Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2011.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a report yesterday updating the clinical and scientific information for silicone gel-filled breast implants, including preliminary safety data from studies conducted by the manufacturers as a condition of their November 2006 approval.   While the report confirms that[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2011.  New videos to help people make lifestyle changes and cope with the demands of diabetes were announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP). The series of three- to five-minute videos, which can be found at www.YourDiabetesInfo.org/HealthSense address topics[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2011.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today unveiled the nine graphic health warnings required to appear on every pack of cigarettes sold in the United States and in every cigarette advertisement. This bold measure will help prevent children from smoking, encourage adults who do[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2011.  Summer is time for backyard barbeques, trips to the beach and lots of outdoor fun, but it’s also a time when dangerous thunderstorms become more frequent. Hundreds of people are struck by lightning each year, causing countless debilitating injuries and 55 deaths on average. NOAA and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2011.  Today, U.S Environmental Protection Agency, the General Services Administration, and the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, and Veterans Affairs have joined forces to help save lives and create healthier home and school environments for America’s families. The plan[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2011.  Findings from three studies conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirm that the way information is conveyed and displayed in printed drug advertising affects consumer understanding of prescription medications. The studies, designed by experts in FDA’s Division of Drug, Marketing, Advertising and Communications[Read More…]

New Orleans, LA–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2011.  The long-term administration of delta-9-THC, the primary psychoactive compound in marijuana, is associated with decreased mortality in monkeys infected with the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a primate model of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) disease, according to in vivo experimental trial data published in the June[Read More…]

UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–17 June 2011.  Oxford University researchers have succeeded in using stem cell technology to grow nerve cells in the laboratory from initial skin samples taken from Parkinson’s patients. It’s the first large-scale effort of its kind in the UK. The advance will allow nerve cells that are just like[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 17, 2011. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited Philadelphia today where they participated in the sixth regional health care fraud prevention summit. The summits bring together a wide array of federal, state and local partners, beneficiaries, providers[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2011.  Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered that the innate ability to estimate quantities is impaired in children who have a math learning disability. The link between difficulty estimating quantities and math difficulties was seen only in children who had a math learning[Read More…]