SPRINGFIELD, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. Safety on Illinois lakes, rivers and other waterways starts with wearing a life jacket and staying sober as the busy spring and summer boating season begins. Illinois Department of Natural Resource (IDNR) Conservation Police – as part of the observance of National Safe Boating Week on[Read More…]
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CDC Identifies 10 Public Health Achievements of First Decade of 21st Century
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. The major public health achievements of the first 10 years of the 21st century included improvements in vaccine preventable and infectious diseases, reductions in deaths from certain chronic diseases, declines in deaths and injuries from motor vehicle crashes, and more, according to a report from the[Read More…]
Raising Awareness of a Silent Epidemic – World Hepatitis Day, May 19, 2011
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. An estimated 4.4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis, but most do not know they are infected. Viral hepatitis is an inflammation or infection of the liver and is the leading cause of liver cancer. Today, World Hepatitis Day, Illinois Department of Public Health Director[Read More…]
FDA Clears First Test for Recent Infection With Cat Scratch Disease
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first test to help determine whether a pregnant woman or a person with swollen lymph nodes testing positive for toxoplasmosis, sometimes known as cat scratch disease, developed the infection within the past four months. Toxoplasmosis is[Read More…]
Free-Floating Planets May be More Common Than Stars
This artist’s conception illustrates a Jupiter-like planet alone in the dark of space, floating freely without a parent star. Astronomers recently uncovered evidence for 10 such lone worlds, thought to have been “booted,” or ejected, from developing solar systems. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Full image and caption | › See[Read More…]
Durbin Raises Concerns with FDA About Melatonin in Baked Goods
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today raised concerns with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about baked goods containing neurohormone melatonin that, because they are marketed as dietary supplements, do not require approval by the FDA for use as additives in food. Durbin asked the FDA[Read More…]
Fish and Wildlife Service Unveils National Plan to Combat Deadly White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2011. The Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today unveiled a national management plan to address the threat posed by white-nose syndrome, which has killed more than a million hibernating bats in eastern North America since it was discovered near Albany, New York in 2006. [Read More…]
NASA Mission Will Observe Earth’s Salty Seas For Climate Clues
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2011. Final preparations are under way for the June 9 launch of the international Aquarius/SAC-D observatory. The mission’s primary instrument, Aquarius, will study interactions between ocean circulation, the water cycle and climate by measuring ocean surface salinity. Engineers at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California are performing final[Read More…]
Prolonged Breastfeeding May Be Connected to Fewer Child Behaviour Problems
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–17 May 2011. Breastfeeding for four months or more is associated with fewer behavioural problems in children at age 5, an Oxford University study suggests. The findings, published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, add to the evidence base on the benefits of breastfeeding. ‘Our results provide[Read More…]
Spray Drift Education Network – Has Your Garden Been Affected By a Neighbor’s Use of Pesticides?
Evanston, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2011. Spray Drift Education Network is a new grassroots organization whose mission is to educate people about the issue of chemical and pesticide drift and help them respond appropriately when chemical drift occurs. The website (spraydriftillinois.com) has complete information on how to file a claim, an important first step[Read More…]
