Washingtojn, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2012. On Halloween, scarier things then spooky ghouls and goblins may be lurking in places that you don’t expect; places like your child’s candy bag. Over 80% of processed food in the U.S. contains genetically engineered (GE) ingredients, and most major candy products are no exception. As[Read More…]
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Blue Shield of California to Give Back $50 Million to Fulfill 2 Percent Net Income Pledge for 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012 — In fulfillment of its pledge to limit net income to 2 percent of revenue, Blue Shield of California Chairman and CEO Bruce Bodaken announced today that the not-for-profit company will return $50 million to its customers by December 31, 2012. The funds will be[Read More…]
Landscape Flood Recovery: Steps to Consider
Swamped landscapes may recover once the water subsides. MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012. With much of the Eastern Seaboard assessing damage today from Hurricane Sandy, first thoughts turn to loved ones and basements. Then, if everyone’s healthy and your stuff is dry, you dare to peak outside. “Returning to a flooded[Read More…]
UPDATE: Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Investigation, October 30, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012 2:00 PM EDT At-A-Glance Status: Ongoing Investigation Infection: Fungal Facility Type: Outpatient Setting Case Count: 363 States: 19 Deaths: 28 Last case update: October 30, 2 p.m. Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak – Current Case Count October 30, 2012 2:00 PM EDT Previous Case Count Maps Cases[Read More…]
How the Brain Controls Our Habits
MIT neuroscientists identify a brain region that can switch between new and old habits. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012. Habits are behaviors wired so deeply in our brains that we perform them automatically. This allows you to follow the same route to work every day without thinking about it, liberating your[Read More…]
Common Food Preservative May Slow, Even Stop Tumor Growth
Top control group shows growth of tumors that weren’t treated with nisin. Bottom group shows growth of tumors that were treated with nisan. Those tumors are significantly smaller. ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2102. Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a[Read More…]
New Procedure Helps Patients with Severe Asthma Breathe Easier
Northwestern Memorial offers first non-drug, FDA approved therapy for severe asthma CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012. Nearly 24 million people in this country suffer from asthma. For most of them, avoiding allergens and taking medications help keep their asthma under control. But for a small group with severe persistent asthma, frequent hospital[Read More…]
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble
Wolf-Rayet bubble EU–(ENEWSPF)–30 October 2012. The cosmic cauldron has brewed up a Halloween trick in the form of a ghostly face that glows in X-rays, as seen by ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope. The eerie entity is a bubble bursting with the fiery stellar wind of a ‘live fast, die young’[Read More…]
Disability Trends: Oldest Old Improving, Boomers Doing Worse
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2012. The oldest old are doing better and those approaching late life are doing worse, but Americans between the ages of 65 and 84 are experiencing about the same level of disabilities as they did at the start of the 21st century. Those are the key findings[Read More…]
UPDATE: Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Investigation, October 29, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2012 – 2 PM EDT At-A-Glance Status: Ongoing Investigation Infection: Fungal Facility Type: Outpatient Setting Case Count: 354 States: 19 Deaths: 25 Last case update: October 29, 2 p.m. Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak – Current Case Count October 29, 2012 2:00 PM EDT Previous Case Count Maps [Read More…]
