STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 28 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * A Better Way to Measure Body Fat for Athletes * Body composition - a measure of the proportion of fat, muscle, and bone that make up your body weight - is an important metric of health. Body fat percentage in particular can help determine health outcomes. And for athletes, who have more muscle than the average person, an accurate measure of what percent of their weight is fat is an important indi  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * AI Tool Helps Predict Which Patients Need Continued Care After Leaving the Hospital * A n artificial intelligence (AI) tool accurately predicted which patients would need a skilled nursing facility after leaving the hospital, a new study shows. Led by researchers from NYU Langone Health, the study suggests that quickly ide  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 28 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Stroke prevention and treatment during and after pregnancy are key to women's health * Statement Highlights: * A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association and endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists details risk factors for pregnancy-related stroke and offers suggestions for stroke prevention, rapid diagnosis, timely treatme  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- TechFreedom, a technology policy think tank, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2026: * * * Arkansas Can't Wall Off Social Media, TechFreedom Tells Eighth Circuit Yesterday, TechFreedom filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to affirm a district court order blocking the Arkansas Social Media Safety Act. The Act requires social media companies to verify the age of every user who seeks to create an account, and it bars min  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Jan. 28 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news wrap up: * * * The ASAM Weekly for January 27, 2026 A Heartbreaking Face of the Stimulant Crisis: The Cardiac Toll of Stimulant Use By Nicolas Garel, MD, MSc, FRCPC, and Paola Lavin, MD, MSc Stimulants and methamphetamine-related emergencies are no longer confined to the pages of public health reports, they are unfolding daily in hospitals and emergency departme  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Jan. 28, 2026: * * * First Xi, Now Carney - Davos Never Learns Hypocrisy remains the surest path to acclaim at gatherings of the global elite, where saying the right things matters more than getting things right. By Martin Hala In January 2017, shortly after President Donald Trump's first inauguration, Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. He presented  more

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, Jan. 22 -- Indiana University Media School issued the following news: * * * Black Camera publishes fall 2025 issue Black Camera's Vol. 17, No. 1 fall publication features two close-ups, a roundtable discussion between previous Editor-in-Chief and Herman B Wells Endowed Professor (Class of 1948) Michael Martin and current Editor-in-Chief and professor Akin Adesokan, one peer-reviewed article, and two dossiers. The close-ups focus on the aesthetics and politics of filmmak  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Mind your tone: Penn State Smeal student explores politeness in AI prompts * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -An undergraduate student in Penn State's Smeal College of Business wondered if manners mattered when interacting with generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like ChatGPT. With funding from the Rodney A. Erickson Discovery Grant, Om Dobariya, a fourth-year student majoring in busine  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release: * * * Moolenaar Questions Ford About Its Chinese Military Company Partnership and Use of Federal Tax Credits Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China has sent a letter to Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley concerning the automaker's plans to build data center batteries wit  more

RESTON, Virginia, Jan. 28 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release: * * * Novel Combined PET Imaging Approach Personalizes Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer * Media Contact: Rebecca Maxey (703) 652-6772 rmaxey@snmmi.org Reston, VA (January 27, 2026)- A new strategy that combines two types of PET scans can guide personalized radiotherapy for head and neck cancers, according to new research published in The Journal   more

PLANO, Texas, Jan. 28 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Religious Liberty Scholars Defend the Display of Ten Commandments in the Public Square and Public Schools * Plano, TX -First Liberty Institute Senior Research Fellow, Director of Religious Liberty in the States, and Regent University Professor Mark David Hall, along with Andrea Picciotti-Bayer  more

BUFFALO, New York, Jan. 28 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center posted the following news release: * * * Roswell Park Team Exploring Promising Biomarker for Tracking Breast Cancer Response to CDK4/6 Therapy * BUFFALO, N.Y. -Many patients with a common form of advanced breast cancer experience good responses when they're treated with targeted drugs known as CDK4/6 inhibitors in addition to endocrine (hormone) therapy. But about 20% of patients don't benefit,  more

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, Jan. 28 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: * * * Sleepless nights linked to comfort eating and overeating, new study finds * Carried out by Loughborough University and the University of Leicester, in collaboration with Nuffield Health and supported by the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, the researchers analysed self-reported sleep habits alongside real-world eating behaviours in 27,263 adults across the UK. Published in the peer-  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 27 -- The University College London posted the following news: * * * Targeting the gut's immune system could tackle early stages of Parkinson's * New research reveals how Parkinson's spreads from the gut to the brain, with the help of immune cells - offering a new potential therapeutic strategy - in a study in mice led by scientists at the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL. Scientists have long theorised that Parkinson's may start in the gut. This is because one o  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * Study Reveals Shrinking Package Sizes Hide Significant Food Inflation UMass Amherst economist finds 'shrinkage,' not classic shrinkflation, cut package sizes by almost 15% and added nearly four points to food inflation * A new study led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst economist shows that shrinking package sizes at U.S. grocery stores have played a hidden but important role   more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Jan. 28 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * Wu named Crop Science Society Fellow * Media Contact: Dean Ruhl | Communications and Media Relations Specialist | 405-744-9152 | dean.ruhl@okstate.edu The Crop Science Society of America has awarded Dr. Yanqi Wu, a professor in the Oklahoma State University Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, with a 2025 CSSA Fellowship, the society's highest honor for leaders in research, teaching, Extension or   more