DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 14 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Aortic structure may affect midlife rise in pulse pressure, aortic stiffness in women * Research Highlights: * Increasing pulse pressure (the gap between the upper and lower numbers in blood pressure readings), long attributed to falling estrogen levels caused by menopause, begins about two decades before women enter menopause, according to an analysis from the large and multi-generation Framingham Heart Study. * Th more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 14 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * Car owners beware! Lessons from the 'Kia Boys' crime spree * Key takeaways * Since 2020, the nation has seen a surge in thefts of certain Kia and Hyundai models. A UCLA-led team studying the crime spree predicts these cars will continue to be stolen through at least 2042. * The researchers cite a combination of factors: a lack of anti-theft equipment in these models, an increase in unstructured time during COVID, traditional print  more PR

RARITAN, New Jersey, Sept. 15 -- Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Johnson & Johnson's RYBREVANT(R) (amivantamab-vmjw) plus chemotherapy delivers longest reported median overall survival in EGFR exon 20 insertion mutation-positive lung cancer RYBREVANT plus chemotherapy demonstrates durable benefit with a differentiated approach that dual-targets EGFR and MET Results mark significant progress for a patient population with poor outcomes and a historical five-year survival rate of just 8% SEOUL, more PR

AURORA, Colorado, Sept. 14 [Category: Medical] -- The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer posted the following news release: * * * Mobile CT Lung Cancer Screening Expands Access for Underserved Populations in Brazil * (SEOUL, Republic of Korea -Tuesday, September 15th, 9:45 a.m. Korea Standard Time) -Mobile low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening can reach high-risk and socially vulnerable populations in resource-limited settings, according to initial results from the Third Brazilian Early Lung Cancer Trial (BRELT3) more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 [Category: Political] -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * NUT Podcast Episode 291: Congressional Pensions: YOU Pay the Bill! * Philip Blumel: Okay, so let's talk Congressional pensions. To set the stage, we'll start with a couple of stories brought to our attention by Kim Strassel at the Wall Street Journal in May. First, former California representative and term limits foe Eric Swalwell resigned last April under a cloud of sexual misconduct allegations. Now, whether he is convicted of anything  more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 15 (TNSxrep) -- Roche, a biotech company, issued the following news release: * * * Roche's collaborator MediLink announces phase III data for Tam-Peli showing significantly improved overall survival in Chinese patient population with relapsed small-cell lung cancer * Tambotatug pelitecan (Tam-Peli) demonstrated statistically significant efficacy over topotecan in a phase III study conducted in China, reducing the risk of death by 54% and disease progression by 71%, while achieving an objective response rate of 59.1% more PR

ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia, Sept. 14 -- The University of the Fraser Valley posted the following news: * * * UFV researchers find blueberries may help trail runners pick up * For competitive trail runners, every second can be the difference between winning a race or finishing a heartbeat behind the victor. Two University of the Fraser Valley professors are now suggesting that blueberries may be useful in shaving those precious seconds off your time. Dr. Luisa Giles and Dr. Jason Brandenburg recently completed a study examining whether hi more PR