WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and a dozen other animal protection groups and equine rescues urged New York Attorney General Letitia James to crack down on the sale of ejiao (donkey-hide gelatin) to comply with a recent state law prohibiting horse slaughter and the sale of horseflesh for consumption. As the letter notes, in December 2023, New York became the fifth state to ban the  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 4 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: Rutgers Cancer Institute, the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center together with RWJBarnabas Health, have appointed Jonathan H. Sherman, MD, FAANS, FCNS, FACS as chief of Neurosurgical Oncology at Rutgers Cancer Institute. Dr. Sherman is also a professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) and  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 5 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: On Friday, August 30, surgical oncologists at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper used histotripsy, an innovative noninvasive technology that uses sound waves to destroy cancerous liver tumors, to treat a patient. This makes MD Anderson at Cooper one of only 20 cancer centers worldwide, and the first in New Jersey and the Philadelphia region, to offer this treatment. "This technology is very differe  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: According to the American Cancer Society, ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among women. Ruth D. Stephenson, DO, FACOG, gynecologic oncologist at RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Jersey's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, addresses five frequently asked questions about ovarian cancer. September is gy  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced its endorsement of Rep. Tom Kean to represent New Jersey's Seventh Congressional District. The U.S. Chamber endorses candidates for federal office who will stand up for free enterprise, including by vigorously advocating for public policy solutions that will spur economic growth, support jobs, and promote businesses of all sizes' ability to co  more