WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond issued the following statement on the “Guaranteed Choices to Strengthen Medicare and Health Security for All” white paper released yesterday by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). “AARP continues to review the Wyden-Ryan proposal, and just as with[Read More…]
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Social Media in Protests: Study Finds ‘Recruiters’ and ‘Spreaders’
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–16 December 2011. A study has explored the dynamics behind social network sites in recruiting and spreading calls for action that contribute to mass mobilisations in riots, revolutions and protests. Led by Oxford University and published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study finds that the most influential group[Read More…]
Controversial Defense Authorization Provisions Explained
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. With yesterday’s Senate passage of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, the Center for American Progress released “Terrorist Detainee Rules Are Not McCarthyist: Defense Authorization Act Does Not Establish Military Detention in the U.S.,” CAP Action’s “Defense Bill Puts New Conditions on How U.S. Delivers[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Public-Private Initiative to Grow Independent Housing for Persons with Disabilities
State Investment Spurs Private Investment in Innovative Housing Program, Returns Vacant Properties to Productive Use CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced the commitment of $15 million in Illinois Jobs Now! capital program funds to launch a housing program to help people with disabilities live independently. Joined by partners[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs to Honor Jack Amberg as its ‘Veteran of the Month’
Year-end event to host previous 2011 VOTM honorees CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) on Friday (December 16th) will honor Jack Amberg, a Naperville resident and U.S. Army veteran, as its December 2011 “Veteran of the Month” during a ceremony at 1 p.m. (CST) at the[Read More…]
New Hospital Surgical Infection Information Available
New information informs patients and helps hospitals improve care SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. The Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care website now contains information about the number of surgical infections in Illinois hospitals. The new report shows infections following coronary artery bypass graft and total knee replacement[Read More…]
Federal Bill Opposed by Madigan Declared Dead in Congress
Automated Robo-calls Would Have Grossly Eroded Consumers’ Right to Cell Phone Privacy Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. After overwhelming opposition mounted by Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller and their counterparts across the country, legislation to allow for robo-calls to consumers’ cell phones was taken out of consideration in[Read More…]
Ground Broken for New Job-Creating Accelerator Research Facility at DOE’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Today, ground was broken for a new accelerator research facility being built at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois. Supported jointly by the state of Illinois and DOE, the construction of the Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC) will provide[Read More…]
Study: Inhaled Cannabis Modulates Appetite Hormones In HIV Patients
San Diego, CA–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Cannabis inhalation is associated with increased levels of appetite hormones in the blood of subjects with HIV infection, according to clinical trial data published online in the scientific journal Brain Research. Investigators at the University of California, San Diego and the Center for Medicinal Cannabis[Read More…]
‘False Alert’ Rate For Drug Dogs Tops 80 Percent
Sydney, Australia–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Some 80 percent of drug dog ‘alerts’ in New South Wales in 2011 yielded no illicit substances, according to state government statistics published this week by the Sydney Morning Herald. According to the paper, in the first nine months of 2011, “14,102 searches were conducted after[Read More…]
