Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2011. Researchers have developed a more accurate method for estimating breast cancer risk for Asian and Pacific Islander American (APA) women. Most current risk estimates rely on data from non-Hispanic white women, but researchers have now come up with a statistical model that more specifically assesses risk[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011.  During Healthy Vision Month, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, encourages people and organizations around the world to recognize the value of the sense of sight and make vision health a priority. In focus groups conducted by NEI in 2005,[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011.  Men and women infected with HIV reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners by taking oral antiretroviral medicines when their immune systems were relatively healthy, according to findings from a large-scale clinical study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched its action plan to prevent and treat viral hepatitis, a silent epidemic affecting 3.5 – 5.3 million Americans. Though viral hepatitis is a leading infectious cause of death in the U.S., many people who have it[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 10 – The American Civil Liberties Union has called on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to make clear that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will not prioritize prosecution of people who comply with state medical marijuana laws, in keeping with previous DOJ policy. In a letter sent late[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 10 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that he introduced legislation to provide health care for every American through a Medicare-for-all type single-payer system. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) filed a companion bill in the House to provide better care for more patients at less cost by eliminating the middle-man[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2011.  A new report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that few families without health insurance have the financial assets to pay potential hospital bills.  On average, uninsured families can only afford to pay in full for approximately 12-percent of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2011.     Women are a foundation of our families, and their health affects the well-being of our communities and our country. They often make health care decisions for their families as well as themselves. However, American women have not always had access to the health care[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared the first test for Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus)  infections that is able to quickly identify whether the bacteria are methicillin resistant (MRSA) or methicillin susceptible (MSSA). There are many different types of Staphylococci bacteria, which cause skin infections,[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2011. On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Afinitor (everolimus) to treat patients with progressive neuroendocrine tumors located in the pancreas (PNET) that cannot be removed by surgery or that have spread to other parts of the body (metastatic).  Neuroendocrine tumors found in the[Read More…]