Free help available via Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) Springfield, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2017 By: State of Illinois Communications The Illinois Department on Aging’s (IDoA) Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) is reminding seniors of the free counseling assistance available to Medicare-eligible individuals and their caregivers during Medicare Open Enrollment occurring[Read More…]
Health and Fitness
ACLU Goes Back to Court on Behalf of Jane Doe
Trump Administration Continues to Block Young Woman’s Abortion WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2017 By: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Last night, the American Civil Liberties Union filed new court papers in its continuing effort to help Jane Doe, a young immigrant woman in Texas, get an abortion that the Trump administration[Read More…]
Study: Retail Cannabis Sales Associated With Fewer Opioid Deaths
Fort Worth, TX—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2017 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Retail cannabis distribution in Colorado is associated with a reduction in opioid-related mortality, according to data published online ahead of print in The American Journal of Public Health. A team of investigators from the University of North Texas School[Read More…]
Flu Shots Now Available at Park Forest Health Department
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017. Flu shots are available now at the Park Forest Health Department Nurses Plus. The cost is $30 for those ages 19 through 64, $20 for those 18 years and under, and free for Medicare Part B recipients (must bring copy of card). No appointment is[Read More…]
Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign at Park Forest Health Department Through October
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017. In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Park Forest Health Department, 350 Victory Drive, is providing free self- breast examination instructions. These instructions will teach women the proper way to do their monthly self-breast exams properly. Stop by Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m.[Read More…]
Scott Pruitt Issues Directive Blocking Settlements and Consent Decrees Shielding EPA from Protecting Public Health, Clean Air, Clean Water
Ultimately, all it will accomplish is to put the public’s health and safety at risk Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017 By: Earthjustice Yesterday, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive moving to end consent decrees and settlements that force the agency to comply with the law and its duty to protect[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces First Ever Indictments Against Manufacturers of Fentanyl and Other Opiate Substances
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017 By: Department of Justice The Justice Department announced today that federal grand juries in the Southern District of Mississippi and the District of North Dakota returned indictments, unsealed yesterday, against two Chinese nationals and their North American based traffickers and distributors for separate conspiracies to distribute[Read More…]
New York A.G. Schneiderman Announces Multistate Lawsuit to Defend Health Care Subsidies
19 Attorneys General File Suit To Protect Affordable Health Care NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2017 By: Office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Today, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a new multistate lawsuit filed by 19 Attorneys General to defend the health care subsidies on which thousands of New[Read More…]
Senator Durbin’s Statement On Trump’s Executive Order On Health Care
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 12, 2017 By: Office of Senator Durbin U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order further targeting and destabilizing the Affordable Care Act: “Make no mistake—after spending nine months repeatedly trying and failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Trump[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis May Be Protective Against Liver Disease
Marseille, France—(ENEWSPF)—October 12, 2017 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Cannabis may be protective against liver disease in subjects infected with both the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to data published online ahead of print in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis. French investigators assessed[Read More…]
