Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) in combination with prednisone (a steroid) to treat patients with late-stage (metastatic) castration-resistant prostate cancer who have received prior docetaxel (chemotherapy). In prostate cancer, the male sex hormone testosterone stimulates prostate tumors to grow. Drugs[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 28 2011.  Researchers are reporting results from the first year of a two-year clinical trial that Avastin, a drug approved to treat some cancers and that is commonly used off-label to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is as effective as the Food and Drug Administration-approved drug Lucentis for[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011.  A five-minute checklist that parents can fill out in pediatrician waiting rooms may someday help in the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Published today in the Journal of Pediatrics, the study’s design also[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2011. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) joins Health Connect One and the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health to launch a 5-year plan that will help create more supportive environments for breastfeeding mothers. Efforts will focus on workplace, community and hospital environments, as[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2011 – The USDA´s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing recommendations for affected residents in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Indiana and other portions of the Midwest to minimize the potential for foodborne illnesses due to flooding, power outages and other problems associated with the powerful storm[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2011. States can do more to improve food access, regulations and policies to promote healthy eating and fight childhood obesity, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2011 Children’s Food Environment State Indicator Report also notes that the communities, child care[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2011. The Justice Department, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against Daniel L. Allgyer, owner of the Rainbow Acres Farm, in Kinzers, Pa., for distributing unpasteurized (or “raw”) milk for human consumption in interstate commerce.[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2011.  A new online resource, designed to give health care providers easy access to evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), was unveiled today by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health. With this new resource, providers will[Read More…]

National Infant Immunization Week — April 23 – 30, 2011 SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011.  Each year, thousands of children become ill from diseases that could have been prevented by basic childhood immunizations. Countless more miss time from day care and school because they are under-immunized or inappropriately immunized. To help[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011.  Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is putting the lives of people living with HIV at stake by refusing to participate in the Medicines Patent Pool, a mechanism designed to lower prices of HIV medicines and increase access to them for people in the developing world, said[Read More…]