Day: August 3, 2012

Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, August 3, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012. Medicare and Medicaid Birthday Events Cover 23 States! The Alliance celebrated the 47th Birthday of Medicare and Medicaid on July 30, and 50 “Let’s Not Be the Last Generation to Retire” summer campaign events have now taken place since July 22. Alliance chapters in Arizona, California,[Read More…]

July Payroll Employment Rises (+163,000); Jobless Rate Essentially Unchanged (8.3%)

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2012.  Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 163,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in professional and business services, food services and drinking places, and manufacturing. Household Survey Data Both the[Read More…]

Increased Access To Therapeutic Cannabis Likely To Reduce Patients’ Use Of Opiates, Other Addictive Drugs

Victoria, British Columbia–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012.  Regulating cannabis access would provide patients with an effective treatment for chronic pain and likely reduce morbidity associated with the use of prescription opiates and other pharmaceuticals, according to a review published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. A researcher with the Centre for Addictions[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Army Casualty, August 2, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012.  The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  Spc. Kyle B. McClain, 25, of Rochester Hills, Mich., died Aug. 1, in Salim Aka, Afghanistan.  McClain was assigned to 1433rd Engineer Company, 507th Engineer Battalion, 177th Military Police[Read More…]

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