Day: January 3, 2013

Planned Parenthood Urges Women to Make Cervical Health a Priority

Marking January’s Cervical Health Awareness Month, Experts Note that Cervical Cancer Is Preventable — which Starts with Regular Screening NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013. Noting that cervical cancer is preventable and that proper screening is key to early detection, Planned Parenthood is calling on women to protect their cervical health during[Read More…]

Study: Vaporized, Low-Potency Cannabis Mitigates Neuropathic Pain

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director  The administration of vaporized, low THC cannabis is associated with reduced analgesia in subjects with neuropathic pain, according to clinical trial data published online by The Journal of Pain. Investigators at the University of California, Davis Medical Center conducted a[Read More…]

MAP Task Force Submits Report to Illinois General Assembly

Concludes that access to college for low-income students should remain MAP’s primary goal. Report cautions that the successful program is stretched in its ability to provide sufficient grant aid to all students who are eligible to receive it. Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013. In a report delivered to the General Assembly on[Read More…]

Connecting the Dots: 10 Disastrous Consequences of the Drug War

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013. Huffington Post  Connecting the Dots: 10 Disastrous Consequences of the Drug War, Tony Newman, January 3, 2013, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-newman/drug-war-consequences_b_2404347.html The war on drugs is America’s longest war. It has been 40-plus years since Nixon launched our modern “war on drugs” and yet drugs are as plentiful as ever. While the[Read More…]

Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty for Conspiring to Commit Hate Crimes Against African-Americans in Jackson, Mississippi

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013.  Joseph Dominick, 21, from Brandon, Miss., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., to one count of conspiracy to commit federal hate crimes in connection with his role in the assault of African-Americans in Jackson.   Defendants Deryl Paul Dedmon, 20; John Aaron[Read More…]

Florida-Based American Sleep Medicine to Pay $15.3 Million for Improperly Billing Medicare and Other Federal Healthcare Programs

Facilities in Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013.  Florida-based American Sleep Medicine LLC has agreed to pay $15,301,341 to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare, TRICARE – the health care program for Uniformed Service members, retirees[Read More…]

Transocean Agrees to Plead Guilty to Environmental Crime and Enter Civil Settlement to Resolve U.S. Clean Water Act Penalty Claims from Deepwater Horizon Incident

Transocean to Pay Record $1 Billion in Civil Penalties and $400 Million in Criminal Fines WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013.  Transocean Deepwater Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) and to pay a total of $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines and penalties, for its[Read More…]

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