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Journals Medical Newsletter for 2026-02-25 ( 14 items )  
120th Toy Fair Defined by Toy Innovations, Business Momentum, & Global Connections (10)
NEW YORK, Feb. 25 -- The Toy Association issued the following news on Feb. 24, 2026: * * * 120th Toy Fair Defined by Toy Innovations, Business Momentum, & Global Connections Largest Toy Show in Western Hemisphere Attracts Professionals from Nearly 100 Countries * The Toy Association's 120th Toy Fair(R) brought the global play community to New York City's Javits Convention Center from February 14 to 17 to increase holiday orders, build business connections, and explore the latest trends and  more PR

Ask the expert: How to signal chatbots aren't human -- without emotional harm (10)
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 23 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * Ask the expert: How to signal chatbots aren't human -- without emotional harm * Content advisory: This story contains references to suicide. Resources and assistance are available through multiple campus programs. Online chatbots have rapidly become more than a quick source of information, with many people now turning to them for emotional support and comfort. As some of these relationships with c more PR

Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Multistate Lawsuit to Block Trump Administration's Unlawful Overhaul to Childhood Vaccine Schedule (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Multistate Lawsuit to Block Trump Administration's Unlawful Overhaul to Childhood Vaccine Schedule * Lawsuit also challenges Secretary Kennedy's appointments to key federal vaccine panel OAKLAND -In partnership with Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced co-leading a multistate lawsuit against t more PR

BMJ Group: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea May Cost UK + US Economies Billions in Lost Productivity (10)
LONDON, England, Feb. 25 (TNSjou) -- BMJ Group issued the following news release about Thorax: * * * Obstructive sleep apnoea may cost UK + US economies billions in lost productivity Around 1 in 5 adults in both countries may have the condition, analysis suggests Time to test workplace screening in those most at risk of harm from daytime sleepiness * Untreated obstructive sleep apnoea may be costing the UK and US economies billions of pounds/dollars in lost productivity every year, with a  more PR

BMJ Group: Pre-Pregnancy Parental Overweight/obesity Linked to Next Generation's Heightened Fatty Liver Disease Risk (10)
LONDON, England, Feb. 25 (TNSjou) -- BMJ Group issued the following news release about Gut: * * * Pre-pregnancy parental overweight/obesity linked to next generation's heightened fatty liver disease risk Young adult risk more than 3 times higher if both mum and dad carrying excess weight Odds largely influenced by cumulative excess weight (BMI) in childhood * Pre-pregnancy parental overweight and obesity is linked to the next generation's heightened risk of developing fatty liver disease,  more PR

Heritage Foundation Center for Border Security & Immigration Senior Research Fellow Hankinson Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration released the following testimony by Simon R. Hankinson, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation Center for Border Security and Immigration, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Somali Fraud in Minnesota - The Tip of the Iceberg": * * * My name is Simon Hankinson. I am the senior research fellow in the Center for Border Security and Immigration at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express more PR

Just the Right Amount: Microbial Nutrients Drive Success and Failure of Antibiotics (10)
PASADENA, California, Feb. 24 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Just the Right Amount: Microbial Nutrients Drive Success and Failure of Antibiotics * Antibiotics are medical marvels that have transformed once deadly bacterial infections into manageable conditions. But with a rise in antibiotic resistance that renders existing treatments ineffective, new agents are urgently needed. Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have now shed fresh ligh more PR

Michigan Medicine: Insurance That Covers Male Infertility Procedures Improves Opportunities for Family Building (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 25 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Insurance that covers male infertility procedures improves opportunities for family building A study found that IVF use was six-fold higher in states that mandated both male and female infertility insurance coverage * The National Center for Health Statistics reported that fertility rates across the country have declined from 2015 to more PR

PEN America Joined by More than 100 Writers in Urging Release of Iranian Poet (10)
NEW YORK, Feb. 24 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * PEN America Joined by More than 100 Writers in Urging Release of Iranian Poet * (NEW YORK) -PEN America and PEN Sydney were today joined by noted authors Margaret Atwood, Khaled Hosseini, Azar Nafisi, and George Saunders, among others, in urging the Iranian government to immediately rele more PR

Quantitative FDG PET and MRI Framework Detects Emerging Form of Dementia, "LATE" (10)
RESTON, Virginia, Feb. 24 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release: * * * Quantitative FDG PET and MRI Framework Detects Emerging Form of Dementia, "LATE" * Reston, VA (February 24, 2026)- A novel quantitative PET- and MRI-based imaging approach can objectively identify a recently recognized type of dementia-limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, or LATE-that is often mistaken as Alzheimer's disease. This re more PR

Reporters Without Borders: Bangladesh - Remembering Saleem Samad, A Fearless Voice for Press Freedom (1952-2026) (10)
PARIS, France, Feb. 24 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Bangladesh: Remembering Saleem Samad, A Fearless Voice for Press Freedom (1952-2026) * Reporters Without Borders (RSF) mourns with profound sadness the passing of veteran Bangladeshi investigative journalist and press freedom advocate Saleem Samad, RSF correspondent in Bangladesh for more than 30 years, who took his last breath on the morning of 22 February 2026 at Dhaka Medical College Hos more PR

Rowan-Virtua SOM Student Contributes to Published Precision Oncology Research (10)
GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Feb. 25 (TNSjou) -- Rowan University issued the following news: * * * Rowan-Virtua SOM student contributes to published precision oncology research Second-year Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine student Wynn Bastianelli recently contributed to a peer-reviewed research paper published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology: Precision Oncology, highlighting her early involvement in academic research and her interest in pediatric oncology. The publication stems fro more PR

UCLA Health: Solving Cancer Immunotherapy's Fuel Shortage (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 25 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Solving cancer immunotherapy's fuel shortage UCLA researchers equipped T cells with a protected sugar source, helping them attack solid tumors more effectively * Researchers at UCLA have found a way to supercharge immune cells with a fuel source that tumors can't steal, dramatically improving their ability to survive and attack solid tumors in preclinical studies. The approach (https://ww more PR

University of Washington School of Medicine: Youth Triumphs in Test to Regenerate Kidney Tissue (10)
SEATTLE, Washington, Feb. 25 (TNSjou) -- The University of Washington School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Youth triumphs in test to regenerate kidney tissue Stem cells implanted into mice produced improved kidney grafts. * Scientists today announced the discovery that, in tests to develop multifunctional kidney tissue, young stem-cell populations showed dramatic advantages compared with organoids that were just one week older. Results of their experiment were publi more PR