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Released: 15-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Expert explains how Congressional TikTok bill could impact users and the future of social media
Virginia Tech

The vote this week by the U.S. House of Representatives, by an overwhelming 352-65 margin, could lead to a nationwide ban of the popular social media app TikTok.

Released: 15-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study shows that aging adults with mild cognitive impairment may have trouble learning new walking patterns
University of Delaware

University of Delaware researchers are studying how the brain controls movement and how motor skills are learned in health and disease.

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Released: 14-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
The need for women in STEM is greater than ever, says expert
Virginia Tech

Women make up only 35% of the workforce in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) - the greatest disparities occurring in engineering and computer sciences. Christina DiMarino, an engineering professor at Virginia Tech, said now is the time to flip the script and explained why it is so important that education for women and underrepresented groups about STEM fields starts early in life.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:30 AM EDT
How to check for bedbugs
American Academy of Dermatology

Bedbugs can make you itch just by thinking about them. These tiny, reddish-brown insects that feed on blood are notorious for infiltrating hotel rooms and luggage, hitchhiking their way back to a new home virtually undetected.

Newswise: 38 Year Old Colon Cancer Survivor Re-Writes Her Outlook On Life
Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
38 Year Old Colon Cancer Survivor Re-Writes Her Outlook On Life
Hackensack Meridian Health

34 year old goes to the emergency department at the urging of her brother for pain from what she thought was appendicitis and gets shock of a lifetime.

Newswise: All Middle and High Schools: Join Us for the 2024 Illinois Youth Survey (IYS)
Released: 13-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
All Middle and High Schools: Join Us for the 2024 Illinois Youth Survey (IYS)
School of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Administered by the Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the IYS uses the anonymous data to produce school, district, community, county, and statewide reports.

Newswise: Xueqin Sun seeks to illuminate the underlying causes of cancer
Released: 13-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Xueqin Sun seeks to illuminate the underlying causes of cancer
Sanford Burnham Prebys

As a new assistant professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys faculty, Sun seeks to better understand the genetic and epigenetic underpinnings of cancers, using genome editing technologies, animal and patient-derived models, and other tools to develop more effective cancer therapies.

Newswise: Experts Available to Discuss Implications of Study Showing Microplastics in Carotid Artery Contributing to Stroke and Heart Attack Risk
Released: 12-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Experts Available to Discuss Implications of Study Showing Microplastics in Carotid Artery Contributing to Stroke and Heart Attack Risk
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health experts can address concerns of recent study that found some patients with carotid stenosis have evidence of micoscopic particles from environmental plastics in their atherosclerotic plaque.

Newswise: Women Leaders Who Have Broken Down Barriers: Global Politics Expert Reflects on Women’s History Month
Released: 12-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Women Leaders Who Have Broken Down Barriers: Global Politics Expert Reflects on Women’s History Month
Virginia Tech

Women’s History Month recognizes the achievements of women throughout the world. Virginia Tech political science expert Farida Jalalzai reflects on world leaders who are women, and how in recent years they’ve broken down barriers and expanded understandings of the roles of women in governance.

Released: 8-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EST
Michigan Ross Professor Explores Multinational Brand Building Challenges in Developed Markets
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Chinese e-commerce firm Temu sparked controversy in the United States with its Super Bowl ad titled “Spending like a billionaire,” which attracted a spate of criticism for reasons ranging from cultural insensitivity to general confusion.

Newswise: IU researcher developing new pediatric leukemia therapies
Released: 8-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EST
IU researcher developing new pediatric leukemia therapies
Indiana University

Reuben Kapur, director of the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is working to discover new treatments that will improve patient care.

Released: 7-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EST
Haiti is close to becoming a failed state
University of Miami

Gangs have attacked the airport and jails while the de facto prime minister was out of the country. University of Miami experts discuss the nation’s future.

Released: 4-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EST
Florette K. Gray Hazard appointed chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UC Davis Health

Florette K. Gray Hazard, a pediatric pathologist, has been appointed chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Sciences at the UC Davis School of Medicine. She will lead a department with 50 faculty, 16 residents, and more than 400 academic and clinical staff.

