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: * * * Combination pill for heart failure improved heart function, symptoms and quality of life * Research Highlights: * Among patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), those taking a "polypill" combination of three medications typically prescribed for heart failure, once daily for six months, had improved heart function and symptoms, better quality of  more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (TNSjou) -- The City University of New York's Graduate Center issued the following news: * * * A Novel Climate Biostress Model and Sentinel System Seeks to Track Global Climate Impacts Graduate Center scientists present an interdisciplinary framework for detecting and responding to the biological signatures of climate change in a journal cover story. * An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) ha more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Effectiveness of anti-clotting meds after stent placement varied in people with diabetes * Research Highlights: * Two P2Y12 inhibitors often used interchangeably, ticagrelor and prasugrel (antiplatelet medications prescribed to prevent the formation of blood clots), had different impacts on outcomes in patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who had undergone stent pla more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Financial Incentives May Have Doubled Medication Use, but Led To Similar Blood Pressure Reductions * P eople with high blood pressure appear to have been twice as likely to take their blood pressure medication regularly when offered daily chances to win cash rewards, yet they did not achieve better blood pressure measurement more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 7 (TNSjou) -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * Ancient DNA shows 'intense connectivity,' rapid migration from Ural Mountains to Hungary By Christy DeSmith Ancient DNA scientists have zeroed in on the origins of Hungary's medieval conquerors. The Magyars, who dominated Europe's Carpathian Basin from the early 10th century, appear closely linked with populations that formed far earlier around the Ural Mountains, located more than 3,000 miles e 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

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * New guidance offered for responsible AI use in health care * Embargoed until 4:00 am CT/5:00 am ET, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025 DALLAS, Nov. 10, 2025 Hundreds of health care artificial intelligence (AI) tools have been cleared by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA), yet only a fraction are rigorously evaluated for clinical impact, fairness or bias. [1] [2] Furthermore, more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * PCSK9 medication plus statin may help lower cholesterol after heart transplant * Research Highlights: * The cholesterol-lowering medication alirocumab, a PCSK9 inhibitor, along with a statin, lowered LDL cholesterol levels more than 50% in patients after a heart transplant, compared to those taking a placebo plus statin, according to the results of a new clinical trial.  more PR

HONG KONG, Nov. 10 (TNSjou) -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU research drives commercialisation of energy-efficient solar cell technology towards 40% efficiency milestone Third-generation solar cell technology is advancing rapidly. An engineering research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has achieved a breakthrough in the field of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells (TSCs), focusing on addressing challenges that includ more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime and Fisheries released the following testimony by Matthew Paxton, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America, from an Oct. 28, 2025, hearing entitled "Sea Change: Reviving Commercial Shipbuilding": * * * On behalf of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), I would like to thank Chairman Sullivan, Ranking Member Blunt-Rochester and members of the Senate Commerce Committee for th more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Stress cardiac MRI tests may help improve angina diagnosis and treatment * Research Highlights: * Chest pain may still be angina even when the main heart arteries look clear. Using cardiac stress MRI (a heart scan that measures blood flow with magnetic resonance imaging), testing uncovered small vessel problems in about half of participants in a study of people who had more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- TechFreedom, a technology policy think tank, issued the following news release: * * * Europe's Draft Space Act Would Undermine Sovereignty of Non-EU Countries On Friday, TechFreedom submitted comments to the European Commission regarding the European Union's Draft Space Act. We have long advocated for a more comprehensive approach to space regulation, but the EU's approach will create additional regulatory burdens on both EU and non-EU space operators. "The Draft EU Sp 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

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * Food Scientist Jiakai Lu Awarded Grant to Help Create Savory Textures in Alternative Protein Meat Analogs Jiakai Lu, associate professor of food science, has received a three-year, $611,000 USDA grant to develop a hybrid computer-aided engineering framework combining multiphysics simulations and a machine learning approach to better predict the texture of plant protein products that mi more PR

LONDON, England, Nov. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * New drug offers unprecedented round-the-clock control for high blood pressure A new treatment for high blood pressure can provide continuous, round-the-clock blood pressure control for people whose condition is hard to treat, according to a global study led by a UCL professor. The treatment, baxdrostat, works by reducing levels of aldosterone, a hormone that can drive high blood pressure in so more PR

LONDON, England, Nov. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * Normal but high blood pressure in your 30s could increase heart attack risk People in their thirties may risk a heart attack or stroke in later life even when they have 'normal' blood pressure, if it's too high or steeply rising, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, f more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Nov. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * New study gives people with eczema freedom to choose how often to bathe A major study has found that people with eczema are able to bathe either daily or weekly, without any impact to their symptoms. The findings of the new study, which are published in the British Journal of Dermatology, are great news for people living with eczema, as it will mean they will have the freedom to cho more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Nov. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Ancient fossil named after legendary researcher The name of a new species of fossil billfish honours a world-leading palaeontologist who inspired generations of young researchers. Zealandorhynchus fordycei is named after the late Emeritus Professor Ewan Fordyce, a renowned vertebrate palaeontologist who had a 40-year career at the University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka Department of more PR

PORTSMOUTH, England, Nov. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news: * * * Ultimate precision in measuring multiple light parameters with new quantum sensing approach Development could lead to technological advancements - from biological diagnostics to gravitational wave detection * New research proposes a quantum sensing technique that, for the first time, can simultaneously examine multiple parameters of an optical network. * For the task, researchers from the  more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health San Antonio issued the following news release: * * * Blood-platelet screening in midlife could identify early risk for Alzheimer's disease A simple blood test for platelet activity at middle age could one day help identify people at risk for Alzheimer's disease decades ahead of time, allowing for possible preventive therapy. The blood-clotting process in vascular dysfunction is linked to key markers of Alzheimer's as earl more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers from Trump On New "Review" of Mifepristone Despite Decades of Evidence Proving its Safety & Efficacy * Senators Raise Alarm Over Looming Efforts to Restrict Medication Abortion Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues to express alarm over the Trump administration's plans to conduct "its own revi 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