WASHINGTON, April 7 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: Americans are consuming about 50 percent more sodium than government guidelines recommend, putting them at increased risk of hypertension, heart attacks, and stroke. Having set short-term limits, the Food and Drug Administration could help further by setting and finalizing longer term voluntary sodium reduction targets for different categories of foods, according to   more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) recently sat down with the Washington Post to discuss the reintroduction of his bipartisan Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA). During the interview, Senator Heinrich emphasized the need to ensure that even lesser-known and "uncharismatic" species are protected as climate change and habitat loss push them towards extinction, threatening the e  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 5 (TNSjou) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: The key to insect success may be their wings. That's what West Virginia University researcher Terry Gullion, professor of chemistry in the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, has learned by studying the chemical composition of insect wings -- something that has not been examined in detail until now. His findings reveal wings are composed of an unusually strong and durable molecule that may   more