MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 12 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release on March 11, 2026: * * * AAN issues guidance on the use of wearable devices Article examines smart watches, fitness trackers and more for neurological care Highlights: * The AAN has issued new guidance on wearable devices and digital apps as potential tools in neurological care, focusing on non-FDA cleared technology. * Wearables can monitor physical activity, sleep, heart rate more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 12 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release on March 11, 2026: * * * In former college athletes, more concussions associated with worse brain health Athletes assessed within five years of college graduation Highlights: * Former college athletes with three or more concussions had slightly worse physical, mental, behavioral and cognitive health five years after graduation compared to those with no concussions. * The study i more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 12 (TNSjou) -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following news release on March 11, 2026: * * * Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis Differs Sharply Across Rural US Regions Geography, race, and insurance status strongly influence stage at diagnosis among rural populations, a national study finds Key Takeaways * While women living in rural regions are known to face a higher risk of advanced breast cancer, a new analysis found that even within rural America, ou more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, March 12 (TNSjou) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release on March 10, 2026: * * * The Leave-of-Absence Trap in Sham Peer Review The latest addition to the hospital sham peer review playbook for removing undesired physicians is the leave-of-absence trap, writes Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D, Ph.D., in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. The technique depends heavily on coercion and deception. Typica more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, March 12 (TNSjou) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release on March 10, 2026: * * * To Restore Trust, Doctors Need to Re-commit to the Oath of Hippocrates The medical profession has traded its birthright for a mess of pottage called evidence-based medicine, writes Stephen Hughes, M.D., in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Hughes is a resident physician in internal medicine and pediatrics in more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * BROKEN PROMISES: Mike Lawler Torched by Constituents for Slashing Health Care and Raising Costs * "Despite his pledges to protect Medicare, [Lawler] voted for a half trillion dollar Medicare cut." Mike Lawler spent months promising New Yorkers that he would not vote to gut Medicaid or raise costs on middle-class families, only to turn his back and vote YES on the single largest  more PR

CARDIFF, Wales, March 11 -- Cardiff University posted the following news: * * * One in three parents believe children always need antibiotics for ear infections * Over a third (36%) of surveyed parents believe children always need antibiotics for ear infections, according to new research. Ear infections are very common - particularly in children - and often get better on their own within three days, although sometimes symptoms can last up to a week. Research suggests that around one in fiv more PR

AUGUSTA, Georgia, March 11 -- Augusta University posted the following news release: * * * DCG resident wins Best Research Article of the Year * A resident at Augusta University's Dental College of Georgia has received national recognition for research that sheds new light on potential surgical risks associated with herbal supplement use. Hannah Price, DMD, a third-year resident in the Department of Periodontics, is the lead author of a peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of Dent more PR

LEICESTER, England, March 11 (TNSjou) -- De Montfort University issued the following news: * * * A New Understanding of Substances Vital for Life Sciences A scientist from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) has contributed to a new understanding of substances that are vital for many medical applications, research, and even some foods. DMU's Dr Fuad Khoshnaw, along with colleagues from Birmingham City University, and Moroccan institutions University Mohamed Premier and University Ibn Tofa more PR

LONDON, England, March 12 -- The Institute of Cancer Research issued the following news: * * * Scientists discover new avenue for treating an aggressive form of breast cancer A gene that is typically active only in reproductive cells may hold the key to new treatments for triple negative breast cancer, according to new research. Scientists from the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research, London (ICR) and the Breast Cancer Now Research Unit at King's more PR

PEPPER PIKE, Ohio, March 12 (TNSjou) -- The North American Menopause Society, an organization that promotes the health and quality of life of all women during midlife and beyond through an understanding of menopause and healthy aging, issued the following news release on March 11, 2026: * * * Loneliness and Social Isolation Can Take a Toll on Women's Cognitive Abilities New study highlights the importance of psychosocial factors in cognitive health, especially during the menopause transition  more PR

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, March 11 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Ochsner research team reports safe and effective outcomes with emerging combination therapy for liver cancer * NEW ORLEANS - A multidisciplinary team of clinicians and translational research scientists at Ochsner recently published one of the largest patient outcomes studies utilizing immunotherapy in combination with liver-directed therapy (LDT) for liver cancer. The ar more PR

NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Prior Authorization May Hinder Access to Lifesaving Heart Failure Medications * Prior authorization, a process that requires physicians to obtain approval from health insurers before certain treatments are covered, may keep patients from filling prescriptions for two critical heart failure drugs, a new study shows. Led by  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 11 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * Scholars Focus on Credit, Accountability, and Transparency in Scientific Authorship Guidelines * Who takes credit and assumes accountability for published scientific scholarship are critical issues - for individual careers, for research institutions, for the scientific community and, importantly, for the trustworthiness of science itself. What constit more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, March 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for March 10, 2026 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly The total consumption model (TCM) is a theory proposing that the prevalence of problematic behavior follows closely with that of population-level behavior, driven by social network effects and exogenous influences. This model of collectivity has been demonstrated in alcohol consumption, more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, March 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: * * * Scientists Map Deadly Hantavirus, Bringing Treatments One Step Closer An innovative imaging technique enabled dramatically higher resolution structures than previous efforts. * Hantaviruses, transmitted from rodents to people, have a death rate approaching 40%. They're found around the world, and because no approved vaccines or treatments for them exist, they're among the pathogens of highes more PR