New Study Finds Nurse Staffing Plays Important Role in Implementation of Measures That Improve Care for Heart Failure Patients in Rural Hospitals Princeton, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Ensuring that heart failure patients receive optimal care can be difficult, particularly in rural hospitals. Now a new study suggests that rural hospitals may[Read More…]
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Landslides and Lava Flows at Olympus Mons on Mars
Sulci Gordii EU–(ENEWSPF)–2 May 2013. Giant landslides, lava flows and tectonic forces are behind this dynamic scene captured recently by ESA’s Mars Express of a region scarred by the Solar System’s largest volcano, Olympus Mons. Sulci Gordii in context The image was taken on 23 January by the spacecraft’s high-resolution[Read More…]
Federal Agency Report: 3,000 Barrels of Crude Still Missing
ExxonMobil Recovers Less Than Half of the Mayflower Tar Sand Spill ARKANSAS–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Despite a massive cleanup effort in the Mayflower, Arkansas, neighborhood, the federal pipeline safety agency reports that ExxonMobil has recovered only 2,000 of the total 5,000 barrels of spilled tar sands crude. The accident incident report,[Read More…]
Billions of Birds Wing Their Way North
Audubon Tips on How To Help Migrating Birds Larry Crist / USFWS New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Every spring from March to June, billions of birds travel from their winter homes in the south to their summer breeding grounds as far north as the Arctic. They often fly at night,[Read More…]
How Medicaid Affects Adult Health
Study: Health insurance helps lower-income Americans avoid depression, diabetes, major financial shocks CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Enrollment in Medicaid helps lower-income Americans overcome depression, get proper treatment for diabetes, and avoid catastrophic medical bills, but does not appear to reduce the prevalence of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol,[Read More…]
Governor Chris Christie to Sign Bill that Would Help Prevent Drug Overdose Deaths Today at 2:00 p.m.
Legislation Encourages Calling 911 in Drug Overdose Cases and Expands Access to Overdose Antidote Naloxone Bon Jovi, Families Who Have Lost Loved Ones to Overdose and Advocates to Attend Signing Trenton–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Today at 2:00 p.m., Governor Chris Christie is scheduled to sign into law the Overdose Prevention Act,[Read More…]
Report Finds Pesticide Hazards to Endangered Species Inadequately Reviewed by EPA
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. A committee of the National Academy of Sciences’ Research Council (NRC) issued a new report that outlines steps to improve regulatory problems associated with pesticides that harm endangered and threatened species. The report, Evaluating Risks That Pesticides Pose to Endangered, Threatened Species – New Report suggests[Read More…]
Wildlife Advocates Call For Endangered Species Status for Wolverine
The US Fish & Wildlife Service’s proposal to give wolverines the less-protective “threatened” status and failure to designate critical habitat ignore the scientific evidence and fall short of what is necessary to avoid extinction Helena, MT–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2013. Today, the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) called on the U.S. Fish[Read More…]
NIH Awards $40 Million in Grants to Reduce Stroke Disparities in the U.S.
May is National Stroke Awareness Month Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2013. Four research centers will develop high-impact culturally tailored interventions aimed at lowering stroke risk among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Together the centers are expected to receive $40 million in funding over five years, contingent on the[Read More…]
NIH Encourages Americans to Make Vision a Priority during Healthy Vision Month
Statement from National Eye Institute Director Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2013. In May, Healthy Vision Month, the National Eye Institute (NEI) calls on Americans to make their vision a priority by taking the necessary steps to protect vision, prevent vision loss, and make the most of[Read More…]
