Health care law will allow patients to compare options, find best value WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. Consumers and employers will have the health care information they need to make more informed choices about their care, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. Today Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Mike Quigley and 106 of their House colleagues sent a letter to House Appropriations Chair Harold Rogers and Ranking Member Norm Dicks urging them to reject any language jeopardizing women’s health in upcoming federal funding legislation. The Appropriations Committee is working on[Read More…]

Senior Health Insurance (SHIP) Counselors Available to Assist Seniors, People with Disabilities with Prescription Drug and Medicare Advantage Options, Enrollment Process SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. The Illinois Department of Insurance is reminding seniors, people with disabilities and caregivers that the open-enrollment period to review and change Medicare insurance benefits will end[Read More…]

It is not too late to vaccinate  SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. To help stay healthy during the holidays and all year, give the gift of health by getting an influenza vaccination to not only protect you, but others as well. National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW), December 4-10, 2011, is a national[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. A new effort to help teens quit smoking will use one of today’s teen’s most constant companions — the mobile phone. Developed by smoking cessation experts, SmokefreeTXT is a free text message cessation service that provides 24/7 encouragement, advice, and tips to teens trying to quit[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011.  On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we recommit to ensuring people living with disabilities enjoy full equality and unhindered participation in all facets of our national life. We recognize the myriad contributions that persons with disabilities make at home and abroad, and we remember that[Read More…]

NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 2, 2011 – As Africa’s AIDS Conference convenes in Addis Ababa, efforts to combat HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are under serious threat because of a massive funding crisis at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières[Read More…]

“Inhaled cannabis improves quality of life measurements, disease activity index, and causes weight gain” Tel Aviv, Israel–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. The inhalation of cannabis increases quality of life, mitigates disease activity, and promotes weight gain in subjects with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to clinical trial data published online in the[Read More…]

Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011.  A majority of hospice health professionals favor allowing the legally regulated use of cannabis for terminally ill patients, according to survey data published online in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. Investigators at the University of Pennsylvania utilized a 16-item questionnaire to assess the knowledge, experience, and[Read More…]

Wisconsin facility previously warned not to make disease claims for products Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. U.S. Marshals, at the request of the FDA, today seized all dietary supplements by a Wisconsin maker for false claims made about their safety and effectiveness in treating a number of diseases. The products[Read More…]