DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Access to healthy foods linked to improved quality of life for adults with heart failure * Research Highlights: * Among 150 adults who had been recently hospitalized for heart failure, those who received deliveries of prepared meals or fresh produce along with dietary counseling reported improved quality of life compared to adults who only received dietary guidance witho more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * LDL cholesterol improved among veterans in program with health coaches, other resources Research Highlights: * After 24 months, 34% of veterans who have heart and blood vessel disease and high cholesterol in a quality improvement program that included health care coaches and other resources had improved cholesterol levels to below 70 mg/dL. * The quality-improvement prog more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Nov. 11 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: * * * Preparing the Next Generation of School District Leaders: The Impact of UConn's Executive Leadership Program This year, alumni from various cohorts stepped into new superintendent and central office roles that allow them to strengthen communities and expand educational opportunities By Nicole Dobrzanski Across Connecticut, a growing number of school districts are being shaped by graduates of the U more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 10 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Teaching academy fellows publish study on how colleges define, teach learning goals * A study conducted by four researchers from the College of Arts and Sciences has found that the professors include higher-level learning goals just as often as basic ones and regularly use collaborative teaching methods to achieve them. The research provides a way to measure and compare how colleges define and teach the more PR

MACAU, China, Nov. 10 -- The University of Macau issued the following news: * * * UM professor elected fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology Lam Chi Seng, professor in the Institute of Microelectronics, the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Macau (UM), has been elected a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). This is  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 11 (TNSjou) -- University of Southern California's Pullias Center for Higher Education issued the following news: * * * Associate Research Professor Joseph Kitchen Named Editor of the Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition Dr. Joseph (Joey) Kitchen, Associate Research Professor at the Pullias Center for Higher Education and the USC Rossier School of Education, has been selected as the editor for the Journal of the First-Year Experience & S more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The American College of Cardiology posted the following news release: * * * Young Adults With Elevated Cholesterol Often Go Untreated, Study Finds Research highlights declining statin use and follow-up testing in high-risk 18-39-year-olds * Fewer than half of young adults with severely high low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C), or "bad" cholesterol, levels start taking a statin within five years of first high LDL-C measurement, according to a study published in JACC, the f more PR