Released: 3-Mar-2024 9:15 PM EST
Experts from DePaul University available to discuss 2024 primaries, general election
DePaul University

With the 2024 election season underway, voters are weighing in at primaries and caucuses around the country. DePaul University experts are available to discuss key topics surrounding local, state and federal elections, including campaign strategy, Gen Z voters, voting rights, the impact of global politics and more.

Released: 1-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EST
Movement Is Key to Supporting Adults with Down Syndrome
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

UNLV professor Thessa Hilgenkamp addresses the unique anatomy in adults with Down syndrome that makes being active more challenging.

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Released: 1-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EST
Michigan Ross Professor Shares Ideas to Ease Housing Crisis
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

A proposal developed by a University of Michigan business expert and others to help ease the U.S. housing crisis is being shared with federal housing officials.

Released: 29-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Climate data highlights East-West tendencies in Texas wildfires
Cornell University

Cornell University climate scientist Flavio Lehner notes that the Smokehouse Creek fire, like the Eastland County fires of 2022, sits geographically near a dividing line between regions of the country that are forecast to experience either more or less precipitation in the future.

Released: 29-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Q&A: How a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease could also work for Type 2 diabetes
University of Washington

Alzheimer’s disease and Type 2 diabetes are part of a family of amyloid diseases that are characterized by having proteins that cluster together. University of Washington researchers have demonstrated more similarities between the two diseases.

Released: 29-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Springing Forward: How to Navigate Moving the Clock Ahead
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers circadian rhythm and sleep experts discuss the impact of the time change on mental and physical health

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Released: 29-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Type 2 diabetes no longer a barrier to becoming a living kidney donor
Mayo Clinic

People who are overall healthy and living with well-controlled Type 2 diabetes can donate a kidney, thanks to a change in national policy.

Released: 28-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Ask the expert: What a 2nd Trump term could mean for democracy and advancing policy
Michigan State University

Erica Frantz is an associate professor of political science in Michigan State University’s Department of Political Science in the College of Social Science. Frantz answers questions about why personalist parties are a concern for democracy, looking at examples throughout history and one that has emerged today: Trump’s Republican Party.

Released: 28-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Solar flares: U-M experts highlight gaps preventing accurate predictions of impacts around Earth
University of Michigan

The recent spike of activity from the sun occurred during what NASA has dubbed the Heliophysics Big Year—a celebration of solar science centered on the April 8 total eclipse, the last that will be visible from the continental U.S. for 20 years.

Released: 27-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Texas Tech and TTUHSC Professors Honored as NAI Senior Members
Texas Tech University

Four faculty members across the system will be inducted in June.

Released: 27-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Dengue: Experta de Mayo Clinic explica la infección transmitida por mosquitos
Mayo Clinic

Aproximadamente la mitad de la población mundial vive en zonas vulnerables a dengue, una infección viral potencialmente mortal transmitida a través de las picaduras de mosquitos infectados. No hay tratamiento, y solo las personas que ya han tenido dengue son elegibles para la vacuna.

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Released: 23-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Expert says West Coast flooding, mudslides remain threat from multiple large winter storms
Virginia Tech

As California and the west coast stare down yet another major winter storm, the threat of devastating flooding and mudslides is even more urgent. Drew Ellis, a climate science and meteorology expert at Virginia Tech, explains what causes these conditions.

Newswise: Political expert on what the GOP South Carolina primary means for Nikki Haley, Donald Trump
Released: 23-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Political expert on what the GOP South Carolina primary means for Nikki Haley, Donald Trump
Virginia Tech

The Republican race for a candidate to take on President Joe Biden in November’s election continues to be a two-person show, with Saturday’s South Carolina primary the latest stage. Virginia Tech political expert Caitlin Jewitt answers questions about the shape of the race through the South Carolina primary, the Super Tuesday contest on March 5, and beyond.

