Day: October 8, 2015

Study: Patients Substitute Cannabis For Booze, Prescription Drugs

Victoria, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015.  Patients who possess legal access to cannabis frequently substitute it in place of alcohol and prescription drugs, according to survey data published online in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review. Investigators from the University of Victoria in British Columbia assessed the influence of medical marijuana access[Read More…]

IBD Patients Likely To Report Using Cannabis

Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015.  Subjects with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are more likely to have used cannabis as compared to matched controls, according to an evaluation of population data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators at Temple University assessed marijuana use patterns among two million subjects with[Read More…]

VA’s Million Veteran Program Hits 400K Milestone

Program Expected to be Among World’s Largest Databases WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015.  The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Million Veteran Program (MVP) has enrolled its 400,000th Veteran volunteer, squarely putting it on track to become one of the world’s largest medical databases, linking genetic, clinical, lifestyle and military-exposure information, with[Read More…]

Senators Durbin, Franken, King Introduce Legislation to Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable

The cost of new textbooks has increased 82 percent, four times faster than inflation, over the last decade WASHINGTON, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Al Franken (D-MN) and Angus King (I-ME) today introduced legislation designed to help students manage costs by making high quality textbooks easily[Read More…]

Congresswoman Duckworth Joins Bipartisan Coalition To Introduce Military Enlistment Opportunity Act

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015.  Yesterday, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) joined Congressmen Mike Coffman (R-CO), Peter King (R-NY) and Juan Vargas (D-CA), to introduce the bipartisan Military Enlistment Opportunity Act. This legislation authorizes eligible individuals, including young undocumented immigrants who were brought to America as children, to achieve Legal Permanent Resident[Read More…]

Focusing on Risk in Big Banks and Across Financial Sector, Hillary Clinton Proposes Plan to Tackle Wall Street Abuses

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2015. Today Hillary Clinton unveiled proposals to tackle excessive risk-taking and enhance accountability both on Wall Street and throughout the financial sector.  To confront the phenomenon of “Too Big to Fail,” her plan would impose a risk fee on the largest banks and financial institutions and require[Read More…]

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