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Two New Fact Sheets from Family Caregiver Alliance Discuss Age-Related Vision Impairment and the Ambiguous Losses of Caregiving.
October 2, 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...
Improving Healthcare Communication Skills: Free National Teleclass for Family Caregivers.
October 3, 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...
EPA: Rocket Fuel Contaminant Safe for Nation's Drinking Water.
October 3, 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...
Purdue Expert Gives Do's and Don'ts of Visual Presentations.
October 6, 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...
Shakespeare and Pie.
October 6, 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...
National Center on Response to Intervention Conducts Scientifically Rigorous Reviews of Tools and Interventions for RTI Models.
October 8, 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...
Entertainment Industries Council Links Addiction and Treatment Experts With Creators and Performers for Authentic and Powerful Storytelling.
October 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...
American Lung Association of California Launches Lung Cancer Campaign to Raise Awareness of Number One Cancer Killer; November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
October 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...
Chemical Industry Wrote FDA's Glowing Assessment of BPA; Chemical Lobby Admits Involvement in Drafting Agency's Position.
October 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...
Amethyst Initiative Sparks Formal Dialogue on University of Maryland Campus.
October 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...
National Family Caregivers Month, 2008: A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America.
October 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...
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.
October 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)...