Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. The economic crisis of 2008-10, and the rise in unemployment that accompanied it, was associated with more than 260,000 excess cancer-related deaths—including many considered treatable—within the Organization for Economic Development (OECD), according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,[Read More…]
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FDA Approves First Buprenorphine Implant for Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Expanded use and availability of medication-assisted treatment is a top priority of federal effort to combat opioid epidemic Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Probuphine, the first buprenorphine implant for the maintenance treatment of opioid dependence. Probuphine is designed to provide a constant,[Read More…]
Research Findings May Help Babies and Their Parents Sleep Better at Night
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 26, 2016. A study in the June 2016 Pediatrics may help parents of babies with nighttime sleep problems rest a little easier. Worries that behavioral training method known as graduated extinction, which involves letting bedtime-resistant infants cry themselves to sleep, will cause emotional, behavioral or parent-child attachment issues may be unfounded, according to a randomized controlled trial[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement Recommends Full Time Nurse in Every School
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. The role of the school nurse has evolved and become increasingly important since first introduced in the United States more than a century ago, yet school district policies regarding school nurses lack uniformity and should be updated, according to a policy statement issued by[Read More…]
NIH Study Visualizes Proteins Involved in Cancer Cell Metabolism
Cryo-EM methods can determine structures of small proteins bound to potential drug candidates. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. Scientists using a technology called cryo-EM (cryo-electron microscopy) have broken through a technological barrier in visualizing proteins with an approach that may have an impact on drug discovery and development. They were able[Read More…]
Illinois Legislators, Community Leaders Share Grave Concerns About Toxic Coal Ash
SPRINGFIELD, IL -(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. Today, legislators and community leaders gathered at the Illinois State Capitol calling for improvements to the proposed state rules concerning toxic coal ash ponds in communities across the state. State rules are pending before the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) and must be comprehensive to[Read More…]
Zika Virus Puts 2 Million Pregnant Women in the United States Potentially at Risk This Summer and Fall
Blood samples from pregnant women wait to be analyzed for the Zika virus at a hospital in Guatemala City on February 2, 2016. Source: AP/Moises Castillo Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. The Center for American Progress estimates that more than 2 million pregnant women in the United States are potentially at[Read More…]
To Level Energy Playing Field, Billions in Oil and Gas Subsidies Have To Go
A person walks past pump jacks operating at the Kern River Oil Field in Bakersfield, California, on January 16, 2015. Source: AP/Jae C. Hong Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. Last year, Congress decided to phase out the investment tax credit, or ITC, and production tax credit, or PTC, for[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Cats in Arizona, Texas From Government Killing
Fewer Than 100 Ocelots Likely Remain in United States Ocelot photo by Tom Smylie, USFWS. TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute today filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure that endangered ocelots aren’t inadvertently killed[Read More…]
FDA Issues Final Food Defense Regulation
Regulation marks the seventh and final major rule under FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today finalized a new food safety rule under the landmark, bipartisan FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that will help to prevent wide-scale public health[Read More…]
