Announcement Followed By First Conference In Central America On Medical Marijuana; Marijuana Reform Initiative Finally Brings Central America Into The Regional Debate image by Željko Heimer, 1 June 2001 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 15, 2015. Earlier this month, the Costa Rican Ministry of Health outlined the details for the implementation of a[Read More…]
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Three in Four Adults Played Sports When They Were Younger, but Only One in Four Still Play
Despite difficult odds, many parents hope their child will become a professional athlete Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll finds that although almost three in four adults played sports when they were younger (73%), only one in four[Read More…]
Survey: Nearly One Out Of Six MS Patients Use Cannabis Therapeutically
Indianapolis, IN–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. One-quarter of patients with multiple sclerosis report having used cannabis therapeutically and nearly one out of six (16 percent) currently use it to treat symptoms of the disease, according to survey data commissioned by the North American Research Committee on MS. Over 5,600 MS patients participated[Read More…]
North Carolina’s Coercive Ultrasound Law Permanently Blocked as Supreme Court Refuses Review
Federal district court, appellate court both determined law violates First Amendment, interferes in doctor-patient relationship Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. The United States Supreme Court today declined to review a North Carolina law that would have forced a woman to undergo a narrated ultrasound before receiving an abortion—a measure that was[Read More…]
Rosetta’s Lander Philae Wakes Up from Hibernation
Philae touchdown EU–(ENEWSPF)–14 June 2015. Rosetta’s lander Philae has woken up after seven months in hibernation on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The signals were received at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt at 22:28 CEST on 13 June. More than 300 data packets have been analysed by the[Read More…]
The Monsanto Protection Act is Back, and Worse Than Ever
Latest changes to the Pompeo “DARK” Act create an anti-democracy, anti-consumer, anti-environment mega-bill Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. Center for Food Safety (CFS) today expressed strong opposition to Representative Pompeo’s newly revised genetically engineered (GE) food labeling preemption bill (H.R. 1599), which now has been greatly expanded to not only[Read More…]
HHS Pursues Fast, Easy Test to Detect Ebola Virus Infections
Promising point-of-care test could improve diagnosis and speed response Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 15, 2015. To assist doctors in diagnosing Ebola virus disease quickly, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will pursue development of an Ebola virus diagnostic test for[Read More…]
FDA Approves Brain Implant to Help Reduce Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor Symptoms
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved the Brio Neurostimulation System, an implantable deep brain stimulation device to help reduce the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor, a movement disorder that is one of the most common causes of tremors. The Brio[Read More…]
Robert Redford to Address High-Level Event at the United Nations in Advance of International Climate Negotiations
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015 – Robert Redford, the noted artist and activist, will speak before the United Nations on June 29th, 2015 to discuss the global need to act on climate change. This event, attended by ministers and delegates from over 193 member countries, will mark an important convening in[Read More…]
DDT Still Pervasive in Small Michigan Town
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. A community in central Michigan is still dealing with the fallout of a pesticide company that produced DDT nearly half a century ago. St. Louis, MI, a city about one hour north of the state capital Lansing, has long dealt with contamination left behind by the[Read More…]
