Grants from the Affordable Care Act will help build and expand health centers, create jobs, and expand access to an additional 860,000 patients nationwide Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2012.  Today Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $9,495,638 in grants awarded to community health centers in Illinois due to the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2012 – Yesterday, LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – joined forces with a coalition of worker safety organizations to kick-off “The Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction!” – a national initiative aimed at promoting general safety on job sites and preventing falls, the[Read More…]

Simple wrist sensors let neurologists collect better data about patients with epilepsy — and could alert patients that they need to seek medical care. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2012.  In this week’s issue of the journal Neurology, researchers at MIT and two Boston hospitals provide early evidencethat a simple, unobtrusive wrist[Read More…]

Democrats seek to re-open closed dispensaries & call for passage of statewide regulations San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2012.  The San Francisco Democratic Party adopted a resolution yesterday demanding that President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag “cease all Federal actions in San Francisco immediately, respect State[Read More…]

Transplant recipient donates kidney after disease threatens the organ; re-implantation reverses damage and allows another patient to thrive Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2012.  For the first time, a kidney that had been donated to a patient in need was removed and implanted into a new patient, the third individual to have the[Read More…]

Successfully treating heart rhythm disorder improves long-term survival for cardiac surgery patients with atrial fibrillation Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2012.  A recent study conducted by Northwestern Medicine® researchers published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, reveals that patients with an abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (A-fib) who are[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2012.  President Barack Obama is defending his administration’s recent crackdown upon medicinal cannabis providers in states that allow for its use in a just-published Rolling Stone Magazine interview. In recent months, federal justice officials have executed raids on dozens of medical marijuana providers and related businesses, including[Read More…]

CONCORD–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2012.  Yesterday, the Republican-dominated New Hampshire House ignored a veto threat from Democratic Gov. John Lynch and voted 236-96 to make the “Live Free or Die” state the 17th state to allow marijuana for medical purposes. The bill, which would allow seriously ill patients to use and grow[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2012.  This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that a dairy cow in California tested positive for atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or “mad cow” disease). The USDA also confirmed the cow did not enter the animal feed or human food supply. The U.S.[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2012.  Today the Ohio House passed the Mid-Biennium Review (MBR) budget bill (HB487) without earlier language that would have restricted thousands of women from going to Planned Parenthood.  Media reports indicate that the Ohio House is still attempting to push its political agenda to restrict patient access[Read More…]