SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, March 9 [Category: Medical] -- The European Society of Cardiology posted the following news release: * * * AI can predict risk of serious heart disease from mammograms * Key takeaways: * AI can quantify calcification build-up in breast arteries via mammograms. * This 'arterial calcification' is strongly linked to the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death. * Breast cancer screening could also be used to screen for cardiovascular disease. Sophia Antipolis more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, March 10 (TNSjou) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release on March 9, 2026: * * * COVID mRNA Vaccines May Alter Gene Expression, according to Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons The mechanism of action of mRNA vaccines goes far beyond harnessing host cellular machinery to produce antigenic proteins to spur immunity, write Nicolas Hulscher, M.P.H., Peter A. McCullough, M.D., M.P.H., and John A. Catanzaro, N.D., Ph.D., in more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, March 10 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release on March 9, 2026: * * * Right to Religious Exemption to Vaccination Upheld in Court Despite concerns about COVID vaccines, vaccine mandates are increasing in hospitals, schools, military service, and even ordinary employment, writes Andrew Schlafly in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Schlafly serves as general counsel for the Association of Ame more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 (TNSrpt) -- The Community Oncology Alliance issued the following news release on March 9, 2026: * * * Community Oncology Alliance Calls for Greater Federal Action and Greater Transparency in Hospital Drug Pricing Following New Analysis A new analysis finds that the same prescription drugs can cost thousands of times more across hospitals, raising questions about hospital pricing practices and transparency * The Community Oncology Alliance (COA) is highlighting the findi more PR

WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 10 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * ENHERTU(R) (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) granted Priority Review in the US as post-neoadjuvant treatment for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer Based on DESTINY-Breast05 Phase III trial results which showed ENHERTU reduced the risk of invasive disease recurrence or death by 53 compared with T-DM1 If approved, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's ENHERTU has the p more PR

MANCHESTER, England, March 9 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Five Manchester academics become Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences Written by: Joe Stafford The Academy of Social Sciences has elected five experts from The University of Manchester as Fellows in recognition of their significant contributions to social science, highlighting the relevance of the social sciences in understanding and addressing the many varied societal challenges facin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Optica Publishing Group Confirms Subscribe to Open Implementation for JOSA B Optica Publishing Group today announced that its inaugural Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot for the Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSA B) has been successful. All content published in the 2026 volume of JOSA B will be made open access in perpetuity and freely available to readers world more PR

DALLAS, Texas, March 9 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Pregnancy complications impact women's stress levels and cardiovascular risk long after delivery * Research Highlights: * A study that looked at over 3,000 women experiencing a first pregnancy determined that persistently higher stress levels were associated with high blood pressure post pregnancy, specifically in women who had faced adverse pregnancy outcomes, or compli more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, March 10 (TNSjou) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release on March 9, 2026: * * * President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Calls for Physician Stewardship Since the early years of American independence, life expectancy increased from 32 years in 1800 to 68.2 years in 1950. Private indemnity insurance developed to help cover the cost of medical care. Only 9 percent of the U.S. population had such c more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news on March 6, 2026: * * * RFK Jr. Keeps Earning That Rock Bottom Public Trust Rating: Public Health Project Newsletter Is it too much to ask that -- just for one week -- Trump health secretary RFK Jr. stop eroding our public health safeguards? This was not that week. Here's the CliffsNotes: * For a third time, RFK Jr. has postponed a meeting of the U.S. advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventiv more PR

MANCHESTER, England, March 9 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Study reveals worrying extent of imprecise gene and gene mutation naming A systematic review of 52 scientific papers submitted to a world-leading clinical genetics journal from multiple scientists over a two-year period reveals that not a single one named critical gene mutations (correctly termed as variants) with precision. The findings partly explain why around 70% of rare diseases go und more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, March 10 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: * * * TEDCO Announces the Morning Keynote Speakers for the 2026 Entrepreneur Expo Jay Perman, Anirban Basu and Troy LeMaile-Stovall will start a day of innovation and inspiration * TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, is excited to announce the morning keynote for the upcoming 2026 Entrepreneur Expo at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor on October 27, 20 more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, March 9 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * UK study finds blood clues to serious side effects of new Alzheimer's drug * A team of University of Kentucky researchers has uncovered a surprising clue in the battle against Alzheimer's disease that could help doctors predict, and ultimately prevent, a common side effect of the newest generation of Alzheimer's therapies. Their findings, recently published in Nature Communications, reveal a distinct  more PR

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, March 9 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Team simulates a living cell that grows and divides * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell -from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell division -scientists have opened a new frontier of computer vision into the essential processes of life. The researchers, led by chemistry professor Zan Luthey-Schulten at the Univer more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, March 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news: * * * Study Shows Spiral Sound Can Shift Sideways Research could have implications for fine acoustic measurements, manipulation * A new University of Mississippi study shows that some sound waves don't just move forward - they also move slightly to the side. Understanding this movement could help researchers develop more precise acoustic tools. Likun Zhang, associate professor of physics and  more PR

GALVESTON, Texas, March 9 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: * * * UTMB researchers delve into troubling trends in US life expectancy * A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals that U.S. life expectancy was already in crisis long before the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to face alarming threats from shifting patterns in chronic disease and emerging cancers. Research by The U more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, March 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Study Reveals Ancient Needles and Awls Served Many Purposes A study led by McKenna Litynski, a recent Ph.D. graduate in anthropology and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Wyoming, confirms that ancient needles and awls enabled humans to survive in cold climates and shows these tools served a variety of purposes beyond clothing production, from medicine to ceremony. Some 100,000 more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 10 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Experimental vaccine could help turn the tide on America's opioid epidemic Researchers discovered a way to use nanoparticles to prevent the drug's addictive high. By Briana Bittner Virginia Tech researchers are advancing a new generation of vaccines designed to block opioids from reaching the brain and triggering their addictive effects, work that could help prevent overdose deaths that now exceed 100 more PR