Boston, MA —(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The model—developed by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Imperial College London, and colleagues—will be of particular help to public health professionals, clinicians, and patients in developing countries for prevention of[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Black Hole WInds Pull the Plug on Star Formation
Black-hole wind sweeping away galactic gas EU–(ENEWSPF)–26 March 2015. Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel space observatory have found that the winds blowing from a huge black hole are sweeping away its host galaxy’s reservoir of raw star-building material. Found at the hearts of most galaxies, supermassive black holes are extremely dense[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces $5 Million In Funding Available To Chicago Small Businesses
Expanded Small Business Opportunity Centers Program Will Allow More Neighborhood Small Business Owners Access Capital CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday announced new partnerships that will help small business owners in neighborhoods throughout Chicago access needed capital. Following a successful pilot, the Small Business Opportunity Center Program (formerly Capital[Read More…]
GM Recalls 50,236 Volt Vehicles, March 26, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2015 SUMMARY: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Volt vehicles manufactured August 25, 2010, to June 26, 2013. If the driver exits the vehicle without turning off the electrical system, the battery may drain low enough that the gasoline engine will automatically start[Read More…]
Linon Home Décor Products Recalls Foldable Wood Patio Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015 Linon Home Décor Foldable Patio Chair Recall Summary Name of product: Outdoor Wood Bistro Sets Hazard: The chair can unexpectedly tip over when a consumer sits on the edge of the seat, posing a fall hazard. Remedy: View Details Refund Consumer Contact: Linon Home Décor Products[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Requests Funds for Orthopaedic Research to Assist Wounded Servicemembers and Veterans
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. This week, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) and Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) led a bipartisan letter to the Subcommittee on Defense of the House Committee on Appropriations requesting inclusion of $30 million for peer-reviewed orthopaedic research in the FY 2016 Defense Appropriations legislation. Twenty-nine members of Congress[Read More…]
Huntley Contractor Charged With Mail Fraud, Causing False Statements To Be Made On Forms Required By Erisa, And Failing To Collect And Pay Over $600,000 In Federal Taxes
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. A Huntley, Ill., concrete contractor was charged today by a federal grand jury in a twenty-seven count indictment. THOMAS MANNING, 58, president of T. Manning Concrete, Inc., located in Huntley, was charged with five counts of mail fraud, five counts of causing false statements to be[Read More…]
Boxer, Brown, Schakowsky Introduce Bill to Address Nationwide Shortage of Nurses
Legislation Would Improve Patient Care and Support America’s Nurses Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPFS)–March 26, 2015. U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) yesterday to introduce the National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, legislation that would establish minimum registered nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals, protect the rights of nurses[Read More…]
Study on Cook County Juvenile Court Recommends Shift in Priorities
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. A comprehensive needs assessment of the Cook County Juvenile Court system finds a groundswell of support is growing for keeping kids out of a system that most believe is broken and ineffective. The study commissioned by Cook County Justice for Children (CCJC) and conducted by Roosevelt University’s[Read More…]
DePaul University Names Jennifer Rosato Perea Dean for the College of Law
Jennifer Rosato Perea, a nationally recognized leader in legal education, has been selected as dean for the DePaul University College of law. She will join DePaul July 1, 2015. (Photo courtesy of Northern Illinois University) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2015. DePaul University has selected a nationally recognized leader in legal education[Read More…]
