WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Nov. 20 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: You don't have to be a football player to get a concussion. Concussion is more than just a headache, so it's good to know the symptoms"Concussions are a disruption in normal brain function that's usually brought on by trauma," said Wake Forest Baptist Health physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist David M. Popoli, M.D. "That can be a collision during athletics, a fall to   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Nov. 21 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: Wake Forest Baptist Health - High Point Medical Center has been recognized as one of the top community cardiovascular hospitals in the IBM Watson Health(TM) 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals(TM) annual study. The study identifies the top U.S. academic and community hospitals for inpatient cardiovascular services based on a balanced national scorecard of hospital performance metrics.  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, R. Andrew Murray, issued the following news release: * * * - Students Take Charge at Youth Summit to Promote Positive Climate in Schools * * * The United States Attorney's Office partnered with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to host a youth engagement summit for high school students, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The one-day summit was co-spo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 18 -- The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education issued the following news release: The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME(R)) announces that Michael Zanolli, MD; Suzanne Ziemnik, MEd; and Marilane Bond, EdD, MEd, MBA, were elected as the ACCME's 2020 Officers. Michael Zanolli, MD, ACCME Chair Dr. Zanolli is a physician who resides in Nashville, TN. Academic and professional activities include 14 years in academic medicine as   more

NORTHBROOK, Illinois, Nov. 21 -- ISSA, formerly the International Sanitary Supply Association, issued the following news release: As ISSA Show North America 2019 came to a close in Las Vegas today, attendees and exhibitors alike convened at the ISSA Innovation Showcase on the trade show floor to meet the winner of the 2019 ISSA Innovation of the Year award: Entry(R), a chloride-free de-icer product from Secure Winter Products. The 2019 ISSA Innovation Award Program included 42 of the cleaning   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon Jr., issued the following news release: United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned an Indictment charging ANTHONY WAYNE MARCH, 48, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, with one count of Securities Fraud; three counts of Wire Fraud; one count of Bankruptcy Fraud; one count of Obstruction of Bankruptcy Case; three counts of False Oaths; a  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 21 -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: Samuel A. Herberg, PhD, assistant professor of ophthalmology, cell and developmental biology, and biochemistry and molecular biology, has been awarded a $300,000 Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Career Development Award. The grant will support Herberg's glaucoma research that focuses on the trabecular meshwork, an important tissue located in the anterior chamber angle  more

LIBERTY CORNER, New Jersey, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Golf Association issued the following news release: * * * - Three-day session to take place at Loblolly in Hobe Sound, Fla., in December * * * The USGA's International Team Selection Committee has invited 12 players to participate in a practice session in advance of the 2020 Curtis Cup Match. The session for prospective players will take place Dec. 15-17 at Loblolly in Hobe Sound, Fla. A biennial competition, the 41st Curtis Cup Match will be   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 21 [TNSsociologyresearch-Brain journal] -- The University of Southern California (USC) issued the following news release: Women in their 70s and 80s who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution experienced greater declines in memory and more Alzheimer's-like brain atrophy than their counterparts who breathed cleaner air, according to USC researchers. The findings of the nationwide study, published today in Brain, touch on the renewed interest in preventing A  more