Columbus, OH-(ENEWSPF)- From the Dayton Daily News: Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test and get a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual partner affirming impotency, if state Sen. Nina Turner has her[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2012.  Research on a biopesticide derived from a strain of naturally occurring soil fungus has confirmed the material’s effectiveness at suppressing the most common variety of tick that spreads Lyme disease. Researchers from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station demonstrated a significant reduction in the number of blacklegged,[Read More…]

Research aimed at advancing detection, prevention, screening and treatment techniques for breast cancer SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2012.  The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), Office of Women’s Health awarded three Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure research grants this year to help find new methods to detect, prevent, screen and treat[Read More…]

Approval conditioned on post-approval safety studies Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2012.  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a silicone gel-filled breast implant manufactured by Sientra Inc. to increase breast size (augmentation) in women at least 22 years old and to rebuild breast tissue (reconstruction) in women of any[Read More…]

New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2012.  Cannabis and its active constituents appear to be safe and modestly effective treatments in patients suffering from a variety of chronic pain conditions, including neuropathy (pain due to nerve damage), according to a literature review to be published in The Clinical Journal of Pain. An[Read More…]

From the Huffington Post: The sweeping anti-abortion bill working its way through the Kansas Legislature would levy a sales tax on women seeking abortions, including rape victims. Buried in the 69-page bill being considered by the House Federal and State Affairs Committee are several provisions, in fact, that opponents say[Read More…]

UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–8 March 2012.  Taking a heart disease medication can affect a person’s subconscious attitudes towards race, a team of ethicists, psychiatrists and psychologists at Oxford University has found. In a study published in Psychopharmacology, researchers gave 18 people the drug propranolol and 18 people a placebo and found that[Read More…]

SYDNEY/NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–MARCH 7, 2012—Every year, hundreds of thousands of women around the world die avoidable deaths during childbirth, for lack of skilled birth attendants and basic medications, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a report released today, in advance of International Women’s Day[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012.  To combat the high toll of HIV and AIDS among black women in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today launched Take Charge. Take the Test., a new campaign to increase HIV testing and awareness among African-American women. The campaign – which[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012.  HIV-positive children older than 1 year who were treated after showing moderate HIV-related symptoms did not experience greater cognitive or behavior problems compared to peers treated when signs of their infection were still mild, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. But[Read More…]