First rabid bat already found this year SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2012. With temperatures in Illinois already in the 70s and 80s this year, bats are becoming active, which means the possibility of exposure to rabies is increasing. Bats are the primary carrier of rabies in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public[Read More…]
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Routine Mammograms May Result in Significant Overdiagnosis of Invasive Breast Cancer
Late-Stage Disease Incidence Not Reduced by Screening Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2012. New Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) research suggests that routine mammography screening—long viewed as an essential tool in detecting early breast cancers—may in fact lead to a significant amount of overdiagnosis of disease that would otherwise have proved[Read More…]
Facebook, NRDC and Opower Join with 16 Utilities to Drive Energy Efficiency Through Social Media
Social energy app to enable 20 million households to share, compare and compete in energy savings challenges ARLINGTON, Va., MENLO PARK, Calif., and WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2012 –Facebook, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Opower today joined with 16 utilities to launch a social energy app at http://social.opower.com. With[Read More…]
Calls to Quitline Hit Record High After CDC National Tobacco Ad Campaign Launch
Tips from Former Smokers campaign shows real lives and bodies damaged by tobacco Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2012. Two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the Tips from Former Smokers campaign, calls to the 1-800-QUIT-NOW quitline have more than doubled. Call volume rose from 14,437 calls for[Read More…]
Bilinguals Switch Tasks Faster than Monolinguals, NIH funded Study Shows
Bilinguals slower to build vocabulary but better at multitasking than monolinguals Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2012. Children who grow up learning to speak two languages are better at switching between tasks than are children who learn to speak only one language, according to a study funded in part by the National[Read More…]
Two Studies Link Pesticides to Bee Health, Strengthen Case for Ban
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2012. Last week, the journal Science published two new studies linking neonicotinoid pesticide exposure to bee health. These two studies, one French, one British, add to a growing body of scientific literature and strengthen the case for removing pesticides toxic to bees from the market. The French[Read More…]
Oxygen in Tumours Predicts Prostate Cancer Recurrence
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2012. Low oxygen levels in tumors can be used to predict cancer recurrence in men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer even before they receive radiation therapy. The clinical research, led by radiation oncologists from the University of Toronto and the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) Cancer Program, University Health[Read More…]
Students Call for Universities to Divest from Coal
Students call on universities to move millions of dollars in new campaign to distance schools from dangerous, dirty fossil fuel investments URBANA, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2012. Students from North Carolina to Illinois are uniting in a call to move millions of dollars in university endowment funds out of the risky and[Read More…]
NOAA Announces New Management Measures for Gulf of Maine Cod for 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2012. NOAA announced today that fishermen will be allowed to catch up to 6,700 metric tons of Gulf of Maine cod in 2012. This is the end result of collaborative work with the fishing industry to find a solution that prevented a much larger cut to the[Read More…]
Audubon Representatives Before the House Natural Resources Committee Last Week During a Hearing on HR 1960 and 1917
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2012. Testimony of Audubon’s Donal O’Brien Chair in Bird Conservation and Public Policy, Glenn Olson: “Audubon strongly supports H.R. 1960, the North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act and H.R. 1917, the Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act. We commend Congressman Rob Wittman and Congressman Ron Kind for[Read More…]
