BELLEVILLE, IL –(ENEWSPF)—August 10, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and St. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly discussed the opioid crisis and how Veterans are affected by it during a roundtable with Chestnut Health System’s facility staff yesterday. The facility is one of four managed by Chestnut[Read More…]
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Study: Use Of CBD Products For Health Becoming Widespread
San Diego, CA—(ENEWSPF)—August 10, 2018 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The use of cannabidiol products for the treatment of either a specific health condition or for general well-being is becoming prevalent among the general public, according to survey data published in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. Researchers at[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Responds to President Trump’s Chicago “Discussion” Hosted 768 Miles Away in New Jersey
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—August 10, 2018 By: James Lewis Congresswoman Robin Kelly, vice chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released this statement following President Trump’s decision to exclude Chicago’s and Illinois’ elected officials from his “discussion” of Chicago, which will be hosted in New Jersey – 768 miles[Read More…]
FDA Allows Marketing of First Direct-to-Consumer App for Contraceptive Use to Prevent Pregnancy
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—August 10, 2018 Contact: Deborah Kotz The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today permitted marketing of the first mobile medical application (app) that can be used as a method of contraception to prevent pregnancy. The app, called Natural Cycles, contains an algorithm that calculates the days of the[Read More…]
Rising Rents Continue to Drive Inflation: Core Excluding Shelter Up Just 1.5 Percent in Last Year
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 10, 2018 By: Dean Baker Rising rental costs accounted for almost 60 percent of the inflation reported for July. Rising rents are becoming an evermore important factor in inflation. The shelter component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent in July and accounted for almost 60[Read More…]
Crete Man Talks Himself Into an Arrest: Police Reports Through July 30, 2018
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: This coverage represents reports from July 25 through July 30, 2018. There is one additional report from this batch we will not publish tonight. We requested some clarification of charges on that one. Charges this week were filed after a Crete man talked himself into an[Read More…]
NLGJA Announces Karen Hawkins as First Recipient of the NLGJA Jeanne Córdova Award
Washington, DC-(ENEWSPF)- NLGJA – The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announces that Rebellious Magazine for Women founder and editor-in-chief Karen Hawkins is the inaugural recipient of the new NLGJA Jeanne Córdova Award. The award recognizes the achievement of an LGBTQ woman for a current body of work in journalism and/or opinion, with an emphasis[Read More…]
Omega Centauri Unlikely to Harbor Life
Close encounters between stars in the Milky Way’s largest globular cluster leave little room for habitable planetary systems By Sarah Nightingale Riverside, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Searching for life in the vast universe is an overwhelming task, but scientists can cross one place off their list. Omega Centauri — a densely packed cluster of[Read More…]
Clinicians Learning of Patient Overdose Deaths Reduce Future Prescriptions of Opioid Drugs
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- The National Institutes of Health reported Thursday that patient overdose deaths had a direct impact on whether clinicians would prescribe opioid drugs in the future. An NIH-funded study shows clinicians reduced prescriptions following behavioral “nudge,” that they were more likely to reduce the number and dose of opioid[Read More…]
Healthy Aging Class at Shirley Green Senior Center on Thursday, August 23
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser A Healthy Aging Class will be offered by a Jewel Osco Dietitian will be held on Thursday, August 23 from 11 a.m. to noon. The class will take place at the Shirley Green Senior Center, 297 Liberty Drive in DownTown Park Forest.[Read More…]
