NEW YORK, May 8 -- Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release: * * * AI Model Improves Delirium Prediction, Leading to Better Health Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients Novel AI Model boosts early detection and treatment by increasing staff efficiency New York, NY (May 07, 2025) - An artificial intelligence (AI) model improved outcomes in hospitalized patients by quadrupling the rate of detection and treatment of delirium. The model identifies patients at high risk for deliri more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Robert M. Gordon, senior vice president of policy research and international at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, from a May 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining Insurance Markets and the Role of Mitigation Policies": * * * OVERVIEW The home, auto, and business (property casualty) insurance industry has faced significant challenges over the past several  more PR

DALLAS, Texas, May 7 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Culture, health awareness are key to reducing heart disease among Native American people Research Highlights: * Native American tribal members identified five priorities to improve awareness of and access to care for heart disease: heart health education; cultural considerations; inclusive, multigenerational community engagement; improved resources for general health and  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Discovery from Mass General Brigham Researchers Yields Insights on Preventing Organ Transplant Rejection The study identifies receptors that slow inflammation, signaling a promising target for new therapies. Current treatments to prevent organ transplant rejection focus mainly on suppressing T cells, part of the adaptive immune system. However, the innate immune system--the body's first line of defe more PR

NEW YORK, May 8 -- Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release: * * * Discovery of Dopamine Receptors in a Previously Overlooked Part of the Brain Sheds Light on the Complex Circuitry for Anxiety and Depression New York, NY (May 07, 2025) - Mount Sinai researchers have discovered distinct roles for two dopamine receptors located on nerve cells within the portion of the brain that controls approach vs. avoidance behavior. These receptors potentially influence anxiety and mood d more PR

DENVER, Colorado, May 8 -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release: * * * National Jewish Health Researchers Coin New Term 'Silicosarcoidosis' to Define Distinct Occupational Lung Disease DENVER - In a groundbreaking study led by a multinational team of experts, researchers at National Jewish Health and their collaborators in Colorado, Illinois, Taiwan and Israel have introduced a new term to the medical lexicon: silicosarcoidosis. This novel designat more PR

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, May 7 -- Nemours Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Nemours Children's Health Researcher Shapes National Recommendations on Screening for Trauma in Children with Injuries WILMINGTON, Del. (May 7, 2025) -- Children who experience injuries face higher than average risk of mental health difficulties such as post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. A new study led by a Nemours Children's Health researcher finds that use of a universal screening tool i more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * NEW: Sen. Ossoff Launches Investigation into Large, Out-of-State Companies Driving Up Home Prices in Georgia Georgians who've been unable to purchase homes because of large, out-of-state companies are invited to share their story at ossoff.senate.gov/homestory This is an external link VIDEO This is an external link : Sen. Ossoff invites Georgians to share their stories Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senato more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, May 8 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU study finds critical gaps in Narcan awareness, possession among U.S. adults As the opioid epidemic continues to plague the United States, Narcan and other treatments that administer naloxone have emerged as effective tools to quickly reverse overdoses and save lives. Yet, a new study by researchers from New Mexico State University and North Dakota State University found significant gaps more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 8 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Regenerating Eyedrops May Help Damaged Corneas Heal By Melissa Rohman Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed first-of-its-kind eyedrops that use synthetic nanoparticles to help the eye regenerate cells that have been damaged by mustard keratopathy, or exposure to mustard gas, and other inflammatory eye diseases, detailed in a recent study published in the journ more PR

NEW YORK, May 7 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * NYC Health + Hospitals Releases Fifth Episode of The Remedy Podcast Season 2 Episode 5: Street Medicine in NYC covers the work of social workers with NYC Health + Hospitals' Street Health Outreach + Wellness (SHOW) program, a mobile health outreach program that provides services to homeless and vulnerable New Yorkers The health care system's role as a public hospital system  more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, May 8 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * A culturally adapted obesity prevention for Latino families UC Riverside-led study offers a framework for involving non-maternal caregivers in public health initiatives By Iqbal Pittalwala A University of California, Riverside-led research team has adapted an intervention for childhood obesity prevention to better serve Latina mothers, non-maternal caregivers, and families of low-i more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, May 8 -- The University of Washington's School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Device reveals how drugs affect brain activity in real time Research with the device may help develop new treatments for neurological diseases and mental health disorders. Scientists have developed a tiny device that can deliver drugs directly to a specific spot in a mouse's brain and show how those drugs affect brain cell activity -- all while the mouse is awake and movin more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 8 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Enhanced CAR T cell therapy offers new strategy for lymphoma Next-generation CAR T cell therapy works where other CAR T cell therapies have failed A next-generation "armored" CAR T cell therapy showed promising results in a small study of patients whose B-cell lymphomas continued to resist multiple rounds of other cancer treatments, including commercially more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 8 -- Vanderbilt Law School issued the following news: * * * Chloe Allen Named 2025 George Barrett Social Justice Fellow Chloe Allen '25 has been named a George Barrett Social Justice Fellow for the Vanderbilt Law Class of 2025. The Barrett Fellowship will fund Allen's work with the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC). Allen's appointment as a George Barrett Social Justice Fellow was announced by Dean Chris Guthrie. The Barrett Social Justice Fellowship honors t more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 8 -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * Yale-developed method offers view into earliest stages of RNA production The new method offers a glimpse into the critical formative stages of RNA molecules -- and may help lead to early therapeutic treatments when cellular production goes awry. By Karen Guzman When RNA molecules are synthesized by cells -- a critical process in the creation of proteins and other cellular functions -- they typically u more PR