NIH study finds no reason for delaying pregnancy attempts after a loss without complications Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2016. Couples who attempt to conceive within three months after losing an early pregnancy, defined as less than 20 weeks gestation, have the same chances, if not greater, of achieving a live birth[Read More…]
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Nurses Urge Oregon Attorney General to Investigate Proposed Merger of Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–Januyary 12, 2016. The nation’s largest nurses organization, National Nurses United (NNU), is calling on Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to reject efforts by two large Catholic hospital systems to block public oversight into a merger that NNU warns could have a major impact on the cost, quality and availability of[Read More…]
Saturn the Mighty
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. It is easy to forget just how large Saturn is, at around 10 times the diameter of Earth. And with a diameter of about 72,400 miles (116,500 kilometers), the planet simply dwarfs its retinue of moons. One of those satellites, Tethys (660 miles or 1,062 kilometers[Read More…]
Researchers Discover Three Glaucoma-related Genes
NIH-funded genetics analysis of glaucoma is largest to date Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. An analysis funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has identified three genes that contribute to the most common type of glaucoma. The study increases the total number of such[Read More…]
UK Researchers Find Bee-Killing Pesticide Cocktail in Hedgerows and Wildflowers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. Scientists at Sussex University in the United Kingdom (UK) have found that bumble bees and honey bees are exposed to a harmful chemical cocktail when collecting pollen from wildflowers and hedgerows that border neonicotinoid-treated crops in UK farmland. After testing oilseed rape croplands during blooming season,[Read More…]
Particles ‘Go with the Flow’ on Pluto’s Surface
Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission have combined data from two instruments to create this composite image of Pluto’s informally named Viking Terra area. The combined data includes pictures taken by the spacecraft’s Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on July 14, 2015, from a[Read More…]
11.3 Million Individuals Nationwide are Signed Up Through the Health Insurance Marketplaces
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. According to a new report released yesterday, more than 11.3 million people are signed up for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. That includes 8.6 million people (76 percent) in the 38 states that use the HealthCare.gov[Read More…]
FDA Approves Integra Omnigraft Dermal Regeneration Matrix to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new indication for the Integra Omnigraft Dermal Regeneration Matrix (Omnigraft) to treat certain diabetic foot ulcers. The matrix device, which is made of silicone, cow collagen, and shark cartilage, is placed over the ulcer and provides an[Read More…]
Conservationists Challenge Helicopter Intrusions in Premiere Wilderness Area
The helicopter operations are part of a broader program to artificially inflate elk numbers by eliminating wolf packs Middle Fork of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho. Rex Parker / CC BY 2.0 Pocatello, ID —(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. A coalition of conservationists, represented by Earthjustice, yesterday filed[Read More…]
Study: Consumers Infrequently Combine Marijuana And Alcohol
Santa Monica, CA–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. Marijuana consumers do not typically use cannabis and alcohol in combination with one another, regardless of whether they are consuming cannabis for medicinal or social purposes, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Addiction. Investigators with the RAND Drug Policy Research[Read More…]
