Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—August 1, 2013. Acetaminophen, a fever and pain reliever that is one of the most widely used medicines in the U.S., can cause rare but serious skin reactions, warns the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Although rare, possible reactions to acetaminophen include three serious skin diseases whose symptoms[Read More…]
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Stray Prenatal Gene Network Suspected in Schizophrenia
May disrupt birth of new neurons in prefrontal cortex Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Researchers have reverse-engineered the outlines of a disrupted prenatal gene network in schizophrenia, by tracing spontaneous mutations to where and when they likely cause damage in the brain. Some people with the brain disorder may suffer from[Read More…]
Ultrasound Patch Heals Venous Ulcers in Human Trial
NIH-funded study finds new technique could significantly accelerate tissue repair, reduce costs for chronic wound management Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. In a small clinical study, researchers administered a new method for treating chronic wounds using a novel ultrasound applicator that can be worn like a band-aid. The applicator delivers low-frequency,[Read More…]
World Breastfeeding Week, August 1 – 7, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Today, August 1, marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week, a time when organizations and communities bring attention to the benefits of breastfeeding and offer moms support and encouragement to be successful at breastfeeding. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office on Women’s Health[Read More…]
State Judge Blocks ND Law Designed to Close Only Abortion Clinic in the State
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. A state judge ruled yesterday that North Dakota state officials cannot enforce a law designed to shut down the state’s only reproductive health care provider offering abortion services—temporarily blocking the law while the legal challenge to the unconstitutional measure, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights,[Read More…]
Top Robotic Helicopter Team Sets Sights on Impossible Mission
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. If the mission sounds impossible, that’s because it is—at least with today’s technology: Build a three-pound flying machine that can, under its own control, take off, fly through a window into a model building, avoid security lasers, navigate the halls, recognize signs, enter the correct room,[Read More…]
Both Parents Experience Highs and Lows in Sexuality After Childbirth
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Partners of new mothers often experience shifts in sexuality, and these shifts can be unrelated to biological or medical factors pertaining to childbirth, according to a University of Michigan study. The findings, which are published in a recent issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, expand[Read More…]
Advance in Regenerative Medicine Could Make Reprogrammed Cells Safer While Improving Their Function
Finding Suggests the Potential to Repair a Patients’ Organs Using Cells from Ailing Tissue NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Aug. 1, 2013 — The enormous promise of regenerative medicine is matched by equally enormous challenges. But a new finding by a team of researchers led by Weill Cornell Medical College has the potential to[Read More…]
Nurses to Join Massive Protest on Anniversary of Chevron Richmond Refinery Fire Saturday
Cite climate change and toxic tar sand as number one danger to public’s health Richmond, CA–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Registered nurses will join a broad and growing number of labor, environmental, and community organizations in one of the largest climate justice events in recent history on Saturday, the first-year anniversary of[Read More…]
Key DOE Environmental Review of Plan to Use Weapons Plutonium as Mixed Oxide Reactor fuel Delayed Again, Signaling Problems as Options Being Assessed
Friends of the Earth: Mixed oxide fuel is ‘massive waste’ of tax dollars and must be terminated WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 1, 2013. The Department of Energy has once again failed to meet its schedule on the release of a key environmental document on the review of use of plutonium fuel in[Read More…]
