Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2014. Banned pesticides and flame retardants may be the cause of higher autistic behaviors for children who were exposed in utero, according to new research published last week in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Previous research has demonstrated that organochlorine chemicals are linked to learning problems, such[Read More…]
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New TB Screening Guidelines Overseas Save U.S. Estimated $15 Million
Thousands receive treatment prior to coming to the United States MAP Team member, Captain Mary Naughton, reviews chest x-rays with a panel physician in Ghana. Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. Updated CDC recommendations for overseas tuberculosis (TB) screening of immigrants and refugees have identified hundreds of cases that otherwise would have[Read More…]
Oregon Physicists Use Geometry to Understand ‘Jamming’ Process
EUGENE, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014 — University of Oregon physicists using a supercomputer and mathematically rich formulas have captured fundamental insights about what happens when objects moving freely jam to a standstill. Their approach captures jamming — the point at which objects come together too tightly to move — by identifying[Read More…]
UN Secretary General Ban Hails Impact of UN Climate Change Treaty, Urges Renewed Commitment to Ideals
By absorbing much of the added heat trapped by atmospheric greenhouse gases, the oceans are delaying some of the impacts of climate change. Photo: WMO/Olga Khoroshunova BONN–(ENEWSPF)–20 March 2014 – Over the past 20 years, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has galvanized the world to seek multilateral[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces Order to Implement Youth Initiative Connecting Millions of Young People to America’s Great Outdoors
Sets Specific Goals to Work with Businesses, Conservation Groups and Youth Organizations to Provide Opportunities to Play, Learn, Serve and Work Outdoors WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. Formalizing an ambitious initiative to connect America’s young people to the great outdoors, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today issued a Secretarial Order[Read More…]
Seattle Medical Marijuana Dispensary is First in Washington State to Achieve National Certification
New Patient Focused Certification program brings quality, safety standards to medical marijuana industry Seattle, WA—(ENEWSPF)—March 20, 2014. The first medical marijuana dispensary in Washington State was certified today under a recently launched nationwide program that verifies the quality and reliability of products sold at licensed medical marijuana businesses. Today’s certificate[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Implantable Hearing Device for Adults with a Certain Kind of Hearing Loss
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first implantable device for people 18 and older with severe or profound sensorineural hearing loss of high-frequency sounds in both ears, but who can still hear low-frequency sounds with or without a hearing aid. The Nucleus[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Calls on Supreme Court to Protect Women’s Health Care
Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley yesterday joined with a small business owner and women’s health advocates to call on the U.S. Supreme Court to protect women’s health in a case that will be heard before the Court next week. The case, Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius, could allow[Read More…]
Women in Ttheir 60s Twice as Likely to Develop Alzheimer’s Disease as They are Breast Cancer
There are 2.5 Times More Women Than Men Providing Intensive ‘On Duty’ Care 24 Hours a Day to Someone with Alzheimer’s CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 19, 2014. According to the Alzheimer’s Association 2014 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report released today, a women’s estimated lifetime risk of developing Alzheimer’s at age 65 is[Read More…]
Risk of Obesity from Eating Fried Foods may Depend on Genetic Makeup
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2014. People with a genetic predisposition to obesity are at a higher risk of obesity and related chronic diseases from eating fried foods than those with a lower genetic risk, according to a new study from researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Brigham and Women’s[Read More…]
