More than 10,000 primary care providers– largest number in history supported by Obama Administration investments Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2011. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that the number of participants in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) has nearly tripled. Today, more than 10,000[Read More…]

Amicus ‘friend of the court’ brief filed yesterday also seeks depublication of a widely misinterpreted ruling San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. A coalition of advocates and public officials filed an amicus ‘friend of the court’ brief yesterday, asking the California Supreme Court to take the appeal of Pack v. City[Read More…]

New educational program reminds parents to keep medication “Up and Away and Out of Sight” Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. Each year, one of every 150 two–year–olds visits an emergency department in the United States for an unintentional medication overdose, most often after finding and eating or drinking medicines without adult[Read More…]

Ads lack information on risks of gastric banding Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has taken action against eight California surgical centers and the marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN LLC, for misleading advertising of the Lap-Band, an FDA-approved device used for weight loss[Read More…]

MSF Calls For National and International Response to Crisis  New York–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011—The Central African Republic (CAR) is in the grips of a chronic medical emergency, according to a report released today by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) .  Four mortality studies carried out[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. Many a stumped adult searching for the perfect gift to give a loved one this holiday season is finding help from the national Million Hearts initiative.  Whether someone is pinching pennies or the sky is the limit, good health is the one thing everyone appreciates. In[Read More…]

NIH-funded experimental treatment enhances body’s ability to produce key clotting factor Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. An experimental gene therapy technique boosted the production of a vital blood clotting factor in six people with hemophilia B, according to new research supported by the National Institutes of Health. The therapy could give[Read More…]

NIH-funded database sets standard for collaboration and data sharing Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. A data partnership between the National Database for Autism Research (NDAR), and the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) positions NDAR as possibly the largest repository to date of genetic, phenotypic, clinical, and medical imaging data related to[Read More…]

Facility’s ability to produce cell-based pandemic flu vaccine marks historic change Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. The first U.S. facility to use a faster and more flexible technology to make influenza vaccine was dedicated today, as part of an initiative that could provide vaccine supplies sooner in an influenza pandemic. The[Read More…]

Excess of sirtuins can produce anxiety, a possible evolutionary adaptation to dietary restriction. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011. Over the past decade, MIT biologist Leonard Guarente and others have shown that very-low-calorie diets provoke a comprehensive physiological response that promotes survival, all orchestrated by a set of proteins called sirtuins. In[Read More…]