Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015. The National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly $144 million in new grants to develop new tools and measures that can be used to investigate more effectively environmental exposures from the womb through later years in a child’s life. These projects will enhance the next phase[Read More…]
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NIH Invests $46 Million in Technologies to Monitor Placental Health
Better understanding of the placenta promises to help improve health of mothers and children Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015. The National Institutes of Health has announced $46 million in research awards for the Human Placenta Project, an initiative to revolutionize understanding of the placenta. The awards will fund technology development and[Read More…]
Advocates Launch Campaign for Supervised Injection Facilities in New York
International Strategies May Offer Solutions for New York’s Increasing Problem with Heroin Use, Preventable Overdose Deaths, Disease Transmission, and Public Drug Use New York City –(ENEWSPF)—September 28, 2015. Homelessness and public drug use are on the rise in New York, and accidental drug overdoses now kill more people than car[Read More…]
NASA TV to Provide Live Feed of Sunday’s Supermoon Eclipse
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2015. For the first time in more than 30 years, you can witness a supermoon in combination with a lunar eclipse. Late on Sept. 27, 2015, in the U.S. and much of the world, a total lunar eclipse will mask the moon’s larger-than-life face. Watch NASA’s live[Read More…]
Senators Sanders, Whitehouse and Democrats Send Letter to President on Arctic Drilling
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 25, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and 10 of their colleagues today sent a letter urging the Obama administration not to approve oil drilling off the coast of Alaska. “At a time when our planet is warming due to climate change, the last thing[Read More…]
Study: Early Onset Marijuana Use Not Associated With Adverse Outcomes In Adulthood
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2015. The use of marijuana by adolescents and young adults, including self-reported chronic use, is not positively associated with poorer quality of life outcomes later in life, according to an assessment of longitudinal data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators from the Pittsburgh School[Read More…]
Cost of Lyme Disease Drug Doxycycline Skyrockets
Vineyard Gazette, Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 24, 2015: By Steve Myrick The cost of doxycycline, an antibiotic routinely prescribed for treatment of Lyme disease, has skyrocketed in recent months, causing consternation among Island medical and veterinary providers as well as health care consumers who foot the bills. The retail price of doxycycline increased[Read More…]
55 Members of Congress Call on Secretary of State John Kerry to Review Cases of Salvadoran Women Wrongfully Imprisoned for Pregnancy Complications
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2015. Today Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Norma J. Torres delivered a letter from 55 Member of Congress calling on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to look into the human rights violations of women in El Salvador. The congressional letter details the cases of “Las 17,”[Read More…]
EPA Update on Recent Volkswagen Announcement, Sept. 25, 2015
WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2015. Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a letter sent to vehicle manufacturers notifying them that the agency is adding to its confirmatory testing additional evaluations designed to look for potential defeat devices. View the letter here: http://www3.epa.gov/otaq/cert/violations.htm Last Friday, EPA sent a Notice of[Read More…]
NIH Launches Landmark Study on Substance Use and Adolescent Brain Development
Thirteen grants awarded to look at cognitive and social development in approximately 10,000 children Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2015. The National Institutes of Health today awarded 13 grants to research institutions around the country as part of a landmark study about the effects of adolescent substance use on the developing brain.[Read More…]
