CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 27 -- The American Bar Association issued the following statement on Sept. 26, 2023, by President Mary Smith: * * * "The American Bar Association staunchly applauds today's Supreme Court decision to reject Alabama's effort to conduct the 2024 elections under a contentious congressional map that dilutes the voting power of its Black citizens. Today's ruling not only signifies a judicial commitment to uphold civil rights and voting protections but reaffirms the lower cou  more

DARIEN, Illinois, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The American Academy of Sleep Medicine issued the following news release: According to a new survey (https://aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sleep-prioritization-survey-2023-lost-sleep-due-to-marijuana-use.pdf), about half (49%) of Americans have lost sleep due to staying up past their bedtime to use marijuana. This is more common among younger generations, with more than half of millennials (58%) and those in Generation Z (56%) and 44% of Generation X  more

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Plastic Surgeons issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: * * * World's Largest Plastic Surgeon Organization Finds Increase in Procedures Amidst Growing Social Acceptance and Continued Innovations * * * The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the world's largest plastic surgery organization, representing 92 percent of all board-certified plastic surgeons in the United States, today released the 202  more

SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, Sept. 27 -- The Emergency Nurses Association issued the following news release: Following the success of Emergency Nursing 2023, the Emergency Nurses Association announced that its annual education and networking conference in 2024 will take place in Las Vegas at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. "I'm thrilled to bring emergency nursing to Las Vegas in 2024. Vegas is always bustling with excitement so I can only imagine the energy when we come with thousands of ED nurses nex  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Sept. 27 -- The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators issued the following news: During its 64th Annual Conference, held in Denver, Colorado, Sept. 19 - 22, 2023, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) elected Lieutenant Curtis Lewis, Boating Law Administrator for Illinois, as chair of the organization for the 2023-2024 year. He succeeds Susan Stocker, Iowa's Boating Law Administrator. NASBLA is a national nonprofit, 501(c)3  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 27 -- The Illinois Policy Institute issued the following news release: Sixty years and nearly $12 trillion since President Lyndon Johnson declared the War on Poverty, 17.2% of Chicagoans still live in poverty - over 450,000 men, women and children struggling every day. Poverty is one of the biggest issues facing Chicago, which has one of the highest poverty rates and the fourth-largest impoverished population in the nation. That's why the Illinois Policy Institute has   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 27 -- The Field Museum issued the following news release: Natural and supernatural bloodfeeding creatures will take center stage in the Field Museum's newest exhibition Bloodsuckers: Legends to Leeches. Featuring immersive experiences, larger-than-life installations, and interactive elements, Bloodsuckers gives visitors a glimpse of the diversity, evolution, and interconnected world of nature's vampires - and the myths, legends, and pop culture they have inspired. The   more

ROSEMONT, Illinois, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The Society for Vascular Surgery issued the following news release: People who chalk up fatigue, discomfort or muscle cramps in their legs to advancing age or temporary muscle soreness, may instead be suffering from peripheral artery disease -PAD - instead. An estimated 10 to 12 million people in the United States - most of them over 50 years of age - have PAD, a condition in which plaque builds up in and narrows the arteries of the legs and feet, imped  more