BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 15 (TNSjou) -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release: * * * Over half of doctors surveyed would consider assisted dying if they had advanced cancer or Alzheimer's disease And they mostly prefer symptom relief at end of life rather than prolongation of life but preferences vary according to their jurisdiction's legislation on assisted dying. When it comes to advanced cancer or Alzheimer's disease, over half of doctors would consider assiste more PR

HONG KONG, June 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKUMed discovers key protein that enables 'shock & kill' strategy for HIV latent virus clearance Over 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV-1, which continues to be a major global health challenge due to its ability to persist silently within immune cells, evading complete eradication. Researchers at LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), have identified a spec more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Joint Economic Committee released the following testimony by Patrick A. McLaughlin, a research fellow in the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, from a June 5, 2025, hearing entitled "Barriers to Supply Chain Modernization and Factor Productivity Enhancements": * * * Chairman Schweikert, Ranking Member Hassan, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding how regulations impact supply chain modernization and factor pro more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Belarus Downsizes Zapad-2025 to Reduce Escalation Risks By Yauheni Preiherman Executive Summary: * Belarus has announced a significant downsizing and relocation of the Zapad-2025 joint military exercises with Russia in an apparent effort to reduce tensions with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). * The reduced scale of the exercises brings them below international  more PR

NEW YORK, June 14 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 12, 2025, to Bloomberg Opinion: * * * The Fed Can Now Declare Victory over Inflation By Allison Schrager Higher prices aren't over, but the central bank has officially completed its pandemic mission. When it comes to inflation, America has reached a "Mission Accomplished" moment. Rule No. 1 of inflation reports is never to read too much into one report, but there have now been several months o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by Josh Blackman, chair of constitutional law at the South Texas College of Law Houston, from a June 3, 2025, joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights entitled "The Supposedly "Least Dangerous Branch": District Judges v. Trump": * * * Chairman Cruz and Chairman Schmitt, Ranking Member Whitehouse and Ranking Member Welch, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Joint Economic Committee released the following written testimony by Jean-Paul Rodrigue, a professor of maritime business administration at the Texas A&M University at Galveston, from a June 5, 2025, hearing entitled "Barriers to Supply Chain Modernization and Factor Productivity Enhancements": * * * A Maritime Future at Stake I can begin by making a bold statement. The United States is no longer a commercial maritime power. Most of our commercial maritime capabilit more PR

UPPSALA, Sweden, June 14 (TNSjou) -- Uppsala University issued the following news release: * * * UCDP: Sharp increase in conflicts and wars The number of armed conflicts in the world reached a historic high in 2024. This is shown by new data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University. Despite a marginal decrease in total fatalities, targeted violence against civilians increased significantly. UCDP recorded 61 active conflicts involving at least one state in 2024, up  more PR

MACAU, China, June 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Macau issued the following news release: * * * UM research team finds link between impaired brain waste clearance and early psychosis A research team led by Yuan Zhen, head of the Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences (CCBS) and professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at the University of Macau (UM), has for the first time identified dysfunction in the glymphatic system, the brain's waste clearance system, among patients with ear more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, June 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * No one-size-fits-all for migraine treatments - survey About half of people with migraine disease turn to non-medication treatments in an attempt to ease their symptoms, new Otago research reveals. A survey conducted by researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington - Otakou Whakaihu Waka, Poneke, has just been published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. The Migraine in Aotearo more PR

UPPSALA, Sweden, June 14 (TNSjou) -- Uppsala University issued the following news release: * * * Western standards behind the gender-equality paradox Previous research has asserted that women and men in gender-equal countries differ more in their preferences than women and men in less equal countries, for example by making more traditional educational choices. This relationship is known as the gender-equality paradox. However, new research from Uppsala University now shows that it is not poss more PR