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Jennifer Hudson Joins The Women's Heart Alliance To Fight Women's Number One Killer--Heart Disease

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Jennifer Hudson joins the Women's Heart Alliance in a new PSA urging women to fight back against their number one killer - heart disease.NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A powerful new PSA released by the Women's Heart Alliance (WHA) and its new campaign, Fight the Ladykiller, features Academy and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson urging women to fight heart disease by understanding their risk and...



Keck Medicine of USC supports draft Medicare proposal for lung cancer screenings

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the recent draft decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to cover 100 percent of costs for annual lung cancer screenings for patients age 55 to 74 with a 30-year smoking history, Keck Medicine of the University of...


Bright Young Minds Turning Ideas into Action

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Genworth Canada Extends Partnership with Enactus Canada to Promote Financial Literacy TORONTO, Nov.12, 2014 /CNW/ - Today, six projects have been identified as finalists to receive grants from the Genworth Canada Financial Education Project Fund for Enactus Canada, a community of...

UTC Aerospace Systems donates $100,000 to help support wounded service members through Wounded Warrior Project®

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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- UTC Aerospace Systems is proud to support the nation's veterans with the donation of $100,000 to Wounded Warrior Project® through its ISR & Space Systems business. A check presentation event was held at the Windsor Locks,...


HopeLine From Verizon Donates $50,000 To Kentucky Commission on Women Following First Month Of Statewide Used Mobile-Phone Drive

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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- First Lady Jane Beshear, Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson and Madeline Abramson, chair of the Kentucky Commission on Women (KCW), as well as more than a dozen state and local officials, gathered today for a $50,000 grant presentation to the KCW. The...


Alert - Health Canada Alerts Parents and Caregivers to the Dangers of Swallowing Small Magnetic Parts from Mega Brands Magnetix Magnetic Building Sets

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OTTAWA, Nov. 12, 2014 /CNW/ - The issue: Health Canada is alerting the public to the danger to children of all ages posed by toys with small, powerful magnets or certain toys with small powerful magnetic parts. When more than one powerful magnet is swallowed in a short period of...

ASTHO President Challenges States to Promote Healthy Aging

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ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ASTHO President and Connecticut Department of Public Health Commissioner Jewel Mullen has issued the 2015 ASTHO President's Challenge: Healthy Aging—Living Longer Better. The challenge urges states and territories to implement...


Community Bank of the Chesapeake Hosts Fourth Annual Holiday Food and Toy Drive November 12 - December 12

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WALDORF, Md., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Community Bank of the Chesapeake will host its fourth annual Holiday Food and Toy Drive November 12 through December 12, 2014. Non-perishable food items and new, unwrapped toys can be dropped off at any of the Community Bank branch...



Children's voices front and centre at National Summit and Town Hall on child poverty

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OTTAWA, Nov. 12, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Some 55 young people, ages 10-15 years, students from every province and territory, will gather in Ottawa for a nationwide Keep the Promise (KTP) Summit and Town Hall, Nov. 18-19, 2014. The event aims to re-ignite the public commitment to the 1989...


Scientists Find Novel Approach To Treating Number 1 Cause Of Blindness In Elderly

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BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While oxygen is essential to our planet's life force and the way we function and stay healthy, high concentrations referred to as oxidative stress may very well be the cause of more than 70 widely-spread diseases such as cancer,...


Family of Rasheen Rose Sues NYS Agency for Contempt of Court

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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Shaniece Luke, the sister of Rasheen Rose, a severely autistic man who died while under NY State care*, has filed a contempt of court lawsuit in Federal Court against the NYS Office of People With Developmental Disabilities...

Pool Safely Campaign Announces Partnerships Continuing Through 2015 Swim Season

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1973 and charged with protecting the American public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call the CPSC hotline at 1-800-638-2772, or visit http//:www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. Further recall information is available at http://www.cpsc.gov.WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pool Safely, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) national public education campaign to save lives in pools and spas, today announced that it has renewed agreements with prominent national Campaign Safety Partners (CSPs)...


Gift of Hope presenta la posición de diversas religiones acerca de la donación de órganos y tejidos durante el Sabbat Nacional del Donante

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CHICAGO, 12 de noviembre de 2014 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Chicago es cuna de una amalgama de diversas culturas y religiones, y aunque no todas se adhieren a la misma doctrina, la gran mayoría comparte un objetivo, el deseo de ayudar al prójimo y de servir a la...


Gift Of Hope Presents The Point Of View Of Various Religions On Organ And Tissue Donation During National Donor Sabbath

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CHICAGO, Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago is home to a conglomerate of diverse cultures and religions, and although they may not all subscribe to the same doctrine, the majority of them share one objective: the desire to help others and to serve humanity. It is with this purpose...


Event Is About Not Minimizing God, The Evidence Of This Generation's Faith Revitalization Is Unmistakable

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Looking for a better way to start the holidays? NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- World Outreach Church of Murfreesboro, TN, has announced an event to kick off the holiday season with a whole new way to celebrate God. Called "Give Thanks," this two-hour event will bring thousands of men and women to Nashville's...



REPREVE® Kicks Off National Youth Recycling Campaign

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Local Charlotte School Turns It Green with REPREVEGREENSBORO, N.C., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of America Recycles Day, Greensboro, N.C.-based Unifi, Inc. (NYSE: UFI) joined forces with Marvel Universe LIVE! to raise awareness about the importance of recycling in connection with its REPREVE® recycled fiber...


The American Film Institute To Co-Sponsor Second Annual "White House Student Film Festival"

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today its collaboration with the White House on the second annual White House Student Film Festival to be held in the spring of 2015.  Open to K-12 student filmmakers, the theme of this year's...


Gene sequencing projects link two mutations to Ewing sarcoma subtype with poor prognosis

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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An international collaboration has identified frequent mutations in two genes that often occur together in Ewing sarcoma (EWS) and that define a subtype of the cancer associated with reduced survival. The research, conducted by the...


CAIR Launches 'Unite Humanity' Initiative to Bring Americans Together

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today launched its "Unite Humanity" initiative to bring Americans together through positive community-based...


Chevrolet Supports Toys for Tots through Donation and Toy Drive

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Chevrolet is partnering DC's 107.3 and the U.S. Marine Corps for its annual Toys for Tots campaign. To ensure that children throughout the Washington, D.C. area receive a gift this holiday season, Chevrolet today donated $5,000 to Toys for...


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