Boston, MA—(ENEWSPF)—March 29, 2018 By: Melissa Bailey After back-to-back, eight-hour shifts at a chiropractor’s office and a rehab center, Nirva arrived outside an elderly woman’s house just in time to help her up the front steps. Nirva took the woman’s arm as she hoisted herself up, one step at a[Read More…]
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FDA Authorizes First Fully Interoperable Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
Streamlines review pathway for similar devices Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—March 29, 2018 Contact: Tara Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today permitted marketing of the Dexcom G6 integrated continuous glucose monitoring (iCGM) system for determining blood glucose (sugar) levels in children aged two and older and adults with diabetes. This[Read More…]
UChicago Scientists Build Trap to Make Tiny Packages of Light ‘Collide’
Study examines how to manipulate photons for quantum engineering CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2018 By: Louise Lerner The universe is illuminated via photons, the tiny individual particles that make up light, but they don’t interact with each other. To make them see the light, a team of University of Chicago physicists built[Read More…]
Atypical Brain Development Observed in Preschoolers with ADHD Symptoms
NIH-funded study uses high-resolution brain scans to uncover structural changes. Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2018 By: Robert Bock and Meredith Daly Children as young as 4 years old with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have significant differences in brain structure, compared to children without such symptoms, according to researchers funded[Read More…]
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Announces Expansion of State Medicinal Marijuana Program
Advocates Applaud Murphy Administration for Acting Quickly to Expand the Long-Stalled Program Trenton, New Jersey—(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2018 Contact: Tony Newman Today, Governor Phil Murphy announced steps to expand New Jersey’s long-stalled Medicinal Marijuana Program. The Governor acted quickly after taking office, issuing an executive order mandating the Department of Health[Read More…]
Poll: Public Says Drug Companies Have More Influence in Washington than the NRA
Most Americans Say the White House and Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress Aren’t Doing Enough to Address High Drug Costs CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2018 Contacts: Rakesh Singh and Craig Palosky As policymakers weigh strategies to address the high cost of prescription drugs, the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that[Read More…]
Sierra Club Take Crucial Step Forward in Fracked Gas Pipeline Conflict of Interest Case
Environmental Advocates File Opening Brief in Push for Full Oversight of ACP Richmond, VA—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2018 By: Doug Jackson The Sierra Club, represented by Appalachian Mountain Advocates, filed its opening brief last Friday in an appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court. Friday’s action was the next step in the Sierra[Read More…]
Court Rejects BLM Plans to Mine Coal, Install Oil and Gas Wells Over 15 Million Acres in Powder River Basin
GREAT FALLS, Montana–(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2018 Contact: Kyle Tisdel, Western Environmental Law Center On Friday, a federal court found a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plan allowing coal mining and oil and gas drilling on over 15 million acres of public land and mineral rights in Montana and Wyoming to be[Read More…]
Taking the Pulse of Greenhouse Gases
Hampton, VA—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2018 By: Joe Atkinson, NASA Langley Research Center It can happen in a flash — airborne science, that is. Two hundred microseconds, to be exact. With lasers shot from the belly of a King Air B200 aircraft. That’s right, scientists are shooting lasers at atmospheric gases —[Read More…]
Audubon and National Park Service Predict Major Changes for Birds in a Warming World
As our changing climate pushes birds out of historic ranges, America’s national parks could see an influx of newcomers and the departure of familiar species by 2050 NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—March 22, 2018 By: Nicolas Gonzalez, National Audubon Society and Gregor Schuurman, National Park Service According to a groundbreaking study published today by[Read More…]
