Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2011. While the Food and Drug Administration has successfully prevented 137 drug shortages since the beginning of 2010, drug shortages have been increasing in frequency and severity in recent years and adversely affecting patient care. A small number of drugs in the U.S. experience a shortage in[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
Public Hearing to be Held November 1 Regarding Proposal to Close Tinley Park Mental Health Center
Tinley Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2011. A public hearing on a proposal to close the Tinley Park Mental Health Center will be held Tuesday, November 1 beginning at 3 p.m. at the Georgios Banquets, Comfort Inn and Conference Centre, 8800 W. 159th Street, Orland Park. The Tinley Park facility is one[Read More…]
Attorney General Holder, Federal and State Officials Announce Enforcement Efforts Against Illegal Prescription Drug Distributors in Florida
More Than 100 Individuals Arrested to Date in Operations Targeting Pill Mills in Florida WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2011. Federal authorities, along with state and local law enforcement partners, conducted coordinated enforcement actions today against 22 individuals and one pharmacy allegedly involved in the illegal distribution of prescription drugs. This enforcement action,[Read More…]
Public Health Alert – Illinois E. coli Case Possibly Linked to St. Louis Area Outbreak
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2011. The Illinois Department of Public (IDPH), along with local health departments in Illinois, are investigating a case of shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli, or E. coli STEC bacteria illness reported in St. Clair County. Further investigation and laboratory testing will allow authorities to determine if this case[Read More…]
Experienced Pot Consumers Less Likely To Exhibit Impaired Performance, Study Says
Maastricht, the Netherlands–(ENEWSPF)–28 October 2011. Experienced cannabis consumers exhibit tolerance to some of the drug’s acute impairing effects, according to clinical trial data to be published in the journal Psychopharmacology. Investigators at Maastricht University in the Netherlands assessed behavioral performance following THC administration in 12 occasional cannabis consumers and 12[Read More…]
California: Attorney General, Lawmakers Criticize Federal Government’s Crackdown On State’s Medical Marijuana Providers
“I urge the federal government to stand down in its massive attack on medical marijuana dispensaries,” state senator says Sacramento, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011. State Attorney General Kamala Harris has called on US Department of Justice officials to limit their ongoing actions against medical cannabis providers in California. In a statement[Read More…]
First Patient Receives Novel Gene Therapy for Type of Blindness
United Kingdom–(ENEWSPF)–27 October 2011. The first patient to receive gene therapy for an incurable type of blindness was treated at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford this week as part of a trial led by Oxford University. If successful, the advance could lead to the first-ever treatment for choroideraemia, a[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Opposes Unnecessary Cuts to Benefits, Proposes Modernizing the Health Care System
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011. As sources suggest that Democrats on the Super Committee are proposing $400 billion in cuts to Medicare—$200 billion in cuts to benefits, and $200 billion in cuts to providers, the Center for American Progress released a package of reforms to modernize the health care payment and[Read More…]
Patient Advocates Sue Obama Justice Department Over Medical Marijuana Crackdown
Lawsuit uses 10th amendment to challenge federal overreaching and commandeering of state law San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011. Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country’s largest medical marijuana advocacy organization, filed suit in federal court yesterday challenging the Obama Administration’s attempt to subvert local and state medical marijuana laws in[Read More…]
CDC Recommends Ways to Reduce the Threat of Strokes
Million Hearts’ goal to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes in five years Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011. In the time needed to read out loud the headline on this story, someone has died from a stroke. Every 6 seconds, someone in the world dies from stroke. The Centers for[Read More…]
