Drug helps keep cancer from progressing Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Inlyta (axitinib) to treat patients with advanced kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) who have not responded to another drug for this type of cancer. Renal cell carcinoma is a type of[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. A new fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health explains the A1C test, a widely used and important test to diagnose type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, and to monitor blood glucose levels of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The A1C blood test[Read More…]

Naples, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. The administration of the non-psychotropic cannabis plant constituent cannabidiol (CBD) is protective in an experimental model of colon cancer, according to preclinical trial data published online in the Journal of Molecular Medicine. Investigators at the University of Naples assessed the effect of CBD on colon carcinogenesis[Read More…]

Tampa, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012.  In support of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative, Goya Foods, the largest, Hispanic-owned U.S. food company, is committing resources to promote the USDA’s MyPlate, or MiPlato, a new food group symbol to remind families about making healthy meal choices with easy “how-tos” about proper[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. The National Institutes of Health has launched two multi-site clinical trials to evaluate treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. One will compare continuous chest compressions (CCC) combined with pause- free rescue breathing to standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which includes a combination of chest compressions and pauses for[Read More…]

Moderate caffeine intake associated with higher level for Asians, lower for whites Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. Asian women who consumed an average of 200 milligrams or more of caffeine a day — the equivalent of roughly two cups of coffee — had elevated estrogen levels when compared to women who[Read More…]

NIH-supported project analyzed data from 18 population-based studies, involving over 250,000 people Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. In one of the largest-ever analyses of lifetime risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers have found that middle-aged adults who have one or more elevated traditional risk factors for CVD, such as high blood[Read More…]

Lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit challenges DEA denial to reschedule marijuana for medical use Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. The country’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), filed an appeal brief today in the D.C. Circuit to compel the federal government to reclassify marijuana for medical[Read More…]

Coordinated Care Innovations Project will Transform How State Provides Healthcare to Low Income Illinoisans CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) have put out a call for health care providers to collaborate to develop innovative approaches to coordinating care for Illinois’[Read More…]

KINSHASA–(ENEWSPF)–JANUARY 25, 2012 – The vast majority of people living with the AIDS virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are deprived of lifesaving treatment, due to a withdrawal of international donor support and the lack of national prioritization of the crisis, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins[Read More…]