Jet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012. Getting a shot at the doctor’s office may become less painful in the not-too-distant future. MIT researchers have engineered a device that delivers a tiny, high-pressure jet of medicine through the skin without the use of[Read More…]
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First West Nile Virus Positive Bird and Mosquitoes in Illinois for 2012 Reported
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first West Nile virus positive bird and mosquito batches reported in Illinois for 2012. The Chicago Department of Public Health employees collected a crow on May 16, which tested positive for West Nile virus. IDPH and DuPage[Read More…]
Heart Disease and Stroke Deaths Drop Significantly for People With Diabetes
Healthier lifestyles, better disease management are helping people live longer Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. Death rates for people with diabetes dropped substantially from 1997 to 2006, especially deaths related to heart disease and stroke, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of[Read More…]
Food Fight or Romantic Dinner? Communication Between Couples is Key to Improving Men’s Diets
ANN ARBOR, Mich–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. Married men will eat their peas to keep the peace, but many aren’t happy about it, and may even binge on unhealthy foods away from home. “The key to married men adopting a healthier diet is for couples to discuss and negotiate the new, healthier[Read More…]
NIH Study Shows Poor Quality Malaria Drugs Pose Threat
Drug resistance a growing concern in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. Poor quality antimalarial drugs lead to drug resistance and inadequate treatment that pose an urgent threat to vulnerable populations, according to a National Institutes of Health study published May 22 in The Lancet Infectious Diseasesjournal.[Read More…]
United States and Mexico Make Efforts to Strengthen US-Mexican Bi-national Health
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Mexico Secretary of Health Salomón Chertorivski today announced a series of new steps to strengthen health security cooperation between the two countries. The health secretaries outlined these efforts during the 65th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.[Read More…]
HHS Launches National Campaign to Educate Older Adults on Registering as Organ Donors
People in their 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond can save lives by becoming donors Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. An effort to educate adults 50 and older about the importance of registering to be organ, eye, and tissue donors was launched today in observance of Older Americans Month. The campaign was[Read More…]
Administrative Law Judge Ruling: Some Health Claims for Pomegranate Products Were False and Not Supported by Scientific Evidence
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012. In an Initial Decision announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell upheld a Federal Trade Commission complaint, and ruled that POM Wonderful LLC, its sister corporation Roll Global LLC, and principals Stewart Resnick, Lynda Resnick, and Matthew Tupper violated federal law by making deceptive[Read More…]
Scientists Discover Distinct Molecular Subtype of Prostate Cancer
Novel Genetic Mutation Identified in up to 15 Percent of Prostate Cancer Patients, in Largest Study of its Kind NEW YORK, CAMBRIDGE, AND BOSTON, MASS–May 21, 2012 — A collaborative expedition into the deep genetics of prostate cancer has uncovered a distinct subtype of the disease, one that appears to[Read More…]
NIH Study Finds Sigmoidoscopy Reduces Colorectal Cancer Rates
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012. Flexible sigmoidoscopy, a screening test for colorectal cancer that is less invasive and has fewer side effects than colonoscopy, is effective in reducing the rates of new cases and deaths due to colorectal cancer, according to research sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, part of the[Read More…]
