Achievable standard is in line with investments already being made and will inform the building of new plants moving forward WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. Following a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants.[Read More…]
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FDA Approves Omontys to Treat Anemia in Adult Patients on Dialysis
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Omontys (peginesatide) to treat anemia, a condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells, in adult dialysis patients who have chronic kidney disease (CKD). Omontys is a new erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) that[Read More…]
NIA Adds Genetic Data to Health and Retirement Study
Move provides new breadth to landmark study of people 50+ Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a 20-year nationwide survey of the health, economic and social status of older Americans, has added genetic information from consenting participants to its massive database. Supported by the National Institute[Read More…]
‘Buckliball’ Opens New Avenue in Design of Foldable Engineering Structures
Inspired by a toy, the ‘buckliball’ — a collapsible structure fabricated from a single piece of material — represents a new class of 3-D, origami-like structures. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. Motivated by the desire to determine the simplest 3-D structure that could take advantage of mechanical instability to collapse[Read More…]
State of IL Health Department Encourages Testing on Diabetes Alert Day
Diabetes is the 7th Leading Cause of Death in Illinois CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) joins the American Diabetes Association today in recognizing March 27, 2012 as the 24th annual diabetes “Alert Day” encouraging the American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to determine[Read More…]
NIH Study Shows Survival Advantage for Bypass Surgery Compared with Non-surgical Procedure
Project analyzed data from over 189,000 older adults Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. A new comparative effectiveness study found older adults with stable coronary heart disease (CHD) who underwent bypass surgery had better long-term survival rates than those who underwent a non-surgical procedure to improve blood flow to the heart muscle,[Read More…]
Signs of Thawing Permafrost Revealed From Space
Frozen land EU–(ENEWSPF)–27 March 2012. Satellite are seeing changes in land surfaces in high detail at northern latitudes, indicating thawing permafrost. This releases greenhouse gases into parts of the Arctic, exacerbating the effects of climate change. Permafrost is ground that remains at or below 0°C for at least two consecutive[Read More…]
Take Action: Tell Congress to Protect Pollinators from Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. On March 21, Beyond Pesticides joined beekeepers and environmental groups, Center for Food Safety and Pesticide Action Network North America in filing an emergency legal petition that calls on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to suspend registration of Bayer’s controversial bee-killing pesticide, clothianidin. Because Congress has[Read More…]
Study Suggests New Way to Treat Chronic Pain
Gene that encodes crucial pain receptor may be key to therapy for major health problem TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2012. A University of Toronto scientist has helped identify a major gene affecting chronic pain sensitivity, an often debilitating problem that impacts nearly one in five people. While there have been many[Read More…]
10,000 Simulations Show Warming Range of 1.4-3 Degrees by 2050
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–26 Marh 2012. A project running almost 10,000 climate simulations on volunteers’ home computers has found that a global warming of 3 degrees Celsius by 2050 is ‘equally plausible’ as a rise of 1.4 degrees. The study, the first to run so many simulations using a complex atmosphere-ocean climate[Read More…]
