AURORA, Colorado, July 21 -- The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer issued the following news: [Category: Medical] * * * AI and the Diagnosis of TETs: Teaching Machines to See What Pathologists See * Imagine receiving a tissue biopsy from a patient with a rare thoracic tumor. The pathologist examines it under the microscope and provides a diagnosis, but the same slide, when reviewed by a colleague at another institution, might come back with a classification different from the original. For thymic epithelial tumors (T more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, July 20 -- University of Virginia Health posted the following news release: * * * Bile Acid Buildup Drives Spread of Breast Cancer, Research Reveals * A buildup of bile acids caused by an unhealthy gut can drive breast cancer to other parts of the body, new University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center research reveals. The findings could open the door to new ways to prevent breast cancer metastasis (spread), improve patient outcomes and save lives. The research from UVA's Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, and collea more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, July 20 -- University of Virginia Health posted the following news release: * * * Doctors Develop Critical Principles for Future of AI in Healthcare * A UVA Health emergency medicine doctor and colleague at Clemson University have developed a framework to help hospitals integrate artificial intelligence to not just increase efficiency and cut costs but ensure high-quality patient care remains the top priority. With the massive potential of artificial intelligence to transform healthcare in the coming years, UVA' more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 21 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center posted the following news: * * * Dr. Tejesh Patel Appointed to Dual Chair Role in Pathology and Dermatology * Tejesh Patel, MD, FAAD, has been named chair of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine's Department of Pathology, effective July 1. Dr. Patel has served as interim chair since March 2024. He has also served as chair of the Kaplan-Amonette Department of Dermatology since 2018 and will now lead both departments. "Being both a de more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, July 21 -- Illinois Wesleyan University posted the following news release: * * * Five New Members Join Illinois Wesleyan Board of Trustees * BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -Five new trustees were elected to the Illinois Wesleyan Board of Trustees at its May meeting. Joining the Board in 2026 will be Justin Ahrens '94, Jason Dinges '98, Elizabeth Nohren '98, Jim Richter '93 and John Strosahl '89. Justin Ahrens Justin Ahrens earned his BFA in graphic design from Illinois Wesleyan University and founded Rule29 in 2000. As Chi more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 21 -- Georgia State University issued the following Q&A on July 20, 2026, by Noelle Toumey Reetz with Eric Gilbert, associate professor in the Department of Biology: * * * Q&A Outsmarting Superbugs: From Brewing to Biofilms In the race to combat antibiotic-resistant infections, Georgia State biologist Eric Gilbert and his team are exploring new ways to disrupt bacterial biofilms. Interview by Noelle Toumey Reetz Nearly a century ago, antibiotics transformed medicine, making surgeries safer and once-deadly infections  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * High-speed 3D imaging reveals how seizures move through the brain * New light-sheet microscopy system combines adaptive optics with rapid volumetric imaging to visualize seizure propagation in the larval zebrafish brain  Seizures can race through the brain in seconds, making them difficult to capture in detail. To overcome this challenge, researchers have developed a new high-resolution light-sheet imaging system that  more PR

NEWTON, New South Wales, July 21 [Category: Health Care] -- The George Institute for Global Health issued the following news release: * * * Home delivered, medically tailored groceries improve diabetes control * Study of 460 US patients with type 2 diabetes shows healthy grocery deliveries to the home boost blood sugar control and food security A study from researchers at top US health insurance and medical services provider Kaiser Permanente, the Food is Medicine Institute at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Scie more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 21 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * In Memoriam: Peter Schuster * SFI External Faculty Fellow Peter Schuster, one of the world's leading theoretical chemists whose work laid the foundation for many research directions at SFI, died on June 14, 2026. He was 85. He is survived by his wife, Inge, and son, Manfred. Based in Austria, Schuster was prominent in European scientific life, serving as the Austrian Academy of Science's Vice President from 2000-2003 and Pre more PR

SANTA BARBARA, California, July 22 -- Fielding Graduate University issued the following news: * * * The Keynote that Brought Fielding to Its Feet By Catherine Ryan Ivory A. Toldson's stirring keynote at Fielding's June 29 commencement ceremony connected sacred ground, scholar-practitioner purpose, and the transformative work awaiting graduates. Beneath sunny skies overlooking the Pacific, Fielding Graduate University celebrated its largest graduation ceremony ever on June 29 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. The idyllic outdoo more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 22 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * More than half of U.S. adults now qualify for statins under new guidelines Updated recommendations for cholesterol-lowering therapy mean 21.5 million more people are eligible based on long term risk for heart attack and stroke - More than half of adults between the ages of 30 and 79 -- about 87.5 million people -- in the United States now meet criteria to take cholesterol-lowering d more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Demand Justification for Medically Unnecessary Testosterone Screening Policy for Servicemembers * [WASHINGTON, DC] - Following Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's bizarre video announcing mandatory annual testosterone screening for millions of servicemembers, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Gary Peters (D-MI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) wrote Hegseth raising concerns about t more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 21 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Six UNM faculty promoted to distinguished professors * Each year, The University of New Mexico selects a handful of professors to be honored with the highest faculty title the University bestows -distinguished professor. Announced jointly by the UNM Office of Academic Affairs in collaboration with the Health Sciences Center Office of Faculty Academic Affairs, the title of distinguished professor is reserved for academics who "have demonstrate more PR