  With Memorial Day unofficially marking the start of summer, the season’s beautiful weather will draw many Chicagoans outside to parks, beaches, and patios. While summer is full of fun, the combination of[Read More…]

DPA Statement: Obama’s Candor Was Commendable, But Hypocritical Escalation of War on Marijuana is Costly Political Miscalculation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2012.  A forthcoming biography on President Obama is making headlines, with new details about the president smoking marijuana with his teenage friends in Hawaii. David Maraniss’ book, “Barack Obama: The[Read More…]

GENEVA/NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–MAY 24, 2012—The US and European Union delegations to the World Health Assembly are currently blocking efforts to move towards a binding convention on health R&D aimed at filling critical medical gaps for people in developing countries. The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urged[Read More…]

Dietician offers tips to avoid unwanted weight gain without sacrificing good taste Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012.  Memorial Day marks the return of long summer days in the sun, evening barbeques, baseball games and family vacations. High calorie foods are also abundant, causing the most disciplined of diners to be tempted to[Read More…]

Planned Parenthood More Likely Than All Other Providers to Offer a Broad Range of Birth Control Options  New York –(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012.  A new Guttmacher Institute study has found that publicly funded health centers that specialize in family planning services offer a wider range of contraceptive methods and are more[Read More…]

Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012.  Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers have found that detailed knowledge about your genetic makeup—the interplay between genetic variants and other genetic variants, or between genetic variants and environmental risk factors—may only change your estimated disease prediction risk for three common diseases by a few[Read More…]

NIH research network finds women treated with progestin four times less likely to conceive Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012.  The hormone progestin, often given as a first step in infertility treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), appears to decrease the odds of conception and of giving birth, according to a study[Read More…]

Pouzzuoli, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012.  The administration of non-psychotropic plant cannabinoids, in particular cannabidiol (CBD), inhibit proliferation and selectively trigger cell suicide of prostate carcinoma, according to preclinical data to be published in the British Journal of Pharmacology. An international team of investigators from Italy and the United Kingdom assessed the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012.  Yesterday, the United States Senate unanimously passed an amendment by sponsored by U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) along with Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) that would help prevent prescription drug abuse of substances that contain hydrocodone and make it[Read More…]

People v. Colvin Affirms That Dispensing Collective Members Are Not Required To Help Cultivate Their Medication OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012.  In a major victory for medical marijuana patients, the California Supreme Court denied review yesterday of an important dispensary case out of Los Angeles. Rejecting calls from State Attorney General Kamala[Read More…]