Rescheduling of drug and legalization allows for more conclusive research CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2011.  The California Medical Association (CMA) has adopted official policy that recommends legalization and regulation of cannabis. The decision was based on a white paper concluding physicians should have access to better research, which is not possible under[Read More…]

AURORA, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–Oct 17, 2011— According to a new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, teen drivers are approximately 50 percent more likely to crash in the first month of driving than they are after a full year of experience driving on their own, and are nearly twice as[Read More…]

KABUL–(ENEWSPF)–OCTOBER 17, 2011 – As violent conflict continues in northern Afghanistan, the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has opened a 55-bed surgical hospital in Kunduz Province. Fighting over the last year in Kunduz has led to large numbers of people who have sustained bomb blast, shrapnel,[Read More…]

Department on Aging program protects and defends residents rights SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011.  Illinois Department on Aging Acting Director Michael Gelder says the state advocates for more than 120,000 residents of long term care facilities, including nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, in Illinois.  Director Gelder’s comment refers to this month’s Residents’[Read More…]

Protecting Programs Critical to Seniors’ Health and Financial Security  WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011.  House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs  Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) sent a letter to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction yesterday to reject proposals that would reduce benefits to[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 14, 2011.  Help stop attacks on medical cannabis! Recently we have seen an increase in DEA raids and other tactics used by the federal government to interfere with medical cannabis in California, Arizona, and Michigan.  Our allies in Congress have introduced critical bipartisan legislation to protect medical cannabis[Read More…]

Million Hearts initiative strikes at leading killer of Americans Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011.  The number of Americans who report they have coronary heart disease – which includes heart attack and angina (chest pain) – continues to decline but rates vary widely from state to state and by race and ethnicity,[Read More…]

Santa Monica, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011.  The RAND Corporation has removed a study from its website that found that a city-mandated closure of medical marijuana dispensaries in 2010 was associated with increased incidences of criminal activity. RAND’s decision to shelve the study appears to have been motivated by criticism levied at[Read More…]

Project aims to improve maternity care practices to support breastfeeding Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded nearly $6 million over three years to the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality to help hospitals nationwide make quality improvements to maternity care to better support[Read More…]

Protein could be a target for treating people who have the blood disorder Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011.  National Institutes of Health-funded scientists have corrected sickle cell disease in adult laboratory mice by activating production of a special blood component normally produced before, but not after, birth. “This discovery provides an[Read More…]