Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2016. A laboratory study has revealed an entirely unexpected process for acquiring drug resistance that bypasses the need to re-establish DNA damage repair in breast cancers that have mutant BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. The findings, reported by Andre Nussenzweig, Ph.D., and Shyam Sharan, Ph.D., at the National[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
HUD Awards More Than $52 Million to Protect Children and Families from Dangerous Lead and Other Home Hazards
Funding to make low-income housing safer and healthier WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 20, 2016. To protect children and families from the hazards of lead-based paint and from other home health and safety hazards, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded more than $52.6 million in Lead Based[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Issues Recommendations to Improve Safety and Reduce Health Hazards Where Low-Income Families Live
A man walks past a blighted building in the Penn-North neighborhood of Baltimore, with a residential tower in the Reservoir Hill neighborhood in the background at top right, on May 9, 2015. Source: AP/Patrick Semansky Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 20, 2016. A new report released today by the Center for American[Read More…]
CDC Awards $60 Million to Help States and Territories Battle Zika
Funding is stopgap measure to help states respond to emerging threat, protect pregnant women Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2016. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will begin making awards totaling nearly $60 million to states, cities, and territories to support efforts to protect Americans from Zika virus disease and[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Sends Letter to DEA Calling for Stricter Limits of Opioid Pills
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), calling on the agency to use its power to more aggressively combat the opioid epidemic that is affecting communities across Illinois and the country. With its existing quota-setting authority, DEA[Read More…]
Statement on FDA Investigation of WEN by Chaz Dean Cleansing Conditioners
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2016. The FDA is investigating reports of hair loss, hair breakage, balding, itching, and rash associated with the use of WEN by Chaz Dean Cleansing Conditioner products. While the FDA continues its investigation, consumers should be aware of reactions reported in association with the use of WEN[Read More…]
Protein Found to Bolster Growth of Damaged Muscle Tissue
Johns Hopkins University biologists’ research could lead to treatments for disease Baltimore, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2016. Johns Hopkins University biologists have found that a protein that plays a key role in the lives of stem cells can bolster the growth of damaged muscle tissue, a step that could potentially contribute to[Read More…]
CDC Assisting Utah Investigation of Zika Virus Infection Apparently Not Linked to Travel
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2016. CDC is assisting in the investigation of a case of Zika in a Utah resident who is a family contact of the elderly Utah resident who died in late June. The deceased patient had traveled to an area with Zika and lab tests showed he had[Read More…]
HIV Therapy for Breastfeeding Mothers Can Virtually Eliminate Transmission to Babies
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2016. For HIV-infected mothers whose immune system is in good health, taking a three-drug antiretroviral regimen during breastfeeding essentially eliminates HIV transmission by breast milk to their infants, according to results from a large clinical trial conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and India. These findings from the ongoing[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Intraocular Lens with Extended Range of Vision for Cataract Patients
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first intraocular lens (IOL) that provides cataract patients with an extended depth-of-focus, which helps improve their sharpness of vision (visual acuity) at near, intermediate and far distances. Cataracts are a common eye condition where the natural[Read More…]
