Low Doses of an Approved Drug Switches on Pathway that Allows Chemotherapy to Kill Cancer NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013 — Patients with an aggressive lymphoma that often relapses and kills within two years experienced a remission of their cancer and stayed disease-free as long as 28 months after taking a[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, August 16, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. Social Security’s 78th Birthday Receives Generous Attention Social Security’s birthday on Wednesday received considerable attention on the state and national level. The Alliance for Retired Americans marked the anniversary with over 40 events in 22 states and by releasing special state-by-state reports with ally Social Security[Read More…]
Senator Kirk, Congressman Davis Convene Health Care Advisory Board
Receive Update on Illinois’ Critical Health Care Industry SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. With the Senate on break from legislative session, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), alongside U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville), today convened Senator Kirk’s Health Care Advisory Board at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield to discuss a wide range of[Read More…]
Egypt: ‘An Escalating and Deeply Worrying Human Rights Crisis’ – UN Experts Urge Restraint and Dialogue, Aug. 16, 2013
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–16 August 2013 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today called for restraint and an immediate end to violent confrontations that have seen hundreds killed and thousands injured in the Egyptian capital in recent days. “Egypt is facing an escalating and deeply worrying human rights crisis,”[Read More…]
Environmental Justice Activists Meet with Obama Administration over EPA Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction Rule
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. Today, nearly a dozen environmental justice and community activists are set to meet with Obama Administration officials to discuss the critical need for a strong “Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction” (SSM) standard from the EPA. The organizers and activists represent communities in Detroit, Michigan and Birmingham, Alabama[Read More…]
BMW Recall of Certain Model Year 2009 – 2010 X5 xDrive35d Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 16, 2013. SUMMARY: BMW is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 X5 xDrive35d vehicles equipped with a diesel engine and manufactured from June 13, 2009, through November 9, 2009. The fuel filter heater, which is used for warming up the diesel fuel during vehicle operation at low outside temperatures,[Read More…]
Hyundai Recall of Certain Model Year 2006 – 2010 Sonata and 2006 – 2011 Azera Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 16, 2013. SUMMARY: Hyundai is recalling certain model year 2006-2010 Sonata vehicles manufactured March 1, 2005, through January 21, 2010; and model year 2006-2011 Azera vehicles manufactured September 27, 2005, through November 22, 2010 originally sold in, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,[Read More…]
Hyundai Recall of Certain Model Year 2013 Santa Fe Sport Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 16, 2013. SUMMARY: Hyundai is recalling certain model year 2013 Santa Fe Sport vehicles manufactured July 13, 2012, through March 12, 2013; and equipped with 2.4 liter engines. Due to a manufacturing issue, the right front axle shaft may fracture. CONSEQUENCE: A fractured front axle may result in[Read More…]
New Rechargeable Flow Battery Enables Cheaper, Large-scale Energy Storage
Design may support widespread use of solar and wind energy CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable flow battery that doesn’t rely on expensive membranes to generate and store electricity. The device, they say, may one day enable cheaper, large-scale energy storage. The palm-sized prototype generates[Read More…]
NSA Violated Surveillance Restrictions Thousands of Times, Documents Show
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. The intelligence community violated restrictions on surveillance powers thousands of times a year in the past five years, according to a new report in The Washington Post. “The number of ‘compliance incidents’ is jaw-dropping. The rules around government surveillance are so permissive that it is difficult[Read More…]
