Recently added articles from AScribe Health News Service:
Alliance for Children and Families Awards $60,000 in Grants to Member Agencies to Support Aging Services.
Nov 17, 2008 ... Byline: Alliance for Children and Families MILWAUKEE, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Alliance for Children and Families, a national membership association of nonprofit human service providers, has awarded a total of $60,000 in grants to 20 nonprofit member organizations ...
What Inspired Your Encore Career? Seventeen People Doing Good Work in the Second Half of Life Win an Unusual Story Contest and a Free Trip to an Historic Summit.
Nov 17, 2008 ... Byline: Civic Ventures SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- One winner retired from the military and found his true calling: teaching disadvantaged youth in a homeless shelter. Another realized her childhood dream of becoming a nurse after a career in office management ....
Statement of Kathleen Kelly in Support of National Family Caregivers Month in November; Family Caregiver Alliance Urges New Administration to Recognize and Support the Important Work of Family Caregivers.
Nov 13, 2008 ... Byline: Family Caregiver Alliance SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a statement by Kathleen Kelly, Executive Director of Family Caregiver Alliance. - - - - With the attention focused on the country's economic situation and the ...
Dana-Farber Offers Tips to Fight Cancer With Your Fork This Holiday Season.
Nov 06, 2008 ... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- This time of year offers a cornucopia of cancer-fighting foods, and many of them will end up on the dinner table this holiday season. Stephanie Meyers, RD, LDN, CNSD, a nutritionist at ...
Leading Scientific Experts to React to BPA Panel's Rebuke of FDA Inaction Over Toxic Chemical; Watchdog Group to Call on Food and Formula Manufactures to Remove Toxic Plastics Chemical From Food Cans, Containers; Nation Cannot Wait for FDA to Act.
Oct 30, 2008 ... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- During a conference call with reporters at 11 a.m. EST on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, leading scientific authorities on the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) will react to the this week's action by ...
National Family Caregivers Month, 2008: A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America.
Oct 29, 2008 ... Byline: National Family Caregivers Association KENSINGTON, Md., Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- During National Family Caregivers Month we recognize and celebrate the many individuals throughout our country who work each day to ensure a better quality of life for their family ...
Amethyst Initiative Sparks Formal Dialogue on University of Maryland Campus.
Oct 28, 2008 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Maryland President C.D. Mote, Jr., one of 100 signatories to the Amethyst Initiative, will open a formal dialogue on underage drinking by hosting the Alcohol Summit 2008 ....
Chemical Industry Wrote FDA's Glowing Assessment of BPA; Chemical Lobby Admits Involvement in Drafting Agency's Position.
Oct 23, 2008 ... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported today that internal documents from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show that an agency task force assessment of the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A ...
American Lung Association of California Launches Lung Cancer Campaign to Raise Awareness of Number One Cancer Killer; November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Byline: American Lung Association ENCINO, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Lung Association of California launched a new campaign today to raise awareness about the devastating effects of lung cancer and the need for more research to find better treatments and ...
Entertainment Industries Council Links Addiction and Treatment Experts With Creators and Performers for Authentic and Powerful Storytelling.
Oct 17, 2008 ... Byline: Entertainment Industries Council LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The entertainment industry demonstrated today that the field of addiction continues to be a valued well from which compelling stories for television can be drawn - perhaps in part because the ...
National Center on Response to Intervention Conducts Scientifically Rigorous Reviews of Tools and Interventions for RTI Models.
Oct 08, 2008 ... Byline: American Institutes for Research WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Center on Response to Intervention has established a process to conduct scientifically rigorous annual evaluations of commercially available tools and interventions for Response to ...
Purdue Expert Gives Do's and Don'ts of Visual Presentations.
Oct 06, 2008 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Visuals are almost a necessity in today's meetings, but a Purdue University expert says that a poorly designed presentation can significantly detract from the impact of your message. Taggart ...
Shakespeare and Pie.
Oct 06, 2008 ... Byline: Hampshire College AMHERST, Mass., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Some students join for pie. Others show up for the Bard. Whatever their reasons are for joining the new Shakespeare and Pie club at Hampshire College, first-year student and club founder Josh Parr is pretty ...
Improving Healthcare Communication Skills: Free National Teleclass for Family Caregivers.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: National Family Caregivers Association KENSINGTON, Md., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Communicating effectively with health care professionals can be challenging under the best of circumstances, however, without the proper preparation and understanding there could be ...
EPA: Rocket Fuel Contaminant Safe for Nation's Drinking Water.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The nation's top environmental enforcement agency has decided against regulating perchlorate, a component of solid rocket fuel that has been found in the drinking water of millions of Americans. ...
Two New Fact Sheets from Family Caregiver Alliance Discuss Age-Related Vision Impairment and the Ambiguous Losses of Caregiving.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: Family Caregiver Alliance SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Family Caregiver Alliance announces the publication of two new titles in its comprehensive library of Fact Sheets for caregivers. FCA's Fact Sheet on Vision Loss discusses the most common ...
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Ban on Cancer-Causing Chemicals in Food Packaging - Hails 'Green Chemistry,' But Sides With DuPont.
Sep 30, 2008 ... Byline: Environmental Working Group SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- On the same day Gov. Schwarzenegger touted himself as the leader of a comprehensive chemical reform program, he vetoed a bill that would have made California the first state to ban toxic ...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Science of Social Change at Bowdoin College.
Sep 29, 2008 ... Byline: Bowdoin College BRUNSWICK, Maine, Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Bowdoin College sociologist Susan Bell is studying how paintings, photographs, poetry and sculpture featuring women at all stages of breast cancer have helped shape ...
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America to Honor HBO and Consumer Healthcare Products Association for Helping to Keep Youth Drug-Free; HBO and CHPA Will Be Recognized at CADCA's Drug-Free Kids Campaign Awards Dinner Sept. 23.
Sep 22, 2008 ... Byline: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) is pleased to announce that it will name HBO as this year's Humanitarian of the Year for its award-winning ADDICTION project, a ...
I Can't Believe It's Not Fried: New Oven Fries Food Without Oil.
Sep 16, 2008 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new type of oven quickly produces foods that appear and taste identical to those that were fried, but, unlike traditional fryers, uses no additional oil. The "radiant fryer" could create ...