New Mexico Department of Health’s Medical Cannabis Medical Advisory Board Will Hear the Petition, Tomorrow, in Santa Fe Psychiatrists, Military Veterans and Other Patients Scheduled to Testify at the Hearing, Asking the Governor and the Secretary of Health Not to Take Away Their Medicine Santa Fe, NM–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012. [Read More…]
Science
The Glenstone Program: Your Lawn Could Be This Healthy, Too
Instantly transitioned from a strict synthetic chemical program to all-organic protocols in July of 2010, the lawn at Glenstone in Potomac, Md., is shimmering green and predominantly weed-free this fall. POTOMAC, MD. –(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012. The living, evolving science project at the modern art museum known as Glenstone continues[Read More…]
Conservationists Ask State to Study Impacts of McKenzie Hatcheries on Imperiled Wild Spring Chinook Salmon
Eugene, OR –(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012. The Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the McKenzie Flyfishers, today sent a notice of intent to sue to the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) for operating two fish hatcheries on the McKenzie River that harm wild Chinook salmon without having studied the impacts of[Read More…]
Cockatoo ‘Can Make Its Own Tools’
UK–(ENEWSPF)–06 November 2012. A cockatoo from a species not known to use tools in the wild has been observed spontaneously making and using tools for reaching food and other objects. A Goffin’s cockatoo called ‘Figaro’, that has been reared in captivity and lives near Vienna, used his powerful beak to[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine Brings Multidisciplinary Approach to Screening for and Treating Lung Cancer
Screening with low dose computed tomography proves important in detecting lung cancer CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012. November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the United States. It has a five-year survival rate of only 15 percent. Often,[Read More…]
FDA Warns Tennessee Company That Online Product Claims Violate Federal Law
False claims include “benefits for fungal meningitis, concussions, and other diseases” Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a Warning Letter to The Avalon Effect Inc., a company based in Franklin, Tenn., for its marketing of a light therapy product that claims to cure[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders Teams Filling Gaps in Medical Aid for People Affected by Hurricane Sandy
Medical and Psychological Care Provided in Shelters and Residential Areas in New York City Boroughs of Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Hoboken, New Jersey NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012 — Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams, working alongside local community groups, are providing medical and mental health care to Hurricane[Read More…]
Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Take Flight in Brazil
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012. In efforts to stamp out the deadly disease Dengue fever, officials in Brazil are in the process of releasing millions of genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes into the environment. However, some in the environmental community are concerned about the possible non-target effects of this experiment, and urge[Read More…]
Recycling at Its Best in Park Forest
This compost was donated by Larry Christiansen of Christiansen Farms, Peotone, IL. Bob Goeste of Star Disposal arranged for the transportation of the compost to St I’s. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)-November 6, 2012. Ever wonder what happens to the lawn waste that you put in those brown bags for pick[Read More…]
79 Arkansas Doctors Who Support Issue #5 – The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act
Doctors Across Arkansas Support Issue 5 ARKANSAS–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012. The listed endorsing physicians signed statements of support containing the following language: Licensed medical practitioners should not be punished for recommending the medical use of marijuana to seriously ill people, and seriously ill people should not be subject to criminal sanctions[Read More…]
