BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 (TNSres) -- Brigham and Women's Hospital issued the following news release: * * * KEY TAKEAWAYS * Lung function tests have traditionally used race-specific values to assess a patient's breathing and help determine eligibility for COPD treatments, including lung transplant. * Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital compared tests that used race-specific values to tests that removed these values. * The race-netural method consistently rated African American  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 (TNScapv) -- Community Catalyst issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Today, Community Catalyst joined over 100 national multi-issue organizations representing tens of millions of people from all 50 states and the U.S. territories to call on Congress to pass a bold set of changes to the tax code - including changes that would increase corporate taxes to advance health and economic justice priorities - when several parts of the 2017 Trump tax bill expir  more

RANDOLPH, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The May Institute issued the following news release: Luis Caicedo has been named Vice President of Talent Management for May Institute, a national nonprofit organization that provides services across the lifespan for autistic individuals and individuals with developmental disabilities, brain injury and neurological disorders, and other special needs. In his new position, Mr. Caicedo oversees and implements programs that impact talent acquisition for the organ  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release: Reproductive Equity Now today published CAUTION: This Clinic Does Not Provide Abortion Care, an organizing zine that guides readers across New England on how to identify, avoid, and take action against dangerous anti-abortion centers, or so-called "crisis pregnancy centers." The newly publ  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 22 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory issued the following news: On May 17, MBL's Speck Auditorium filled with scientists, fishing enthusiasts, fisheries managers, and local saltwater guides alike for the second Fisheries Science Symposium from the American Saltwater Guides Association (ASGA). The symposium, which was run in partnership with the MBL, featured a series of speakers and was aimed to "educate and empower the community for future engagement   more