Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Today, NOAA Fisheries awarded nearly $3 million in grants to support the conservation and recovery of protected marine species through stranding response and marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation. Through the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, NOAA awarded 32 grants to nonprofit organizations,[Read More…]
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New Study Points to Chicago’s West Side as the Region’s Epicenter for Heroin Hospitalizations and Arrests
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. While widespread heroin use in Chicago’s suburbs has been well documented, people are more likely to suffer negative health and criminal justice impacts due to heroin on Chicago’s West Side than in any other part of the city or the Chicagoland region. Long considered to be a[Read More…]
FDA Requires Strong warnings for Opioid Analgesics, Prescription Opioid Cough Products, and Benzodiazepine Labeling Related to Serious Risks and Death from Combined Use
Action to better inform prescribers and protect patients as part of Agency’s Opioids Action Plan Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2016. After an extensive review of the latest scientific evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it is requiring class-wide changes to drug labeling, including patient information, to[Read More…]
NIH Review Finds Nondrug Approaches Effective for Treatment of Common Pain Conditions
U.S. study reviews trial results on complementary health approaches for pain relief; aims to assist with pain management Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Data from a review of U.S.-based clinical trials published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that some of the most popular complementary health approaches — such as yoga,[Read More…]
A Doctor Dissects Trump’s Doctors Letter. It Ain’t Pretty.
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 By Murfster35 Want to change4 your story Dr? At this point I’m thinking that the good Dr. Bornstein wishes that both he and his most excellent patient had just both kept their big, fat mouths shut. For a while there, it looked like they had gotten[Read More…]
Extreme Temperatures Could Increase Preterm Birth Risk
NIH researchers find more preterm births among women exposed to extremes of hot and cold Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Extreme hot or cold temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk of preterm birth, according to study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The study authors found that extremes[Read More…]
Traces of Ebola Virus Linger Longer than Expected in Semen
Older men more likely to have a positive semen test Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Initial data from a Liberian public health program show about 9 percent (38) of 429 male Ebola survivors had fragments of Ebola virus in their semen. Of those, 63 percent had semen samples that tested positive[Read More…]
Genetic ‘Extinction’ Technology Rejected by International Group of Scientists, Conservationists and Environmental Advocates
OAHU, HAWAI’I —(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. As thousands of government representatives and conservationists convene in Oahu this week for the 2016 World Conservation Congress, international conservation and environmental leaders are raising awareness about the potentially dangerous use of gene drives — a controversial new synthetic biology technology intended to deliberately cause[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Lead Emissions at 20,000 U.S. Airports Threaten Community Health
Evidence linking ill-health to airborne lead emissions requires swift action from the EPA WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. A new report documents how small airplanes at 20,000 U.S. airports still emit toxic lead. Aviation fuel currently accounts for 50 percent of all airborne lead emissions and the Environmental Protection Agency[Read More…]
Justice Department Sues to Block Deere’s Acquisition of Precision Planting
Acquisition Would Eliminate Deere’s Only Effective Competitor in High-Speed Precision Planting Systems Market ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2016. The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block Deere & Company’s proposed acquisition of Precision Planting LLC from Monsanto Company in order to preserve competition in the market for high-speed[Read More…]