Newswise: AI and the spread of fake news sites: experts explain how to counteract them
Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
AI and the spread of fake news sites: experts explain how to counteract them
Virginia Tech

With national elections looming in the United States, concerns about misinformation are sharper than ever, and advances in artificial intelligence have made distinguishing genuine news sites from fake ones even more challenging. Virginia Tech experts explore three different facets of the AI-fueled spread of fake news sites and the efforts to combat them.

Newswise: Colorectal cancer now leading cause of cancer death in men younger than 50 and second leading cause of cancer death in women under 50 – but this is a cancer that is largely preventable
Released: 22-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Colorectal cancer now leading cause of cancer death in men younger than 50 and second leading cause of cancer death in women under 50 – but this is a cancer that is largely preventable
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Folasade May, MD, PhD, UCLA Health cancer prevention researcher and gastroenterologist, is available for interview on a variety of topics during colorectal cancer awareness month.

Newswise: SLAC scientists explain: What is inertial fusion energy?
Released: 21-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
SLAC scientists explain: What is inertial fusion energy?
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Following ignition demonstrations at the National Ignition Facility, the prospect of developing a fusion energy source using lasers looks brighter than ever. Here, SLAC experts weigh in on what it will take to develop the science and technology toward that aim and how the lab and its partners will contribute.

Newswise: From segregation to inspiration, James Griffin, M.D., is making history at Parkland and UT Southwestern
Released: 21-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
From segregation to inspiration, James Griffin, M.D., is making history at Parkland and UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern Medical Center

To call the connection James D. Griffin, M.D., has with UT Southwestern and Parkland Memorial Hospital lifelong is no exaggeration. Dr. Griffin was born at Parkland in 1958, when the labor and delivery ward was still segregated. More than six decades later, his colleagues at that hospital elected him President of the medical staff – the first Black physician to earn the honor.

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Released: 21-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Expert shares advice on the most effective strategies for tax season
Virginia Tech

Navigating tax season can be a source of stress for many individuals. Virginia Tech finance expert Jesse Lineberry shares ways to stay ahead on tax season to avoid being overwhelmed as the April 15 deadline approaches. Get organized early. “With so many details to account for it's essential to retrieve all information from previous employers and bankers,” said Lineberry.

Newswise: JMU professor had key role in founding National Black MBA Association
Released: 19-Feb-2024 11:15 AM EST
JMU professor had key role in founding National Black MBA Association
James Madison University

Alexander Gabbin, a director and professor of accounting at James Madison University, was one of the founding members of the NBMBAA and served as the treasurer for the 1970 conference, one of many accomplishments in his distinguished career.

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Released: 16-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Research grant aimed at improving wastewater monitoring for diseases in rural Appalachian communities
Virginia Tech

Testing wastewater to assess the spread of the COVID-19 virus became common and well-publicized during the pandemic, but it has been focused mostly on urban areas.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
2024 presidential and Michigan state elections: MSU experts can comment on wide range of issues
Michigan State University

The 2024 presidential election is in full swing. As President Joe Biden is set to cruise to the Democratic nomination and former President Donald Trump is likely poised to receive the Republican nomination, 2024 is setting up to be a rematch of 2020.

Newswise: University of Miami international relations specialists discuss the roots of the Houthi movement, their motivations, and the menace they pose
Released: 14-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
University of Miami international relations specialists discuss the roots of the Houthi movement, their motivations, and the menace they pose
University of Miami

University of Miami international relations specialists discuss the roots of the Houthi movement, their motivations, and the menace they pose.

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Released: 14-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Two Texas transplant programs team up to save lives
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Two hard-to-match transplant patients 250 miles apart are starting 2024 on a new path to healthy lives.

Newswise: University of Illinois researcher discusses the health benefits of Valentine’s Day chocolate
Released: 14-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
University of Illinois researcher discusses the health benefits of Valentine’s Day chocolate
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Elvira de Mejia, professor of food science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), investigates the health benefits of dark, white, milk, and even Valentine’s Day chocolates.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday: the beginning 40 days of abstinence
University of Agder

Lent in the Church of Norway is a period of 40 days, beginning on Ash Wednesday an ending on Easter Saturday. The Sundays during this period are not considered days of fasting.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Tech Layoffs Signal ‘Feeling Economy’ Shift
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

UMD Smith expert explains the wave of tech job layoffs as a sign of a broader, labor market shift to where “humans need to recalibrate and capitalize on strengths beyond pure intelligence—like intuition, empathy, creativity, emotion and people skills.”

