Partnership Unites Those Who Heal Our Communities with Those Who Educate Our Children WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013. The leaders of two labor organizations representing healthcare professionals announced today that they have approved an affiliation agreement that will bring 34,000 registered nurses into the AFT, the largest union of professionals in the[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Tube versus IV Feeding In Malnourished Pediatric Cancer Patients
CU Cancer Center study shows the best way is not the preferred way Denver, CO-(ENEWSPF)- About 60 percent of pediatric cancer patients experience malnourishment during treatment. At that point, patients and families have a choice: tube feeding or IV nutrition supplement. Which would you choose? A study published this week[Read More…]
2013 National TRiO Day North Scheduled at Prairie State College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—February 14, 2013. Prairie State College (PSC) is the site for the 2013 National TRiO Day North, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23, on the PSC main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The annual event is held on the last Saturday[Read More…]
Facial Structure May Predict Endorsement of Racial Prejudice
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The structure of a man’s face may indicate his tendency to express racially prejudiced beliefs, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Studies have shown that facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is associated with testosterone-related behaviors, which some researchers have linked[Read More…]
Small Changes You Can Make to be More Heart Healthy
Northwestern Medicine expert says eating right and being active is the real formula for success CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013. Do more. Eat right. Know your numbers. It can’t be that simple, right? Northwestern Medicine® cardiologist Clyde Yancy, MD, says it is that simple, and has some other little known facts that[Read More…]
Israel/Palestine: New Abuses, No Justice
Palestinian Access to the ICC Could Open Door for Justice to Victims Ramallah–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013. Israel engaged in discriminatory practices and other rights violations against Palestinians during 2012, while Palestinian authorities committed abuses against their own population, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2013. Both Israeli forces and[Read More…]
Copper Depletion Therapy Keeps High-Risk Triple-Negative Breast Cancer at Bay
New Weill Cornell Study Shows Anti-Copper Drug Might Prevent the Spread of Cancer to Organs NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013 — An anti-copper drug compound that disables the ability of bone marrow cells from setting up a “home” in organs to receive and nurture migrating cancer tumor cells has shown surprising[Read More…]
NRDC Post-State of the Union Poll: 60 Percent of Americans Support Presidential Action to Fight Ravages of Climate Change
Environmental, Small Business and Farm Leaders Welcome President Obama’s Vow to Reduce Threat WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013 – Sixty-five percent of Americans think that climate change is a serious problem and a substantial majority support President’s Obama using his authority to reduce its main cause, dangerous carbon pollution, according to a[Read More…]
Robin Hood Calls on Jack Lew to Pledge a Real Recovery Through Wall Street Sales Tax
Poll findings show broad public support for tax on Wall Street speculation Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013. Wearing their signature Robin Hood hats, U.S. Robin Hood Tax Campaign advocates brought their message of a Wall Street sales tax directly into the confirmation hearing of Jack Lew before the Senate Finance Committee[Read More…]
At the Mouth of the Red Valley
Southeast of Amenthes Planum EU–(ENEWSPF)–14 February 2013. ESA’s Mars Express took a high-resolution stereo image on 13 January of the southeast corner of the Amenthes Planum region on Mars, near to Palos crater and the mouth of a well-known sinuous valley, Tinto Vallis. At the bottom-centre of the full-colour[Read More…]
