TUSCON, AZ –(ENEWSPF)–October 14 – The Center for Biological Diversity today named the U.S. Chamber of Commerce the recipient of its 2011 Rubber Dodo Award. The award is given annually to those who have done the most to drive endangered species extinct. Previous winners include former BP CEO Tony Hayward[Read More…]
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State Calls Attention to the Residents of Long-Term Care in Observance of Residents Rights Month
Department on Aging program protects and defends residents rights SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Illinois Department on Aging Acting Director Michael Gelder says the state advocates for more than 120,000 residents of long term care facilities, including nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, in Illinois. Director Gelder’s comment refers to this month’s Residents’[Read More…]
Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Call on Super Committee to Protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security for Seniors
Protecting Programs Critical to Seniors’ Health and Financial Security WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) sent a letter to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction yesterday to reject proposals that would reduce benefits to[Read More…]
Seed Time-Capsule Will Aid Study of Plant Evolution Amid Environmental Change
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Everything that scientists can ever know about long-gone creatures is what they can deduce from fossils. But what if they could resurrect actual specimens and compare their features with their modern-day descendants? That’s a notion that has University of Toronto biologists helping to create a seed[Read More…]
Urge your Representative to Co-Sponsor HR1983, the States’ Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 14, 2011. Help stop attacks on medical cannabis! Recently we have seen an increase in DEA raids and other tactics used by the federal government to interfere with medical cannabis in California, Arizona, and Michigan. Our allies in Congress have introduced critical bipartisan legislation to protect medical cannabis[Read More…]
CDC Reports Uneven Declines in Coronary Heart Disease by State and Race/Ethnicity
Million Hearts initiative strikes at leading killer of Americans Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. The number of Americans who report they have coronary heart disease – which includes heart attack and angina (chest pain) – continues to decline but rates vary widely from state to state and by race and ethnicity,[Read More…]
Think Tank Shelves Marijuana Dispensary Study Following Outcry From Law Enforcement
Santa Monica, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. The RAND Corporation has removed a study from its website that found that a city-mandated closure of medical marijuana dispensaries in 2010 was associated with increased incidences of criminal activity. RAND’s decision to shelve the study appears to have been motivated by criticism levied at[Read More…]
New Research Links Pesticides to Cardiovascular Disease
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have found that environmental toxicants such as dioxins, PCBs, and pesticides can pose a risk for cardiovascular disease. The results of the study, entitled “Circulating Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Carotid Atherosclerosis in the Elderly,” show a link[Read More…]
Durbin Meets with Belleville-native Crew Member of Final Space Shuttle Mission
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) met with NASA Flight STA-135 Mission Specialist and Belleville, Illinois-native Dr. Sandy Magnus and Commander Chris Ferguson yesterday to discuss the International Space Station and continuing space exploration and research. The mission, which carried supplies and spare parts to the Space[Read More…]
Astronomers Find Bounty of Failed Stars
One youngster only six times heftier than Jupiter TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011. A University of Toronto-led team of astronomers has discovered over two dozen new free-floating brown dwarfs, including a lightweight youngster only about six times heftier than Jupiter, that reside in two young star clusters. What’s more, one[Read More…]
