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Americans United for Life Memo Urges Senators to Consider New Abortion Polling Data Showing Majorities of all Parties Oppose Judicial Activism, Support Abortion Regulations

WASHINGTON, May 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Americans United for Life (AUL) today sent a letter to all U.S. Senate members urging them to consider new abortion polling data when they evaluate the President's Supreme Court nominee. The data reveal that Democrats, Republicans, and Independe...

Americans United for Life President to Testify at Sotomayor Senate Judiciary Hearing

...to sharp focus. The "Top Ten" questions on AskSotomayor.com, which Yoest presented to the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week via a memo , are tailored to clarify Sotomayor's beliefs about such vital issues as the role of the Courts -- whether it is to make policy, as Sotomayor once sug...

AUL President to Senate Judiciary Committee: Ask Top 10 Questions to Judge Sotomayor

... WASHINGTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Americans United for Life (AUL) President & CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest released a memo to Senate Judiciary Committee members, urging them to ask Judge Sotomayor the "Top Ten" most important questions pertaining to abortion, its regulati...

Newly Obtained Information Shows That Ousted Union Leaders Plotted and Covered Up Wrongdoing

...der, show that they knew their activities were improper and were advised on how they could move ahead with their plans and then later "play dumb." One memo explains to Rosselli and John Borsos, a former top union leader, how they can get away with lying under oath. "I'm disgusted by what I've seen in...

4 out of 5 CA Voters Demand Health Insurer "Code of Conduct"

... 7-14, 2009 and has a margin of error of +/- 4 percent. (Please see survey memo attached) The AMA code currently being drafted will set forth clear an... For more information, please visit www.insurepatientaccess.org . memo TO: Alliance for Patient Access FROM: Sara LaBatt; EMC Research, In...

Schwarzenegger Administration Sued for Allowing Health Insurance Companies to Deny Autism Care

...e the Schwarzenegger Administration that ABA is an "educational" program not covered by health insurance policies. On March 9, 2009, the DMHC issued a memo indicating that the agency would review ABA and other autism treatment denials through the DMHC's internal grievance system as urged by insurers. ...

Medicare's 'No' on Virtual Colonoscopy Stirs Expert Debate

...ve than standard colonoscopy, which usually involves sedation while a doctor examines the colon through an inserted scope and camera. However, in a memo posted on its Web site Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said, "We have determined that there is insufficient evidence on ...

Press Release: Electronic Cigarette VS FDA

...Smoking Everywhere, Inc. vs. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Case no 09-cv-0771 Smoking Everywhere Verified Complaint Smoking Everywhere memo in Support of TRO For more information go to http://smokingeverywhere.com/ . CONTACT: Shannon Rose, Eclectic Media Productions, (813) 960-8...

SEIU UHW to Fight Sutter CPMC Layoffs

... against management's plan to cut 200 jobs and put patient care at increased risk. Sutter announced the layoffs as well as pay and hiring freezes in a memo on April 10 to all employees. Sutter management points to $30 million in necessary savings to remain financially stable. This is in addition to t...

iEnterprises Launches iComply, Lotus Notes Email Archiving and Compliance Software

...following are a subset of regulations that iComply can help companies adhere to: FRCP, NASD 3010, SEC 17a-4, NASD Notice to Members 03-33, NYSE Info. memo 03-07 , DoD 5015.2-STD , HIPAA , 21 CFR Part 11 , Sarbanes- Oxley, Canada Universal Market Integrity Rules , UK Data Protection and Freedom of Informa...

Hospice By The Bay and Foundation Merge Under One Governing Board

...cally and organizationally," said Hospice By The Bay's Chief Executive Officer Sandra Lew, LCSW, and Board of Directors Chair Dennis Gilardi in a memo to Hospice staff. The merger, Lew adds, offers an opportunity to unite care, services, and corporate administration with the fundraising arm of the or...

Gov. Rendell Expresses Disappointment with Bush Administration's Last-Minute Regulation Limiting Patient Care

...r added that the rushed effort to finalize the rule did not meet the threshold for urgency or the deadlines established by the White House. A May 2008 memo from President Bush's Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolton stated: "Except in extraordinary circumstances, regulations to be finalized in this Administrati...

Forest Laboratories Responds To Unsolicited Mini-Tender Offer

... in these circumstances which can be found on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/minitenders/sia072401.htm and to Information memo Number 01-27 issued by the New York Stock Exchange on September 28, 2001 regarding the dissemination of mini-tender offer materials, which can be foun...

World AIDS Day December 1st: Obama Needs to Lead

...igue." Over 100 global health advocacy organizations have signed a memo to US President-Elect Obama, laying out practical and immediate steps he should take on HIV/AIDS and related issues. The memo is online: http://www.globalaidsalliance.org/page/-/GAR_Transitio...

War Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury Pay the Price of Waste at the VA, Says Dr. Robert Van Boven

...gement at the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS). Inaction to these serious disclosures constitutes violations of the VA secretary's memo on senior management conduct and performance issues. Misconduct and neglect of duty are also in violation of Statute 5 U.S.C. Moreover, this inaction ...

A Conspiracy of Silence: Impact on History The Health and Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt

... time in our history where a vice-president nomination seriously impacted our country and has ramifications even today. A recently discovered secret memo now shows that Franklin D. Roosevelt was aware of his deteriorating physical condition when he decided to run for a fourth term. He knew that Harry Tr...

American Kidney Fund Issues Appeal for Disaster Relief Contributions

...one at 1-800-638-8299. Checks may be mailed to American Kidney Fund, 6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852. Please indicate in the memo line that the contribution is for disaster relief. The American Kidney Fund is the nation's No. 1 source of treatment-related financial assistance...

