If the last time you put your phone number on the “Do Not Call” list was when it was first touted as the solution to telemarketers, then you are likely noticing those telemarketers are back. That’s because there was a limited amount of time your number would remain on that list, before you had to re-register.

Pennsylvania’s legislature wants to correct that. Continue reading →

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Many of us have suspected that the use of chemicals, growth hormones, GMO’s, and other man-made changes to our food is contributing to what has become an epidemic of children diagnosed with autism, or development delays.

It would appear that one study is providing more evidence in proving those suspicions. Exposure to several common agricultural pesticides during pregnancy increases the risk of developmental delays and autism in children by two-thirds, this new study found. While the researchers did not say pesticides are the cause of autism, a direct link is plausible. Continue reading →

A Letter From Matt Cartwright:

Last week, I introduced the Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act. Our nation’s brave warfighters served in Afghanistan and Iraq with honor and distinction and we have a moral obligation to provide all of our soldiers with the best health care available. This much needed legislation would enhance orthotic and prosthetic research, helping practitioners better match prosthetic and orthotic devices with veteran amputees. Continue reading →

On July 19, 1910, the governor of the U.S. state of Washington proclaimed the nation’s first “Father’s Day.” However, it was not until 1972, 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official, that the day became a nationwide holiday in the United States.

The campaign to celebrate the nation’s fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm–perhaps because, as one florist explained, “Fathers haven’t the same sentimental appeal that mothers have.” Continue reading →