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Released: 4-Feb-2020 2:40 PM EST
The U.S. Presidential Nominating Process
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Every four years, U.S. presidential candidates compete in a series of state contests to gain their party’s nomination. The political process is one of the most complex and expensive in the world.

Released: 4-Feb-2020 8:55 AM EST
MD Who Volunteers as Reserve Officer Saves a Life on Duty
Cedars-Sinai

Two years ago, Dr. Paul Strauss began living a double life -- working both as a reserve police officer at LAPD's Southwest station and as an anesthesiologist at Cedars-Sinai. Recently, those two careers converged to save the life of a military veteran who was threatening to kill herself.

   
31-Jan-2020 4:10 PM EST
Political TV Ads Referencing Guns Increased Eightfold Over Four Election Cycles
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The number of political candidate television advertisements that refer to guns increased significantly across four election cycles in U.S. media markets, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study, to be published in the February issue of Health Affairs, analyzed more than 14 million televised campaign advertisements that aired for candidates running for president, U.S. Congress, governor, and state legislatures in 210 U.S. media markets over four election cycles in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. The researchers found that the number of political ads aired that referenced guns increased by 369,600, an eightfold increase from one percent of candidate-related television political ads aired in 2012 to 8 percent in 2018. Among the televised political ads aired that referenced guns, the share with gun regulation-oriented messages that were focused on reducing gun violence increased almost threefold over time–from 10 perce

Released: 3-Feb-2020 2:30 PM EST
ISPOR 2020 Top 10 HEOR Trends
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

ISPOR--The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research has released its third annual "Top 10 Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) Trends" report. The full report is available at www.ispor.org/top10trends.

Released: 3-Feb-2020 9:00 AM EST
Pursuing justice
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

A West Virginia University student is seeking justice for imprisoned individuals who are not receiving adequate healthcare.

29-Jan-2020 1:05 PM EST
Study Finds Some State Laws Linked to Lower Incidence of Vaping
University of Iowa

State laws that regulate e-cigarette sales and usage may lower their use in states where those laws have been implemented, according to a new observational study from the University of Iowa published this week by the journal JAMA Network Open.

Released: 30-Jan-2020 11:50 AM EST
Trump’s Lopsided Mideast Peace Plan
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

The long-awaited plan presented by President Donald J. Trump paves the way for broader Israeli annexation of occupied territories, has no real chance of Palestinian support, and risks provoking violence.

Released: 30-Jan-2020 11:40 AM EST
UIC report examines black population loss in Chicago
University of Illinois Chicago

A mix of factors is involved in Chicago’s declining black population and others aren’t well defined, but inequality stands out as a leading element, according to a new report from the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Released: 29-Jan-2020 5:10 PM EST
FSU experts available to comment on the upcoming electoral season
Florida State University

Published: January 29, 2020 | 4:15 pm | SHARE: On Feb. 3, the Iowa Caucuses will formally kick off the 2020 electoral season. In addition to gubernatorial and state houses, seats in the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives and the presidency are up for grabs this year.The shifting political and media landscape coupled with the growing influence of social media, means clarity and perspective are as important as ever.

28-Jan-2020 2:30 PM EST
Stability pushes Sanders to top of ISU/Civiqs poll; caucus interest building
Iowa State University

Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading the Iowa State University/Civiqs poll for the first time in the five months of polling leading up to the Iowa caucuses. Maintaining a stable base and picking up supporters from other candidates have contributed to his surge.

Released: 28-Jan-2020 12:15 PM EST
New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research Names New Executive Director
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Michael Anestis, a public health psychologist and expert on firearms and suicide risk, has been appointed as executive director of the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research led by Rutgers University.

Released: 28-Jan-2020 12:00 PM EST
How Active Shooter Incidents Off Campus Lead to Guns on Campus
New York University

A new study finds that active shooter incidents off campus and politics are key factors that led state legislators to pass laws allowing concealed weapons on college and university campuses between 2004 and 2016.

