Health and Fitness

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2010.  Scientists have identified new genes and pathways that influence an individual’s typical pattern of brain electrical activity, a trait that may serve as a useful surrogate marker for more genetically complex READ MORE

Dr. Marvel McCain Parker addresses the League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area Saturday in University Park. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Dr. Marvel McCain Parker issued a challenge Saturday night to READ MORE

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2010.  Joseph Casias, 29, has sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor. Despite his condition, he has dutifully gone to work every day for the last five years at a Walmart in READ MORE

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2010.  In the latest sign of a growing embrace of medical marijuana by the business community in this country, a California-based insurer said this week that it will now offer medical marijuana-related READ MORE

Commentary The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR), based at the University of California, San Diego, published a report today summarizing the results of clinical trials studying medical marijuana’s efficacy in treating pain. The studies, READ MORE

Commentary Great news from the great state of Iowa: Today the state’s Board of Pharmacy voted 6-0 to recommend to lawmakers that the state reclassify marijuana as a Schedule II drug and create a task READ MORE

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–California has had legal medical marijuana for over 13 years, and more than 80% of Americans support patients’ rights to use it. But none of that mattered to Christian Hughes’ employer, who fired him READ MORE

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2010.  Yesterday, a team of bipartisan Maryland legislators announced the details of two bills that would make medical marijuana legal and accessible for qualified patients in the state. The bill’s main sponsor READ MORE

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010.  A new ABC News/Washington Post poll reveals that more than eight in 10 Americans (81%) support efforts to make marijuana legal for medical use, up from 69 percent in 1997. Fifty-six READ MORE

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– People in crisis generally don’t have the energy or ability to take on a long search for help. The best way to prevent suicide with clinical depression is to know the risk READ MORE