ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 3 [Category: Psychiatry/Psychology] -- The American Psychiatric Association issued the following news release: * * * August 2026 Issues of APA Journals Feature New Research on Schizophrenia, Combined Treatments, Trends in Involuntary Psychiatric Detentions and More * Washington, D.C. -The latest issues of three American Psychiatric Association journals (The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, and Focus) are now available online. #The American Journal of Psychiatry The August issue of The America more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 (TNSjou) -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center issued the following news: * * * BIDMC Study Could Yield New Therapeutic Target Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have uncovered a new clue to one of pregnancy's enduring mysteries: what determines when labor begins? In a study published in Science, the investigators found that a molecule best known for its role in cellular metabolism and aging also helps regulate the timing of labor. The findings offer new insight into the causes of pre more PR

HEMPSTEAD, New York, Aug. 4 -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * DeTora Celebrates New Publications Addressing Medical Communication and Bioethics Ginny Greenberg Dr. Lisa DeTora, professor and director of STEM writing and chair of Writing Studies and Rhetoric at Hofstra University, co-authored the article, "Enabling remuneration for patient authors of company-sponsored publications: approaches and case study examples aligned with Good Publication practice," and a book chapter, "Failures to Communicate: Rhetorical Problems more PR

ROCHESTER, Minnesota, Aug. 3 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Mayo Clinic issued the following news release: * * * Mayo Clinic study highlights benefits of animal-assisted treatment in stroke rehabilitation (VIDEO) * ROCHESTER, Minn. -A visit from a therapy animal may do more than lift spirits. A new study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings highlights how animal-assisted treatment can support inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Patients who interacted with therapy animals showed greater engagement in their treatment, increased physical activity and long more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 3 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU study: A handful of corporations now shape how kids in Medicaid get care * The United States is in the middle of a well-documented adolescent mental health crisis. Because Medicaid provides medical coverage for roughly half of all children in the country, the program has an essential role in responding to that crisis. Increasingly, that response runs through a small number of large corporations. New research from Oregon Health & Science U more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree Urges MaineHealth to Preserve Labor and Delivery Services at Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is urging MaineHealth to preserve labor and delivery services at Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta, warning that closing the unit would have far-reaching consequences for families, health care workers, and communities throughout the Midcoast. In a letter to MaineHealth President and CEO Dr. Andy Mueller and more PR

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Aug. 4 -- Children's Health Defense, an organization that says it restores and protects the health of children by eliminating exposures to environmental toxins, issued the following news: * * * RFK Jr. Demands Editors of Journal Defend 'Concern' About 2020 Vaccine Study In a letter to the editors of Sage Open Medicine, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the editors to explain why they are now questioning a peer-reviewed study comparing health outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated children. Th more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 4 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Combination of targeted therapies could help overcome treatment resistance in advanced prostate cancer UCLA-led study identifies a strategy to make antibody-drug conjugates more effective against metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer - UCLA researchers have identified a promising strategy to make a new class of targeted cancer therapies more effective against one of the deadliest forms of prosta more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 4 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * UCLA scientists build 'cell villages' to map the genetics of brain cell fitness Key Takeaways * UCLA researchers grew brain cells from dozens of genetically distinct donors together in a cell village, then built a statistical tool called Townlet to measure each donor's cell fitness -- how well their cells grow and survive. * The platform has identified three findings: cells with a chromosome deletion linked to autism consistently grew faste more PR

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Aug. 3 -- The University of Auckland issued the following news: * * * Psilocybin therapy sparks anorexia recovery motivation Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Health and medicine, Sustainable impact - Psilocybin therapy may offer hope for people with anorexia nervosa, new research reveals. A groundbreaking study has found psilocybin therapy can lead to sustained improvements in anorexia symptoms and recovery motivation for up to a year. Dr Hannah Douglass led the study during her PhD at Imperial College Londo more PR

NICOSIA, Cyprus, Aug. 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nicosia issued the following news: * * * Students and faculty explore treating antenatal depression with transcranial stimulation in new study Fourth-year graduate-entry MD students, Eleanor Roy and Amir Arshia Emam Jomeh, alongside Georgios Mikellides, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical School, contributed to a recent publication exploring the use of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) to treat depression during pregnancy. Published in the internat more PR