GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, Dec. 17 -- The Grove City College issued the following news release: Dr. Paul Kemeny, professor of Religion and Humanities, will serve as dean of Grove City College's Calderwood School of Arts and Letters. "Dr. Kemeny is an ideal fit for this job. He is blessed with the requisite wisdom, character and intellectual strength to be a strong leader for our Calderwood faculty. We are thankful for his willingness to serve in this important position," College President Paul   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, and and Bob Casey, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following statements after the confirmations of Judge Robert Colville to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Karen Marston and John Gallagher to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania: "I am pleased the Senate confirmed Judge Robert Colville, Karen Marston, and John Gallagher to the federal bench in Pennsylvania," said Senator Toomey.  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 -- The National Kidney Foundation issued the following news release: Accurate blood pressure readings are only as good as the techniques used to take the measurement, according to a new perspective piece to be published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) by the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI). More than 100 million U.S. adults have hypertension (high blood pressure), the majority requiring pharmaceutical treatment, and the disease is prevalen  more

CYPRESS, California, Dec. 18 [TNSmedicalresearch-Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases journal] -- Trident University International issued the following news: Dr. Scott Howell, a 2019 graduate of Trident University International's (Trident) Ph.D. in Health Sciences program, recently published research on the health benefits of coconut oil in the 7 November 2019 edition of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. "Coconut Oil Intake and Its Effects on the Cardiometabolic Profile: A Structured Literat  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Dec. 19 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: Which of the two most common bariatric surgeries - gastric sleeve or gastric bypass - has the highest subsequent risk of additional operations or procedures? According to a study published in the current issue of JAMA Network Open, gastric bypass surgery is associated with a slightly higher risk of returning to the operating room or having other types of interventions, such as en  more