Long-term Care Services Added to Integrated Care Delivery System to Improve Care for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) today announced the second phase of the state’s Integrated Care Program (ICP) to improve health and quality of life outcomes[Read More…]
Science
Remarks by President Obama at Ceremony for the 2011 National Medals of Science, and National Medals of Technology and Innovation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013 – 2:22 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Please, everyone have a seat. Well, it is my incredible pleasure and honor to welcome this incredibly talented group of men and women in the White House. And I want to congratulate them[Read More…]
Letter from Secretary Steven Chu to Energy Department Employees Announcing His Decision Not to Serve a Second Term
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. Secretary Chu In a letter to Energy Department employees today, Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlighted the tremendous progress of the last four years, and announced his decision to not serve a second term as Secretary. Text of the letter is below. Dear Colleagues: Serving the country as[Read More…]
Where Are All The Dwarf Galaxies?
Cosmic Web Stripping, Visualization (Credits: Alejandro Benitez Llambay) LEIBNIZ-(ENEWSPF)- Astronomers of the international CLUES collaboration have identified “Cosmic Web Stripping” as a new way of explaining the famous missing dwarf problem: the lack of observed dwarf galaxies compared with that predicted by the theory of Cold Dark Matter and Dark[Read More…]
NASA’s Cassini Watches Storm Choke on Its Own Tail
This set of images from NASA’s Cassini mission shows the evolution of a massive thunder-and-lightning storm that circled all the way around Saturn and fizzled when it ran into its own tail. The storm was first detected on Dec. 5, 2010. That month, it developed a head of bright clouds[Read More…]
Target ‘Super-Spreaders’ to Stop Hepatitis C
UK–(ENEWSPF)–1 February 2013. Each intravenous drug user contracting Hepatitis C is likely to infect around 20 other people with the virus, half of these transmissions occurring in the first two years after the user is first infected, a new study estimates. The work, led by researchers from Oxford University, suggests[Read More…]
New NIH Resources Help Growing Number of Americans With Vision Loss
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. A 20-page large-print booklet and a series of videos to help people adapt to life with low vision are available from the National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the National Institutes of Health. The materials were released during Low Vision Awareness Month, February 2013. The[Read More…]
Study: Marijuana Smoking Not Associated With Greater Mortality Risk Among Heart Attack Survivors
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. The use of cannabis among patients with established coronary disease is not associated with increased mortality risk, according to trial data published online in the American Heart Journal. Investigators at the Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, conducted a prospective study assessing the[Read More…]
Celebrate American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day® and Wear Red Today
Cardiovascular diseases kills 1 in every 3 people in the U.S. SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. To celebrate American Heart Month this February, Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is asking Illinoisans, “Do you know the signs of a heart attack and how to reduce your risk?” In[Read More…]
EPA Moves to Cancel d-CON Rodent Killing Products
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its decision to go ahead with the cancellation of 12 rodenticide products which posed “unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.” The decision came after manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser’s refusal to adopt EPA safety standards for its d-CON mouse and rat[Read More…]
