PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 20 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Accolades: Awards, honors and appointments January * Eriko Onishi named AAHPM Leadership Scholar Eriko Onishi, M.D. (OHSU) Eriko Onishi, M.D., has been named a 2025 Leadership Scholar by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, or AAHPM, one of just five recipients selected nationwide for this prestigious honor. The AAHPM Leadership Scholars program recognizes individuals  more PR

LONDON, England, Jan. 20 -- The Institute of Cancer Research issued the following news: * * * Breast cancer blood test can predict treatment response A blood test can predict how well patients with advanced breast cancer will respond to targeted therapies - before treatment begins, according to new research. A team from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, used a liquid biopsy to detect the presence of tiny amounts of cancer DNA in the blood - at the start of treatment, and four weeks i more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 20 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Four Penn studies named among nation's top clinical research advances * Four federally-funded studies led by faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania were selected for this year's Clinical Research Forum's Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards. Each year, the organization names 10 studies which best exemplify how the  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 20 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society posted the following news release: * * * Limited or No State Regulation of Short-Term Limited-Duration Health Plans Linked to Decreases in Timely Cancer Treatment Initiation, New ACS Study Suggests * ATLANTA, January 20, 2026 - In 2018, the federal government expanded the coverage duration of short-term limited-duration (STLD) health plans from 3 months to less than 12 months with the option to renew for a total dur more PR

HAMILTON, Ontario, Jan. 16 (TNSjou) -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * New study finds female family doctors spend more time caring for patients, yet earn less Researchers found female family physicians spend 15 to 20 per cent more time per patient encounter than their male colleagues across a broad range of services. * A new study shows female family physicians spend more time with their patients than their male colleagues, confirming what physicians have long reported more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Reducing screentime leads to lowered stress for health care workers The simple intervention targeted work-related apps on personal devices * While electronic medical record software and other digital tools can make aspects of health care delivery easier, they can be a double-edged sword for clinicians. One reason: these apps make it more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, Jan. 21 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * National Saudi Arabian Trauma Program Receives Lifesaving Human Simulators From PETA Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - In a win for animals, surgeons, medical providers, and patients, Saudi Arabia's Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) program is ending the use of animals in courses on treating traumatic human injuries after receiving a donation from PETA of four advanced human simulators.  more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 21 -- Texas A&M University posted the following news on Jan. 20, 2026: * * * It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's tech By Lesley Henton, Texas A&M University Division of Marketing and Communications A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone of technologies that shape our lives, from lasers and microchips to quantum computers and secure communicati more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Jan. 20 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * UB pharmacy professor develops AI model to predict hospitalization of at-risk cardiac patients Structured, patient-reported survey data accurately predicts hospital admissions and 90-day readmissions By Laurie Kaiser When Arinze Nkemdirim Okere, PharmD, MBA, worked as the pharmacist for a hospital in Tallahassee, Fla., he noticed that discharged patients would re more PR

MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 20 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Stroke and "fight-or-flight" response weakens the immune system A new University of Manchester and Edinburgh study published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity has found that people who have had a stroke have fewer of a specific type of immune cell called B cells, which normally produce antibodies to fight off infections. Surprisingly, the same compromising immune changes were seen w more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, Jan. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Montreal issued the following news: * * * Slowing the progression of myopia in children and teens Nearsightedness is becoming a global epidemic. UdeM optometry professor Langis Michaud discusses the advances made over the past 25 years to treat it. By Virginie Soffer By 2050, an estimated 50 per cent of the world's population will be nearsighted, and nearly a billion people will suffer from severe myopia. To understand this alarming tr more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 20 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * Updated Volume Published on Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders * Oxford University Press has published the third edition of the award-winning Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders: What We Know and What We Don't Know, a wide-ranging overview of the current state of knowledge of major mental health conditions more PR