President Obama’s pick is head of the MIT Energy Initiative and a former undersecretary of energy. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. President Barack Obama announced today that he intends to nominate MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz to head the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor[Read More…]
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Nearly One-Third of Children With ADHD Still Have ADHD as Adults
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. A study that followed children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood found nearly 30 percent of them continued to have ADHD at age 27, and more than half had another psychiatric disorder. The study, “Mortality, ADHD, and Psychosocial Adversity in Adults With Childhood[Read More…]
Early Warning System Provides Four-month Forecast of Malaria Epidemics in Northwest India
A female Anopheles stephensi mosquito, which transmits malaria in western India. Photo courtesy of Kedar Bhide. ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. Sea surface temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean can be used to accurately forecast, by up to four months, malaria epidemics thousands of miles away in northwestern India, a[Read More…]
Seven Genetic Risk Factors Found to be Associated with Common Eye Disorder
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. The discovery of seven new regions of the human genome associated with macular degeneration could help scientists better understand who reaches the most severe stages of the disorder, says a University of Michigan researcher. Gonçalo Abecasis, the Felix Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics at the University[Read More…]
Multiple Studies Stress the Importance of Wild Pollinators
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. Two studies released on February 28th in the journal Science detail the dramatic decline of wild pollinators and their effectiveness in producing seeds and fruit on crops in comparison to domesticated honey bees. The study conducted on the effectiveness of wild pollinators, which was led by[Read More…]
State Department Releases Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 1, 2013. Today, the U.S. Department of State released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada to Nebraska. The document is a draft technical review of potential environmental impacts associated with[Read More…]
Florida State Lawmakers Will Consider Medical Marijuana Bill
TALLAHASSEE—(ENEWSPF)—March 1, 2013. State Sen. Jeff Clemens (D-Lake Worth) introduced a bill yesterday that would allow Floridians with debilitating medical conditions to legally obtain and use marijuana if their doctors recommend it. S.B. 1250, the Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act, would allow patients with certain qualifying medical conditions, or their[Read More…]
Scientists Warn of Sperm Count Declines Linked to Pesticide Exposure
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013) In a literature review published in Toxicology last week, researchers found that environmental and occupational pesticide exposure was strongly associated with declines in sperm count. Researchers Sheena Martenies, BS, and Melissa Perry, ScD., MHS., determined that of the 17 studies evaluated, 15 of them reported significant[Read More…]
Innovative Policy to Prevent Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV Shows Positive Impact
New approach in Malawi dramatically increases the number of mothers on treatment Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. The number of pregnant and breastfeeding women in Malawi with HIV who started life-saving antiretroviral treatment increased by more than 700 percent in one year, according to a study in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality[Read More…]
Study: Nonpsychoactive Cannabinoid Mitigates Colitis
Naples, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. The administration of the nonpsychotropic cannabinoid cannabigerol (CBG) mitigates colitis (inflammation of the large intestine) in a preclinical model and ought to be assessed in clinical trials, according to data published online in the journal Biochemical Pharmacology. Investigators at the University of Naples assessed the impact[Read More…]
