DALLAS, Texas, April 28 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Brain health shaped by lifetime mental, physical, environmental and lifestyle factors * Statement Highlights: * An individual's brain health is influenced by their psychological health, environment, sleep quality, social conditions and chronic health conditions over a lifetime. Life events and experiences even in early life also affect long-term brain development and brain health. * Healthy lifestyle habits, such  more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 29 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on April 28, 2026, by senior researcher and political economist Andrew Longhurst: * * * Alberta's new health legislation brings U.S. style insurance to Canada Making a private health insurance market: the risks of the Canadian and U.S. industry to public medicare * The Alberta government appears to be swayed by the private insurance industry--and this powerful lobby has a large financial stake in a two-tier health care system. While, so more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 29 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * First-ever freeze-dried artificial platelets are shelf-stable and portable--a major advance for field medicine Patients in danger of bleeding out from trauma could be treated on site * Platelets, which allow blood to clot, can save patients in danger of bleeding to death from traumatic injuries. But donated platelets can only be given to patients in a hospital and last only a few days at room temperature to a few weeks when refrigerated. In a maj more PR

SINGAPORE, April 28 (TNSjou) -- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School issued the following news: * * * Hidden enzyme linked to cancer-related muscle loss may offer new treatment target A newly identified enzyme may help explain why patients with cancer experience severe muscle loss--and could point to a new therapeutic strategy. * Muscle wasting, a hallmark of cancer cachexia, is a common and debilitating condition affecting up to half of patients with advanced cancer. It is associated with weakness, fatigue, reduced treatment tolerance, and po more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 28 -- Mercer University posted the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Notables | May 2026 * College of Education Dr. Karyn Allee, associate professor of elementary education, with Dr. Brittany Adams of the University of Alabama and Dr. Nance Wilson of SUNY Cortland, co-authored the paper " The Climb Model of Reading: A strategic framework for comprehension, metacognition, and classroom practice," published in the Early Childhood Education Journal. Dr. Robert J. Helfenbein, professor of curriculum studies, re more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following remarks on April 28, 2026, at the markup of the fiscal 2027 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs bill: * * * Thank you Chairman Cole, Chairman Diaz-Balart, and Ranking Member Frankel for their good work and for their friendship. I also want to thank the subcommittee staff, Erin Kolodjeski, Ed Etzkorn, and Laurie Mignone on the minority, and their counterparts on the majority, Susan Adams, Craig Higgin more PR

LONDON, England, April 29 -- The Institute of Cancer Research issued the following news: * * * Excess weight is the strongest clue to the rise in cancer rates in under 50s Being overweight or obese is an important cause of rising cancer rates among younger adults in England, according to a major new study. Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Imperial College London, found that while rates of several cancers have been increasing in younger adults over the past two decades, most established behavioural risk factors fo more PR

BUFFALO, New York, April 28 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * Integrating pharmacists into kidney disease care team can provide better outcomes for patients * Calvin Meaney, who specializes in nephrology, recognizes the role pharmacists can serve in the care of patients with chronic kidney disease. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki UB's Calvin Meaney co-authors commentary highlighting benefits of relying on pharmacists, especially with shortage of nephrologists By Laurie  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Mariana P. Socal, associate professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, from an April 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Profits Over Patients: The PBM Business Model Under Scrutiny." PBM stands for pharmacy benefit manager. * * * Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and members of the Subcommittee, good morning. It is a great honor to be speak more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi Urges Trump Administration to Restore LGBTQ+ 988 Crisis Line as New Study Confirms Lifesaving Impact * WASHINGTON -Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi is calling on the Trump Administration to immediately restore the LGBTQ+ youth "Press 3" option on the 988 Lifeline after a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and led by Harvard Medical School researchers found the program is saving lives and pr more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 28 [Category: Health Care] -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release: * * * Lung Scans Can Reveal Important Differences in Sarcoidosis Severity According to New Study * A new study from researchers at National Jewish Health and collaborating institutions has found that different patterns seen on lung scans can signal how severe sarcoidosis may be, and how it affects breathing. The research was online published in the journal CHEST (Opens in a new window).  Sarcoidosis is a more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Overdoses spike for visitors to California addiction treatment centers hub * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Visitors to a 10-city region in Orange County, California, with a large concentration of substance use disorder treatment centers experience disproportionately high levels of overdose, according to a new study led by a researcher at Penn State. Out-of-state visitors to this region had the most pronounced levels. They were 159% more likel more PR

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, April 28 -- Flinders University posted the following news: * * * Support for AI in heart care * Digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare requires a range of safeguards and standards to work well, but new research from Flinders University provides support for effective AI systems to improve cardiovascular care. The study examines how Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) can transform cardiovascular disease management - a leading cause of death in Australia - by providing more accura more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, April 29 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Half of older patients with dementia remain on psychotropic drugs a year after starting on them Prescriptions for medications affecting cognition, such as antipsychotics, disproportionately likelier to be initiated from emergency rooms and hospitals, not doctors' offices * Initial prescriptions for medications affecting cognition, such as antipsychotics, are disproportionately likelier to come from acute and post-acute settings such as em more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, April 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news: * * * UH Professor Urges Better Prevention and Care of Liver Disease to Reduce Burden Research Reveals Financial, Human Cost and Need for Adherence By Laurie Fickman, 713/743-8454, lafickma@Central.UH.EDU A University of Houston College of Pharmacy professor has published two studies offering a comprehensive look at chronic liver disease in the era of modern antiviral therapies. One study is the first analysis of its economic and human toll; the other more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 29 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * University of Michigan Health-Sparrow merger boosts local care quality, job satisfaction, financial performance Leaders point to distinct factors behind the integration's success in an era when similar consolidation efforts fall short * Just three years after a six-hospital group merged with University of Michigan Health, leaders are reporting significant improvements in access, quality of  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, April 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Study finds three distinct patterns of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease New research on preclinical Alzheimer's disease, before symptoms begin, shows that people decline at different rates and that those patterns are linked to key biomarkers. * Cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease differs substantially from one person to the next and is not well predicted by existing medical tests. more PR

WINDSOR, Ontario, April 28 (TNSjou) -- University of Windsor issued the following news: * * * New publication highlights Windsor Law role in global AI and Robotics policy work By Sara Meikle From autonomous systems to algorithmic decision-making, artificial intelligence (AI) is raising questions that extend beyond the scope of law alone. Interdisciplinary collaboration at the University of Windsor is helping address these questions by bringing multiple fields into the same conversation. Last year, Windsor Law hosted We Robot, one of Nort more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * WTAS: FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy for Treatment of Genetic Hearing Loss Under National Priority Voucher Program * Groundbreaking AAV-based gene therapy offers potential treatment for patients with OTOF gene-associated severe-to-profound and profound hearing loss The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on April 23, 2026, approved Otarmeni (lunsotogene parvec-cwha), the first-ever dual adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector- more PR