TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2011. Adult children of divorce are more likely to have seriously considered suicide than their peers from intact families, suggests new research from the University of Toronto. In a paper published online this week in the journal Psychiatry Research, investigators examined gender specific differences among a sample[Read More…]

GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–19 January 2011. Changes in the environment that put the lives of adults at risk drive parents to invest more in caring for their offspring, scientists have found. The new research, led by Oxford University scientists, examined how the mortality rates of parents and offspring and the fertility of[Read More…]

The effectiveness of an experimental treatment for alcoholism depends on the genetic makeup of individuals who receive it, according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. A report of the findings appears online in the[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2011. Scientists have made an unanticipated discovery in mice that interferon-gamma, a type of protein primarily used by the immune system for intercellular communication, acts as a promoter for the deadly form of skin cancer known as melanoma. This finding resulted from a series of experiments designed[Read More…]

TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2011. The amount and intensity of exercise that a woman engages in during her lifetime could affect her mental acuity later in life, according to a University of Toronto family medicine researcher. Dr. Mary Tierney, a Professor and Research Scholar in the Department of Family and Community[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2011.  We have a major pandemic of diabetes in the United States.  Type II Diabetes has tripled in the last 10 years.  One out of 3 children born after the year 2000 will get diabetes.  Diabetes costs the nation $174 billion a year, about as much[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2011.  NORML made available this week the Fourth Edition of its popular and comprehensive booklet “Emerging Clinical Applications for Cannabis & Cannabinoids: A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature. Updated and revised for 2011, this report reviews approximately 200 newly published scientific studies assessing the safety and efficacy[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2011. Based on growth and aging of the U.S. population, medical expenditures for cancer in the year 2020 are projected to reach at least $158 billion (in 2010 dollars) — an increase of 27 percent over 2010, according to a National Institutes of Health analysis. If newly[Read More…]

Agency strategy caps maximum at 325 milligrams to reduce risk of liver toxicity Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking manufacturers of prescription combination products that contain acetaminophen to limit the amount of acetaminophen to no more than 325 milligrams (mg) in each tablet[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan has called on the national industry trade group overseeing manufacturers of crib bumpers to push for a halt to the production and sale of bumper pads across the country that pose serious risks of injury and death. The Attorney General sent a letter[Read More…]