Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2016. Truck drivers with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who failed to adhere to treatment had a rate of preventable crashes five times higher than that of truckers without the ailment, according to researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Morris,[Read More…]
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FDA Proposes Ban on Most Powdered Medical Gloves
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2016. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to ban most powdered gloves in the United States. While use of these gloves is decreasing, they pose an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury to health care providers, patients and other individuals[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Treatment for Inhalation Anthrax
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2016. On Friday, March 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Anthim (obiltoxaximab) injection to treat inhalational anthrax in combination with appropriate antibacterial drugs. Anthim is also approved to prevent inhalational anthrax when alternative therapies are not available or not appropriate. Inhalational anthrax is a[Read More…]
Court Rejects Water Pollution Permit for Rosebud Coal Mine
Helena, Mont. –(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016. Yesterday the Montana First Judicial District Court ruled in favor of water quality and reinforced the state of Montana’s obligation to protect waterways from pollution caused by coal mining. The court rejected a water pollution discharge permit that would have allowed the Rosebud Mine to[Read More…]
UN Health Agency Sends Specialists to Help Contain Ebola Flare-up in Guinea
New Ebola cases confirmed in Guinea as WHO warns of more possible flare ups. Photo: WHO/M.Winkler GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–18 March 2016 – The United Nations health agency has dispatched a team of specialists to Guinea after 2 new cases of Ebola were confirmed yesterday, the first re-emergence of the deadly virus[Read More…]
Science Papers Reveal New Aspects of Pluto and its Moons
This enhanced color view of Pluto’s surface diversity was created by merging Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) color imagery (650 meters or 2,132 feet per pixel) with Long Range Reconnaissance Imager panchromatic imagery (230 meters or 755 feet per pixel). At lower right, ancient, heavily cratered terrain is coated with[Read More…]
Researchers Identify Molecule Needed for Sperm Activation
NIH-funded study could inform development of male contraceptives, infertility treatments Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016. Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered the cellular switch that boosts the activity of sperm cells so that they can travel to the egg. The finding may lead to new options for[Read More…]
Senate Committee Approves Bipartisan Amendment based on the Bipartisan, Bicameral Reducing Unused Medication Act to Allow Partial Filling of Opioid Prescriptions
More than 70 percent of adults who misuse prescription opioids get them from friends or relatives Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Wednesday approved an amendment based on the bipartisan, bicameral Reducing Unused Medication Act that would allow[Read More…]
Broad Support for Limiting Opioid Painkiller Prescriptions
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. A new STAT-Harvard poll finds bipartisan support for new federal guidelines advising physicians to give patients with acute pain no more than a three-day supply of opioid painkillers. Seven in 10 Americans support the guidelines, which also advise doctors to try other treatment options before issuing prescriptions.[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Grills Michigan Gov. Snyder, EPA Head over Flint Water Crisis Failures (Video)
Earlier today, Duckworth proposed a comprehensive legislative approachto help prevent similar lead poisoning and other public health crises across the nation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. After introducing a comprehensive legislative proposal to protect our nation’s children from lead in their water, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) berated Michigan Governor Rick Snyder[Read More…]
