Decision Addresses Longstanding Concerns about Development in Badger-Two Medicine in Montana Photo Source: USDA WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has cancelled an oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area of the Lewis and Clark[Read More…]
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Spring Outlook: Moderate Flood Risk for Drenched Louisiana, East Texas (Video)
Spring to improve drought in northern California; little relief for rest of state Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. According to NOAA’s U.S. Spring Outlook released today, areas of the country still under water from torrential rainfall last week have an elevated risk of moderate flooding through the rest of the season.[Read More…]
Scientists Discover Non-opioid Pain Pathway in the Brain
Study provides evidence for the existence of a non-opioid process in the brain to reduce pain through mindfulness meditation Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. Results from a new study, funded in part by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, demonstrate that mindfulness meditation works on a different pain pathway[Read More…]
3-D Technology Enriches Human Nerve Cells for Transplant to Brain
Improves potential to help Parkinson’s, other degenerative diseases Human neurons (red) extend neural outgrowths across the 3D scaffold. Prabhas Moghe, Rutgers. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. National Institutes of Health-funded scientists have developed a 3D micro-scaffold technology that promotes reprogramming of stem cells into neurons, and supports growth of neuronal connections[Read More…]
Experimental Dengue Vaccine Protects All Recipients in Virus Challenge Study
Vaccine developed by NIH and FDA scientists A female Aedes mosquito, which spreads dengue virusNIAID Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. A clinical trial in which volunteers were infected with dengue virus six months after receiving either an experimental dengue vaccine developed by scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or[Read More…]
Study Concludes Men and Women Have Same Biological Reaction to Same Stresses
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. It turns out men and women may not be all that different when it comes to the kinds of things they’re stressed about, a new study by a Roosevelt University PsyD student shows. Like many of us, Sarah Fredrickson (above), a doctoral psychology student at Roosevelt University[Read More…]
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Mental Health Services on College Campuses
Studies show that one-half of all chronic mental illness begins by age 14 and three-quarters by age 24 WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Responding to the pressing need for enhanced mental health services on college campuses across the country, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Susan Collins (R-ME) joined with[Read More…]
Interior Department Announces Next Step in Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Planning Process for 2017-2022
Proposal for next Five-Year Program continues balanced approach to leasing; proposal protects sensitive resources, and asks for public comment on additional protections WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper today announced the proposal for the[Read More…]
Citizen Groups Challenge Plans to Green Light Huge Fossil Fuel Development in Powder River Basin
BLM Plans Span 10 Million Acres, 81 Billion Tons of Coal GREAT FALLS, Mont. –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. A plan to keep open vast amounts of public land in Montana and Wyoming for fossil fuel development and drilling is short-sighted and fails to consider dramatic changes in energy markets that make such[Read More…]
New Study Demonstrates Need for Dual Use of Condoms and Birth Control for Teens
NEW YORK, NY —(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. A new study in JAMA Pediatrics yesterday found that teens who use long-acting reversible contraception, IUDs and implants, were 60 percent less likely to use condoms than teens who use the Pill. Statement from Leslie Kantor, PhD, MPH, Vice President of Education at Planned Parenthood Federation of America:[Read More…]
