BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 25 -- The Uniformed Services University posted the following news: * * * Battlefield Lessons, Global Standards: USU Co-Authors Landmark Update to Penetrating TBI Care * In This Article * A Shift From Pessimism to Action * Screening for Vascular Damage * The Unique Value of Military Data * Facilitating Global Adoption The Brain Trauma Foundation's Guidelines for the Management of Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury, Second Edition -the first revision in 25 years -urge surgeons to treat gunshot and blast woun more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 25 -- The Uniformed Services University posted the following research news: * * * Battlefield Lessons, Global Standards: USU Co-Authors Landmark Update to Penetrating TBI Care The Brain Trauma Foundation's Guidelines for the Management of Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury, Second Edition -the first revision in 25 years -urge surgeons to treat gunshot and blast wounds to the brain with immediate intervention rather than the long-standing wait-and-see approach. Published as a supplement in the journal Neurosurgery, th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47211) on Aug. 17, 2026, entitled "Criminal Justice Data: Human Trafficking" by domestic security specialist Kristin Finklea: * * * SUMMARY Human traffickers exploit vulnerable individuals for commercial sex and forced labor in a variety of legal and illegal industries, both across the United States and around the world. While some estimates of the incidence of human trafficking exist, comprehensive data on human trafficking within the Unite more PR

SANTA BARBARA, California, Aug. 26 -- Fielding Graduate University issued the following news: * * * Clinical Psychology Alum Paul Gunser Presents Research on Aging, Wellness, and Tai Chi By Marlen Bautista For Fielding alum Paul Gunser, PhD (CLIN PSY '84), research has become an opportunity to explore how movement, wellness, and aging intersect, while also creating connections with the people who participate in his work. Dr. Gunser was recently invited to present a poster featuring his research findings at the Northeast Regional Psychology more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Historic Kenyan drought reshaped livelihoods, health and daily life * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -During a historic drought in northern Kenya, a pastoralist community turned to a food source it had long viewed as a fallback for people without livestock: fishing. As herds dwindled and families struggled to obtain food, fishing on nearby Lake Turkana became increasingly common among the Daasanach. By the end of the drought, a livelihood once a more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 25 -- Mercer University posted the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Notables | September 2026 * #Stetson-Hatcher School of Business Astrid Loretta Ayala, Ph.D., associate professor of economics and finance, presented the article "Score-driven Markov-switching models of scale and shape parameters: an application to the Indian stock market" at the International Conference on Empirical Economics at Penn State Altoona held on Aug. 1. The article is co-authored with Szabolcs Blazsek, Ph.D., professor of economics,  more PR

RENO, Nevada, Aug. 25 -- The University of Nevada posted the following news: * * * Moving science out of silos: A conversation with biochemist and philanthropist Mick Hitchcock, Ph.D. * One April morning during the first year of my graduate program in the Reynolds School of Journalism, I sat at a long table in an upstairs classroom, waiting for our guest speaker - a biochemist named Mick Hitchcock, Ph.D. Our course, Science and New Media, had already introduced us to a range of science journalists and communicators. That day, however, we wo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Researchers develop tiny probe for intravascular imaging in the brain * 25 August 2026 # WASHINGTON -Researchers have developed a tiny optical imaging probe designed for optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging inside blood vessels in the brain. With further development, the tiny probe -which is about the width of a pencil lead and the length of a grain of rice -could be used to acquire detailed information about vas more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 25 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * Study of 60,000 U.S. adults links inflammatory protein to fatal heart attacks, other negative outcomes * Participants in UB's Women's Health Initiative were included in a national study looking at one inflammatory protein's connection to poor cardiovascular outcomes. Photo: Douglas Levere Participants, studied over several years, had a mean age of 63, were 67.6% women and more than 25% identified as a racial minor more PR

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Edinburgh issued the following news: * * * 'Supportive' brain cells may drive cognitive decline Brain cells that produce the protective coating around nerve fibres can become dysfunctional with age and may actively contribute to cognitive decline, according to new research. A study found that people with more severe cognitive decline had changes to nerve fibres and myelin - the protective coating around nerve fibres that helps messages travel efficiently through the brain. Experim more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center posted the following news: * * * UT Health Sciences' Care for the Community on Display at 2026 Health Care Heroes Awards * "Care, create, connect: This is my vision for child mental health in Memphis," Alicia Barnes, DO, the Urban Child Institute Endowed Chair of Excellence in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, said Thursday evening during the 27th annua more PR