ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013. Children as young as 3 years old understand they should share with others, but they fail to follow this rule until age 7 or 8, according to a new University of Michigan study. “There is abundant evidence that children are aware of fairness standards at a[Read More…]
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Health Care Quality Measurement for Doctors’ Offices Needs Improvement
In the Journal of the American Medical Association, Weill Cornell Researcher Suggests Ways to Improve Patient Safety and High-Level Care NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013 — In its 2001 report Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine outlined six domains of quality in medical care: safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency[Read More…]
NOAA Considers Effects of Arctic Oil and Gas Activities on Marine Mammals and Alaska Native Communities
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013. NOAA announced yesterday that it is seeking comments on a supplemental draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for oil and gas activities in the Arctic Ocean. The draft, developed in collaboration with the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), includes analysis on how[Read More…]
University of Florida Fossil Bird Study on Extinction Patterns Could Help Today’s Conservation Efforts
GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013. A new University of Florida study of nearly 5,000 Haiti bird fossils shows contrary to a commonly held theory, human arrival 6,000 years ago didn’t cause the island’s birds to die simultaneously. Although many birds perished or became displaced during a mass extinction event following the[Read More…]
ARPA-E Announces $40 Million for Research Projects to Develop Cleaner and Cheaper Transportation Choices for Consumers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2013. The Department of Energy today announced that approximately $40 million from its Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will be made available for two new programs that will engage our country’s brightest scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to develop technologies that shift our cars and trucks off oil. One[Read More…]
Obama Administration Holds 39-Million-Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Central Gulf of Mexico
Salazar announces $1.2 billion in high bids for 1.7 million acres Offshore Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi NEW ORLEANS, La.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. Taking the latest step in President Obama’s efforts to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Department of the Interior yesterday held a nearly 39 million-acre[Read More…]
NOAA Predicts Mixed Bag of Drought, Flooding and Warm Weather for Spring
U.S. Spring Flood Risk Map for 2013. Read the full National Hydrologic Assessment. Download here (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. NOAA issued the three-month U.S. Spring Outlook today, stating that odds favor above-average temperatures across much of the continental United States, including drought-stricken areas of Texas, the Southwest and[Read More…]
Women Abused as Children More Likely to Have Children With Autism
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. Women who experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse as children are more likely to have a child with autism than women who were not abused, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Those who experienced the most serious abuse had the[Read More…]
Norovirus is Now the Leading Cause of Severe Gastroenteritis in US Children
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. Norovirus is now the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis among children less than 5 years of age who seek medical care, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Norovirus was responsible for nearly 1 million pediatric medical care visits for[Read More…]
Philippine Supreme Court Delays Implementation of Landmark Reproductive Health Law
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. Earlier today the Philippine Supreme Court ordered a three-month delay in the implementation of a new groundbreaking law that guarantees universal and free access to nearly all modern contraceptives for all citizens, including impoverished communities, through government health centers. The law also mandates reproductive health education[Read More…]
