Live healthier, longer by talking with family SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2011. Illinois Department of Public Health Acting Director, Dr. Craig Conover, is urging people to share their family health history during Thanksgiving and other holiday family gatherings to help ensure a longer, healthier future together. Since 2004, the U.S. Surgeon General[Read More…]
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Unwanted Thanksgiving Guest – Foodborne Illness
Safe food handling guidelines for a healthier holiday SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2011. Avoid spending this holiday season feeling ill because of unwanted guests such as Salmonella, Listeria or E. coli (Escherichia coli O157:H7) bacteria. There are some simple things you can do to avoid foodborne illness. “Two of the most[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Joins Advocates to Alert Parents of Dangerous Products for Children
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined doctors and consumer product safety advocates at the Illinois Poison Center to issue her annual safe shopping guide detailing this year’s recalled products and unsafe consumer items. “Unfortunately, when a recall is issued, these products don’t just vanish. They wind up[Read More…]
Recent Reports Help Consumers Reduce Pesticide Exposure and Improve Nutrition
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2011. Two recent reports from the Organic Center can help consumers identify food choices that will reduce their intake of pesticides while enhancing the overall nutritional content of their diets. The reports, entitled Dietary Risk Index and Transforming Jane Doe’s Diet are based upon state-of-the-art pesticide residue[Read More…]
COPD Awareness Continues to Rise, New NIH Survey Finds
Yet many at risk do not talk to their doctor about symptoms Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2011. Awareness of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), the nation’s third leading killer, continues to rise in the United States, according to the results of a Web-based survey released today by the National Heart, Lung,[Read More…]
UN-backed Report Spotlights Links Between Global Warming and Extreme Weather
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 November 2011. A United Nations-backed report confirms the link between climate change and current trends in extreme weather such as floods and heat waves, and warns that existing measures, even in developed countries, are not enough to cope with the severity of these events. The report, whose summary[Read More…]
Size Matters? Study Raises Questions About When and Where Soybeans Were Domesticated
TORONTO–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. If you like tofu, tempeh, edamame or miso soup, you’re a fan of soybeans. But the significance of this legume goes far beyond a few culinary treats–soybeans rank seventh among world crops for tonnage harvested. Now, a new study led by researchers at the University of Toronto[Read More…]
Green Lawns, No Synthetic Chemicals: Examples from the Midwest
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. The SafeLawns fall tour of the Midwest unveiled numerous examples of landscape sustainability in recent days. Hosted by our sponsoring partners at Calcium Products/NatraTurf and Purple Cow Organics, we visited installations at state capitols, college campuses, golf courses, public gardens and private residences during our whirlwind tour. Here[Read More…]
Starlings Help to Explain Irrational Preferences
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–18 November 2011. Research into decision-making by European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) may help to explain why many animals, including humans, sometimes exhibit irrational preferences. A study by Oxford University scientists in which starlings pecked on different coloured keys to gain a food reward shows that the birds pay too[Read More…]
Research Again Proves Equal Yields, Higher Profits from Organic Farming
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. Organic crop systems can provide similar yields and much higher economic returns than a conventional corn-soybean rotation, according to thirteen years of data from a side-by-side comparison at Iowa State University’s Neely-Kinyon Research and Demonstration Farm. The University’s Long-Term Agroecological Research Experiment (LTAR) began in 1998[Read More…]
