DURHAM, North Carolina, May 22 -- Duke Health issued the following news release: * * * Enzalutamide Helps Extend Life for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer DURHAM, N.C. - The combination of enzalutamide with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) significantly increases the chance of five-year survival for men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, according to a five-year follow-up of the global ARCHES study led by the Duke Cancer Institute. The five-year survival rate improved by 1  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Edwards introduces bill to improve mental health care for veterans on Memorial Day U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today, in honor of every fallen soldier, including those lost to their silent struggle with mental health, introduced the Justice for America's Veterans and Survivors Act to enhance data collection on the causes of death among veterans, with the goal of helping to prevent v  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- A coalition of environmental and farmworker advocacy groups, including California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Earthjustice, Farmworker Justice, Pesticide Action Network North America and Toxic Free North Carolina, has sharply criticized the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to approve cyclobutrifluram, a pesticide identified as a perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS). In comments submitted to the agency, the groups argue that the EPA's failure to recognize cyclobu  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Hegseth Reminds Americans Freedom Comes at a Cost Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered the State of Freedom address today ahead of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina, reminding Americans of the ultimate sacrifice made by service members. The price of freedom is not free, he said, mentioning that the names of the fallen are affixed on the windshields of every driver at the r  more