Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 By: NORML Patients enrolled in a statewide medical cannabis program are likely to reduce their use of conventional prescription drugs over time, according to data published online ahead of print in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Care. Investigators from DePaul University and Rush University, College[Read More…]
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Court Orders Zinke, Interior to Immediately Reinstate BLM Methane Waste Rule
Industry requests instigated illegal activity by federal government Helena, MT –(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 By: Western Environmental Law Center Late yesterday, a U.S. District Court judge ruled the Trump administration’s indefinite suspension of key aspects of President Obama’s BLM methane waste rule this summer was “arbitrary and capricious.” The court ordered[Read More…]
Carbon Feedback From Forest Soils Will Accelerate Global Warming, Study Finds
Twenty-six-year research project finds cyclical response between soils, climate system CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 By: Diana Kenney After 26 years, the world’s longest-running experiment to discover how warming temperatures affect forest soils has revealed a surprising, cyclical response: Soil warming stimulates periods of abundant carbon release from the soil to the[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Test for Screening Zika Virus in Blood Donations
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 Authored By: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the cobas Zika test, a qualitative nucleic acid test for the detection of Zika virus RNA in individual plasma specimens obtained from volunteer donors of whole blood and blood[Read More…]
Americans in Rural Areas More Likely to Die by Suicide
Suicide rates for rural counties consistently higher than urban counties from 2001-2015 Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 Authored by: The Center for Disease Control (CDC) Rural counties consistently had higher suicide rates than metropolitan counties from 2001-2015, according to data released today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[Read More…]
Rulemaking Sets Stage for Trump and Zinke to Eliminate or Gut BLM Methane Rule
Move puts short-term oil and gas profits before taxpayers and public health Taos, NM—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 By: Western Environmental Law Center The Trump administration is expected to propose a new rule today to delay implementation of the BLM methane rule that curbs waste and pollution from the oil and gas[Read More…]
UChicago Physicist Lauds Nobel Winners Who Led Efforts to Detect Gravitational Waves
LIGO collaborator Daniel Holz credits trio for scientific leadership CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2017 By: Steve Koppes and Louise Lerner The University of Chicago’s Daniel Holz this morning saluted the three newest Nobel laureates in physics, with whom he worked as a member of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. The Nobel Foundation[Read More…]
Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States
More than 630,000 in the U.S. affected Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2017 Authored by: Center for Disease Control (CDC) Overweight and obesity are associated with increased risk of 13 types of cancer. These cancers account for about 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States in 2014, according to[Read More…]
Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug More Readily Available in Illinois
IDPH Issues Illinois Naloxone Standing Order SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2017. By: Illinois Department of Public Health Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D. today announced the release of the Illinois Naloxone Standing Order (Standing Order). This Standing Order makes a drug that is able to[Read More…]
Infant Sleep Positioners: FDA Warning – Risk of Suffocation
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2017 Authored by: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The FDA is reminding parents and caregivers not to put babies in sleep positioners. These products—sometimes also called “nests” or “anti-roll” products—can cause suffocation (a struggle to breathe) that can lead to death. Each year, about 4,000 infants[Read More…]
