OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2012. Is medical marijuana coming to New York? I have asked that question several times on this blog. It seems to be a horrible re-occurring case of deja vu. Discussions about medical marijuana start in Albany, there seems to be momentum as the people speak up that they[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
MTV Audience Encouraged to ‘GYT’
National Campaign Encourages Young People to “Get Yourself Tested” for STDs, Including HIV New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2012 — The fourth annual GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign kicks off National STD Awareness Month (April) with new initiatives on-air, online, and on the ground at college campuses and in more than[Read More…]
FDA Announces Plans to Pilot End-stage Kidney Disease Technology in New Program
Innovation Pathway aims to reduce time and cost of bringing safe and effective, breakthrough technologies to patients Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2012. Three products for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) have been chosen to participate in the FDA’s Innovation Pathway, an evolving system designed to help medical devices[Read More…]
On World Health Day, UN Calls for Adequate Health Policies for Older Citizens
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–6 April 2012. United Nations officials today stressed the importance of providing adequate health services to older citizens and called on countries to commit resources to help their ageing populations lead a healthy and active life. “I urge governments, civil society and the private sector to commit attention and[Read More…]
Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on World Health Day 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2012. This year’s World Health Day theme, “Good health adds life to years”, highlights the need to ensure that people are living well as they live longer. The world’s population is aging at an unprecedented rate. Within the next five years, the number of people over 65[Read More…]
IL Health Department Update on Salmonella Bareilly Cases, April 5, 2012
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting nine confirmed cases of Salmonella Bareilly with the outbreak strain. Three of these cases have been hospitalized. Illness onset dates range from February 11 to March 17. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and[Read More…]
My Child Has Been Diagnosed with Autism, Now What?
Dr. Catherine Lord Highlights the Latest ASD Research and Approaches to Treatment NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012 — To help recognize Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Catherine Lord, Director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell & Columbia and a leading authority on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD),[Read More…]
Possible Clues Found to Why HIV Vaccine Showed Modest Protection
Analysis by NIH-supported scientists may help identify requirements for HIV vaccine Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection in people might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Scientists have found that among adults[Read More…]
Spontaneous Gene Glitches Linked to Autism Risk With Older Dads
Non-inherited mutations spotlight role of environment – NIH-supported study, consortium Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Researchers have turned up a new clue to the workings of a possible environmental factor in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs): fathers were four times more likely than mothers to transmit tiny, spontaneous mutations to their children[Read More…]
Six National Drug Policy Organizations Call on President Obama to End Unnecessary Assault on Medical Marijuana Providers
Coalition to President Obama: “It is time for a new approach on marijuana policy.” WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2012. In the wake of recent attacks on medical marijuana providers and patients by multiple branches of the federal government, including Monday’s raids on Oaksterdam University in Oakland, CA, a coalition of six[Read More…]