Seniors Oppose Cutting Medicare Advantage to Fund Physician Payment Fix

...ntage will have a negative effect on seniors, a new survey finds. Power Point Presentation: http://www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?docid=23669 memo of Survey Findings: http://www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?docid=23671 Conducted jointly by Ayres, McHenry & Associates and the Feldman Group on...

Lions Mobilize $1.5 Million for China Earthquake Relief

...to LCIF and write "Lions China Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund" in the memo field. Send the check to LCIF, 300 W. 22nd St., Oak Brook, IL 60523, ...to LCIF and write "Lions China Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund" in the memo field. Send the check to LCIF, 300 W. 22nd St., Oak Brook, IL 60523, U...

Most Baby Boomers are Financially Unprepared for a Potential Disability

...dollars. "Most baby boomers will face serious financial hardship if a disability occurs," said Humphrey Taylor, Chairman of the Harris Poll. A memo outlining the survey findings is available here: http://www.ahip.org/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=23267&linkid=200730 . The survey questionnaire can...

Alumni Myanmar Institutes of Medicine Association (AMIMA) Races Time to Help Cyclone Victims

... enhance the capacity of local partners to leave behind a viable reconstruction plan in place. Please donate by writing checks paid to AMIMA. In the memo section, please specify: Cyclone Relief Fund. Please mail these checks to: AMIMA P.O BOX 30157 ELKINS PARK, PA 19027-0157 Thank you! Jennife...

Myanmar Cyclone Relief Fund

...quest financial contributions only and promise the delivery. All donations are tax-deductible. Please donate by writing checks paid to AMIMA. In the memo section, please specify: Cyclone Relief Fund. Please mail these checks to: AMIMA P.O BOX 30157 ELKINS PARK, PA 19027-0157 Thank you! Jennif...

Most Baby Boomers Overestimate Breadth and Depth of Public Safety Net for Disabled Workers

...it takes for a person who files a SSDI claim to be accepted or denied, including any appeals, is approximately 500 days, or more than 17 months. A memo outlining the survey findings is available here: http://www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?docid=23188 . The survey questionnaire can be found here: ...

National Council on Disability (NCD) Hosts Quarterly Meeting

.... Legislative Committee Report - Cynthia Wainscott, Co-Chair and Michael Collins, staff Discussion of role of the Legislative Committee Decision memo on Crime Victims with Disabilities Act of 2007 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Emerging Trends Committee - John Vaughn, Commit...

Consumers Should Demand Evidence, Not Guesswork, On Meat-Cancer Links

... memo to Researchers: Correlation Is Not The Same As Causation WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the American Institute for Cancer Rese...

How shyness and other normal human traits became sickness

...te the fact that its makers earlier had considered shelving it because of poor performance and early signs of side effects in clinical trials. Using a memo circulated among drug company executives, Lane presents evidence that a lot of information about the drug's poor track record was withheld from the pu...

Psychiatric Patients Ill-treated in Emergency Rooms, US Officials Say

...injuring the nurse. The state public health and mental health departments have been so concerned about the pattern of complaints that they sent a memo to hospital executives in September, detailing 21 steps they should take to improve care of psychiatric patients in ERs, including reducing waiting ti...

Angelina Jolie Wants No Fewer Than 14 Kids!

... Mighty Heart, which premiered on June 14. Jolie also talked about asking journalists to sign a contract before talking to her. "There was a memo that went out to ask people if they would sign it that said, 'Don't get into personal questions, focus on the movie,' and things like that. It was fro...

Crackdown on Dirty Hospitals in UK

...2006 but the HPA said it was too soon to tell whether the fall would be sustained. A senior department of health official admitted in a leaked memo published last January that the Government's target to halve MRSA rates by 2008 might never be met. The latest move follows a pledge by David Nichols...

Exam Time Boosts Sales of Memory Enhancers

...are also some homeopathic drugs being sold, and reportedly some allopathic ones. Some names of the common memory enhancers are Shankhpushpi, Deemagin, memo Nerve and Brain Tone Tablet. Though these medicines are sold throughout the year, the demand peaks from November to April - the time when most ...

Tobacco Companies Obstructed Science

... "Doubt is our product," stated a tobacco industry memo from 1969. For half a century, the tobacco industry tried to muddy// the link between smoking and cancer. Now, with that effort long since failed, cig...

A Secret Dossier Predicts Major Changes At NHS, England

...ealed by the leakage of a document, which predicts a crippling shortage of nurses, measly pay rises// and strikes. A copy of a secret Government memo on pay and workforce strategy reveals that 37000 posts are in danger as the Government desperately seeks to lower the NHS wages bill with a 2.7 per ce...

Surgery cancellations in Queens land Hospital

...cy surgeries for the cancellations. The leaked memo points to a shortage of staff, such as nurses and ...s 6000 people waiting for elective surgery... this memo cancels 1800 of these 6000 people. It’s a disaster...g specialists... these doctors have suddenly got a memo saying, we’re canceling your lists... it damages t...

JIPMER Docs In 48-Hour Strike

... increase the quota for OBCs in higher educational institutes. A spokesman of the Association of Resident Doctors said that they had submitted a memo to the government to have a more practical look at the whole issue, which is threatening to snowball into a crisis. The OPD was thrown off-balance due...

US Government Authorizes CDC To Detain Sick Travelers

...elieved to be infected with or exposed to specified quarantinable diseases and to detain carriers and cargo infected with a communicable disease," the memo reads. ...