You Can Become Part of the Conversation CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 18, 2017 By: Edwin C. Yohnka, Executive Director ACLU of Illinois January 2018 marks the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe v. Wade – a decision that freed women across the United States to make the most important[Read More…]
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Specific Microbes in Digestive Tract Can Boost Success for Cancer Immunotherapy
Gut microbiome influences response to therapy for patients with melanoma CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018 By: John Easton In the Jan. 5 issue of Science, researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine show that specific strains of commensal bacteria—the swarms of microorganisms naturally dwelling in the intestines—can improve the response rate to[Read More…]
FDA and DoD Launch Program to Expedite Availability of Medical Products for Emergency Care of American Military Personnel
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018 By: Tara Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of Health Affairs announced today the launch of a joint program to prioritize the efficient development of safe and effective medical products intended to save the lives of American[Read More…]
UChicago Study of Ancient Fossil Complicates the Shark Family Tree
Prof. Michael Coates leads research on new evolutionary branches of sharks CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2018 By: Matt Wood About 385 million years ago in the Devonian age, a strange, two-and-a-half-foot-long shark died and drifted to the bottom of the sea, over what is now the Rhine River valley. Gladbachus adentatus, named[Read More…]
Millions Drink Alcohol At Dangerously High Levels
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Millions of Americans drink alcohol at dangerously high levels. Are you one of these? Nearly 32 million adults in the United States (13 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 and older) consumed more than twice the number of drinks considered binge drinking on at least one occasion,[Read More…]
What Stars Will Hatch From The Tarantula Nebula?
NASA’s Flying Observatory Seeks to Find Out CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2018 By: Nicholas A. Veronico To have a full picture of the lives of massive stars, researchers need to study them in all stages – from when they’re a mass of unformed gas and dust, to their often dynamic end-of-life explosions.[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Treatment for Breast Cancer with a Certain Inherited Genetic Mutation
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2018 By: Angela Stark The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Lynparza (olaparib tablets) to include the treatment of patients with certain types of breast cancer that have spread (metastasized) and whose tumors have a specific inherited (germline) genetic mutation, making[Read More…]
Fish and Wildlife Services Alters Canada Lynx Assessment to Support Delisting
MISSOULA, Mont. —(ENEWSPF)—January 11, 2018 By: Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center and Bethany Cotton, WildEarth Guardians Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its intent to begin the process to remove Endangered Species Act protections for imperiled Canada lynx in the contiguous U.S. This move by one of[Read More…]
Colorado Department of Human Services Announces Public Health Interventions Funded by Marijuana Tax Revenue
New Programs Will Establish Innovative Harm Reduction Models, Including Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) in Four Colorado Jurisdictions Denver, CO –(ENEWSPF)—January 11, 2018 By: Art Way and Tony Newman Yesterday the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) announced 12 total awards to communities to support behavioral health and law enforcement[Read More…]
FDA Acts to Protect Kids from Serious Risks of Opioid Ingredients Contained in Some Prescription Cough and Cold Products
Revising labeling to limit pediatric use Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—January 11, 2018 By: Tara Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it is requiring safety labeling changes to limit the use of prescription opioid cough and cold medicines containing codeine or hydrocodone in children younger than 18 years[Read More…]
