New England Journal of Medicine Study Released Same Month Trump EPA Delayed Plans for Meeting More Protective Ground-level Ozone Standards BOSTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2017. A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that weak U.S. standards for ground-level ozone and particulate matter contribute directly to thousands[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Addiction Experts: Comprehensive Insurance Coverage is Critical to Stemming Opioid Crisis
Addiction Experts Oppose Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—July 6, 2017. Our nation’s escalating opioid crisis – with more than 144 people dying every day from overdose – will not abate without access to comprehensive substance use disorder treatment in private insurance and Medicaid. The Senate’s version of healthcare repeal would cripple national efforts to address this public health epidemic.[Read More…]
Parents Of Premature and Special Needs Children Speak Out Against Proposed Healthcare Bill
Repeal of ACA threatens those with pre-existing conditions, reliant on Medicaid DETROIT –(ENEWSPF)–July 6, 2017. Michigan Representative Debbie Dingell met with several children born prematurely or with special needs and their parents for a roundtable discussion of how proposed health care reform would affect them. Children with special needs like[Read More…]
New CDC Report Shows Deaths from Cancer Higher in Rural America
First report to detail cancer differences and mortality gap between rural and urban areas Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—July 6, 2017. Despite decreases in cancer death rates nationwide, a new report shows slower reduction in cancer death rates in rural America (a decrease of 1.0 percent per year) compared with urban America (a[Read More…]
FDA Clears Expanded Use of Cooling Cap to Reduce Hair Loss During Chemotherapy
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2017. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the expanded use of a cooling cap, DigniCap Cooling System, to reduce hair loss (alopecia) during chemotherapy. This is the first cooling cap cleared by the agency for use in cancer patients with solid tumors. “We are[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Public Health Launch Playstreets 2017
PlayStreets offers more than 150 events throughout the City, engage children and families in physical activity and play CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) kicked off PlayStreets 2017 today, announcing that the City of Chicago will host more than 150 special PlayStreets[Read More…]
Study: Vaporization Offers “Attractive Alternative” To Smoked Cannabis
Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. Vaporizing cannabis mitigates subjects’ exposure to carbon monoxide and allows them to self-regulate their dose – making it preferable over smoking or oral administration, according to clinical trial data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators affiliated with the US National Institute on Drug[Read More…]
Researchers Develop Microneedle Patch for Flu Vaccination
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2017. A National Institutes of Health-funded study led by a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University has shown that an influenza vaccine can produce robust immune responses and be administered safely with an experimental patch of dissolving microneedles. The method is an alternative[Read More…]
VA Secretary Formalizes Expansion of Emergency Mental Health Care to Former Service Members With Other-Than-Honorable Discharges
Secretary Announced Plans to Expand Coverage in March WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2017. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today released finalized plans that lay the framework for providing emergency mental health coverage to former service members with other-than-honorable (OTH) administrative discharges. This is the first time a VA Secretary has implemented[Read More…]
EPA Set to Propose Repeal of the Clean Water Rule
Move would undercut commonsense measure that helps states and federal agencies protect rivers, streams, and wetlands View of the Tulsequah River, looking east towards the confluence with Taku River. Photo courtesy of Chris Miller / Trout Unlimited Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2017. Today, Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that the EPA[Read More…]