     
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Released: 12-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Economist shares advice for managing your budget for Valentine’s Day
Virginia Tech

On Valentine’s Day, people celebrate their relationships with friends, family, or a significant other. Often, the expression of affection involves monetary expenditures. Jadrian Wooten, a Virginia Tech professor in the Department of Economics, provides valuable insight on effectively managing a budget around the holiday. “People should start by determining a realistic amount they can afford to spend on gifts, activities, or experiences for their loved ones,” said Wooten.

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Released: 12-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Chocolate and candy: The hidden Valentine's Day dangers to your pet's health
Virginia Tech

As Valentine's Day approaches, you may be planning to enjoy some chocolates and candies. While these sweet treats delight us, they can pose significant risks to our pets. Understanding what's enjoyable for us but might be harmful for our furry friends is important during this sweet holiday.   “As pet owners, we understand how tempting it can be to share treats with your pets.

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Released: 12-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Love is more complex than ‘5 love languages,’ says expert
Virginia Tech

The ‘5 Love Languages’ popularized by Gary Chapman often get brought up when discussing relationships, but this Valentine’s Day one Virginia Tech psychologist suggests taking a different approach to fostering and nurturing high-quality, loving relationships. To understand Louis Hickman’s perspective, it’s important to also understand the love languages.

Newswise: Michigan Ross Professor Explores Gender Barriers to Career Networking
Released: 8-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Michigan Ross Professor Explores Gender Barriers to Career Networking
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

In collaboration with Catherine Shea, assistant professor of organizational behavior and theory at the Tepper School of Business, the research provides commentary on why women's representation in influential roles remains low.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Baby’s First Tooth? Time for a Visit to the Dentist
Tufts University

Cheen Loo, professor and chair of pediatric dentistry at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, offers advice on dental care for young children

Newswise: Q&A: Helping robots identify objects in cluttered spaces
Released: 7-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Q&A: Helping robots identify objects in cluttered spaces
University of Washington

Robots in warehouses and even around our houses struggle to identify and pick up objects if they are too close together, or if a space is cluttered.

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Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:50 AM EST
Dawes’ deep dive into Marley lyrics spurred by lifelong love, Jamaican connections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Victorious over the many booby traps that guarded his older brother’s bedroom, a 17-year-old Kwame Dawes perched on the edge of his sibling’s neatly made bed and relaxed as the rhythms of a new Bob Marley and the Wailers album flowed from the record player.

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Released: 6-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Will Taylor Swift dominate football’s greatest stage?
University of Miami

All eyes may not be on the field at Super Bowl LVIII. A web of rumors and conspiracies are swirling around this year’s game.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Super Bowl LVIII: MSU experts can comment on advertising, marketing and cultural significance of halftime show
Michigan State University

Michigan State University experts are available to discuss what makes a great Super Bowl commercial, how the NFL and brands use the Super Bowl to connect with consumers and the significance of the league’s investment in Black halftime performers signifies.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
ارتباط نمط الحياة بصحة القلب يتجاوز الطعام وممارسة الرياضة، وفقًا لخبيرة الرعاية الصحية في مايو كلينك هيلثكير
Mayo Clinic

ما هي الخطوات التي يمكنك اتخاذها بخلاف اتباع نظام غذائي صحي وممارسة الرياضة بهدف تحسين صحة قلبك؟ في هذا التنببه، تجيب جوشيا وامل، دكتورة الطب، الحاصلة على الدكتوراه، طبيبة القلب في مايو كلينك هيلثكير في لندن، على هذا السؤال وغيره من الأسئلة.

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Released: 6-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai High-Risk Pregnancy Experts Share Latest Research at Annual Scientific Meeting
Cedars-Sinai

High-risk pregnancy specialists from Cedars-Sinai will share their research findings at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine 2024 Pregnancy Meeting, Feb.10-14, in National Harbor, Maryland.



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