Released: 28-Jan-2020 4:30 AM EST
ISPOR-FDA Summit 2020 Will Focus on the Use of Patient-Preference Information in Medical Devices
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced that it will be holding a joint ISPOR-FDA Summit, “Using Patient-Preference Information in Medical Device Regulatory Decisions: Benefit-Risk and Beyond,” on March 31, 2020 in Silver Spring, MD, USA.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 2:15 PM EST
South Dakotans Deserve a Physician to Administer Anesthesia
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the South Dakota Society of Anesthesiologists (SDSA) strongly oppose SB 50, which will needlessly dismantle the anesthesia care team model in South Dakota by authorizing nurse anesthetists to administer anesthesia without physician supervision. Additionally, the bill will authorize nurse anesthetists to prescribe patients potentially dangerous controlled substances, including opioids, and perform intricate pain medicine procedures all with no physician oversight or involvement.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 12:55 PM EST
Iowa caucus-goers rely on variety of sources to make decision
Iowa State University

Iowans have had ample opportunities to meet the Democratic presidential candidates, but likely caucus-goers say this access is not their most important source of information, according to a new Iowa State University survey.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 11:15 AM EST
Victims of mass atrocities often portrayed as disempowered in international law
University of Helsinki

According to a doctoral thesis completed by Nadia Valentina Tapia Navarro, victims of mass atrocities are often portrayed as disempowered, passive, defenceless and docile in discourses pertaining to international law.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 8:05 AM EST
Basketball Game Blurs Party Lines
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

At the end of each legislative session, New Mexico’s senators and representatives lace up to play a hotly-contested basketball game. No one officially tracks how many games each team has won — or any other statistics — because, in the end, the real winners are New Mexicans who face cancer.

Released: 24-Jan-2020 12:45 PM EST
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to Have a Greater Role in National Response to Opioid Epidemic
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

As we enter a new year and a new decade, many states have enacted legislation affecting the roles of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in terms of practice authority, reimbursement, and prescriptive authority, according to the 32nd Annual Legislative Update in the January issue of The Nurse Practitioner, published by Wolters Kluwer.

   
Released: 24-Jan-2020 10:15 AM EST
Exclusive Polling: Iowa Youth Poised for Historic Caucus Turnout
Tufts University

Young people are poised for a potentially historic turnout in the upcoming Iowa caucuses, and young Democrats prefer Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to an exclusive CIRCLE-Tisch College/Suffolk University Iowa youth poll released today by Tufts University.

Released: 24-Jan-2020 9:50 AM EST
As Rural Hospital Closures Continue, CRNAs Offer a Safe, Affordable Solution
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

“Rural healthcare systems are fighting for their lives,” according to Randall Moore, DNP, MBA, CRNA and CEO of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA). “Statistics remain grim.”

   
Released: 23-Jan-2020 3:55 PM EST
Keeping guns away from potential mass shooters
Michigan State University

The United States currently averages 20 mass shootings per year. Researchers from Michigan State University measured the extent to which mass shootings are committed by domestic violence perpetrators, suggesting how firearm restrictions may prevent these tragedies.

Released: 23-Jan-2020 2:20 PM EST
Data from Behind Enemy Lines: How Russia May have Used Twitter to Seize Crimea
University of California San Diego

Online discourse by users of social media can provide important clues about the political dispositions of communities.

Released: 23-Jan-2020 12:20 PM EST
When Caregivers Need Care
American Psychological Association (APA)

People who regularly care for or assist a family member or friend with a health problem or disability are more likely to neglect their own health, particularly by not having insurance or putting off necessary health services due to cost, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association.

Released: 23-Jan-2020 9:00 AM EST
CROWN Conference: Can Public Policy End Hair Discrimination?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy will host the CROWN Conference: Can Public Policy End Hair Discrimination to discuss a New Jersey bill known as the CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Naturals). The bill would protect people’s right to wear natural hairstyles, such as Afros, braids, twists or and locs, which are often worn by African-Americans.

Released: 22-Jan-2020 11:05 AM EST
Stepping Up and Standing Out
American University

Women of all ages and political affiliations — particularly millennials and women of color—have become more politically engaged since 2016, according to a new online survey released by Gender on the Ballot, a partnership between the Women & Politics Institute at American University’s School of Public Affairs and the Barbara Lee Family Foundation.

Released: 22-Jan-2020 9:00 AM EST
Decline in Late Stage Cancer Diagnoses After Health Reform Law
Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh

Advanced stage cancer diagnoses declined following health insurance expansion in Massachusetts, likely due to increased access to screening and diagnostic services that identified cancers earlier, according to new research.

   
Released: 21-Jan-2020 6:15 PM EST
Mentoring Madness Impacts Record 3,000 Students Across Adirondacks
CFES Brilliant Pathways

The largest single-day mentoring event in the history of the Adirondacks saw over 100 volunteers from area colleges, hospitals, businesses and law enforcement travel to schools to share their own stories and offer career advice to thousands of young people

Released: 21-Jan-2020 3:05 PM EST
Students, Iowa State police join forces to design new police gear
Iowa State University

Iowa State University industrial design students are collaborating with the ISU Police Department to examine the issues police officers face with their uniforms, gear and vehicles – and what designers can do to help solve those problems.



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