WASHINGTON, July 8 (TNSper) -- The Association of American Medical Colleges issued the following news release: The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) has announced its 2022-2023 Board of Directors. The incoming board's term begins Nov. 15 and will end at the conclusion of Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting in November 2023. LouAnn Woodward, MD, vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and dean of the University of Mississippi Medica  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 7 (TNSper) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has named a new Editor-in-Chief of Continuum(R), its bimonthly topic-based, clinically oriented review journal. Lyell K. Jones, Jr., MD, FAAN, professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, will succeed Editor-in-Chief Steven L. Lewis, MD, FAAN, who will complete his 10-year term in December 2022. Jones, who is a Fellow of   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 7 (TNSres) -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: * * * Multi-Site Study Aims to Prevent Heart Disease in Young Breast Cancer Patients * * * A 5-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will enable researchers from Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 6 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Laura McWhinney After enduring a challenging experience, some people decide to use what they learned to improve the experience for others who may face it later. This is not an easy feat and takes a special type of person. Carly Norris is one of these people. In 2011, Norris, originally from Mechanicsville, Virginia, endured a head trauma. The trauma was so severe that it affected every area of her life, and s  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, July 6 (TNSjou) -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Laura McWhinney After enduring a challenging experience, some people decide to use what they learned to improve the experience for others who may face it later. This is not an easy feat and takes a special type of person. Carly Norris is one of these people. In 2011, Norris, originally from Mechanicsville, Virginia, endured a head trauma. The trauma was so severe that  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 9 (TNSper) -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions. Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the North Carolina Appraisal Board: * Darius R. Chase of Waxhaw as a banking industry representative. Chase is the Senior Vice President of Private Banking for South State Bank. He was also president of the Charlotte Regional Mortgage Lenders A  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 6 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: By Katie Bohn Eating one avocado a day for six months was found to have no effect on belly fat, liver fat or waist circumference in people with overweight or obesity, according to a new study. However, it did lead to a slight decrease in unhealthy cholesterol levels. In the randomized trial, the team -- which included researchers at Penn State -- also found that participants who ate avoc  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 7 (TNSper) -- King and Spalding, a law firm, issued the following news release on July 6, 2022: King & Spalding announced today that trial lawyer Antonio Lewis has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Trial and Global Disputes practice group. Lewis is based in the firm's Charlotte, N.C., office. As part of the firm's Consumer Products Litigation team, Lewis will play a key role on trial teams for clients facing product liability, intellectual property, professi  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, July 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business issued the following news: The Academic Advisory Council for Signage Research and Education (AACSRE) announced that Leah Smith, assistant professor of marketing in the Sam M. Walton College of Business, will receive an Emerging Fellows award of $10,000 to examine the effects of sensational spelling in on-premise signage and branding. "I am honored to be selected for the AACSRE Emerging Fellow prog  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Minnesota issued the following news release: A decades-long collaborative research effort that determined that a lower dose of nicotine in cigarettes led to a reduction in cigarette smoking, less exposure to and dependence on carcinogens and an increase in attempts to quit has finally paid off. Led by Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry, and behavioral sciences and her co-principal investigator Eric Donny, from Wake Fo  more