PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 18 [Category: Health Care] -- Banner Health posted the following news release: * * * Banner Health celebrates its healthcare heroes * PHOENIX (Sept. 18, 2026) - When the Phoenix Business Journal named its honorees across the healthcare community this week, something remarkable emerged in the Banner Health nominations: four finalists selected from a pool of more than 120 nominees, representing four entirely different arenas of care. Together, they tell the story of what a fully integrated nonprofit health system looks more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -- Baruch College posted the following news: * * * Baruch Students Publish AI-Informed Diabetes Study in Healthcare Journal * Left to right: Executive MBA Healthcare Administration students Amanda Wong, Milagros Ramos, Tanzina Khan, Melissa Florus, Miguel Rodriguez. Amid all the doom and gloom about AI, one of the many upsides is its potential to improve healthcare. For example, AI can help medical researchers and healthcare providers analyze vast amounts of data quickly and use the information to provide real-world bene more PR

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Sept. 19 (TNSjou) -- 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 commentary by Henrick Karoliszyn, investigative reporter for The Defender: * * * GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drug Prescriptions for Young Kids Skyrocketing, Study Finds Prescriptions for children ages 8 to 11 with obesity jumped more than 300-fold since 2019, according to researchers at New York University. The FDA has not approved GL more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 18 (TNSjou) -- King's College London issued the following news: * * * 17 September 2026 Genetic risk for PTSD may depend on the trauma experienced Some genes may make you more vulnerable to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from certain types of trauma than others, according to new research from King's College London published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology. The study findings suggest that what happens to you and your genetic makeup both affect your risk of developing the disorder. Common symptoms more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Lori Cohen, Mathew Rosengart Named to Forbes' 2026 America's Top Lawyers List * NEW YORK - Sept. 18, 2026 - Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholders Lori G. Cohen and Mathew Rosengart have been named to Forbes' 2026 America's Top Lawyers list. Cohen, vice chair of the firm and co-chair of its Global Litigation Practice and Trial Practice Group, was recognized for the second consecutive year. Rosengart, co-chair of the firm more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 18 -- The National Union of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Workers to strike for first time in The Lancet's 200-year history 17 Sep 2026 NUJ members working at The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals, are set to go on strike next week following a long-running dispute over pay. The strike action will take place for one day on Tuesday 22 September outside The Lancet's London office - the first time a walkout has been staged by staff in the publication's 200-year history. Workers at The La more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 19 -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * D'Angelo Named Interim President of the New Jersey Innovation Institute September 18, 2026 Jennifer D'Angelo has been named interim president of the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), a subsidiary of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), effective Sept. 21, 2026. D'Angelo brings to the role more than 25 years of executive leadership experience across healthcare, technology, operations, cybersecurity, government partnerships and  more PR

RESTON, Virginia, Sept. 18 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release: * * * Proven Radiotracer Highly Effective in Detecting Rare, Aggressive Kidney Cancer * Media Contact: Rebecca Maxey (703) 652-6772 rmaxey@snmmi.org QUESTION: Does 18F-FDG PET/CT have a role in assessing disease burden and guiding treatment planning in patients with renal medullary carcinoma (RMC)? PERTINENT FINDINGS: 18F-FDG PET/CT detected lesions in 98 percent of RMC patients. In 65 percent  more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 19 -- The University of Cincinnati posted the following news: * * * UC emergency medicine physicians safely eliminate thousands of unnecessary CT scans Why reducing imaging matters for patients' cost, time and radiation exposure By Megan Burgasser, burgasma@ucmail.uc.edu September 18, 2026 Emergency medicine physician-researchers at the University of Cincinnati have shown that a targeted quality improvement campaign can safely reduce unnecessary head and cervical spine (neck) computed tomography (CT) scans in low-r more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 19 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Cancer care uses biological tests to guide treatment. Why doesn't psychiatry? UCLA Health psychiatrist co-leads national effort to bring precision medicine to psychiatric drug development September 18, 2026 For many people with depression, schizophrenia or other psychiatric conditions, finding the right medication means trying one, waiting weeks to see how it goes, and often trying another. Unlike conditions such as cancer and Alzheimer's more PR

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Sept. 18 -- The University of Johannesburg issued the following news release: * * * UJ Showcase highlights a decade of transformative progress in inclusive education September 16, 2026 The Teacher Education for Inclusive Teaching (TEfIT) project close-out conference, held on 9-10 September 2026, marked a decade of transformative progress in South African education. Funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) with support from the European Union, the event brought together the University of Jo more PR