ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 11 -- The American Society of Clinical Oncology has announced the following event: * * * ASCO Direct Washington DC Date: Sept. 14-15, 2024 Venue: Washington, DC Total Health's 2024 ASCO Direct(TM) Washington, DC Conference is an officially licensed ASCO Direct meeting. This Post ASCO Review showcases abstracts from highly rated presentations, allowing attendees to engage with the latest research and strategies in oncology education. This accredited meeting will be  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, June 14 (TNSres) -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist contributed $1.2 billion in community benefit in 2023. This investment, which equates to $3.3 million per day, includes community outreach, education, research, financial assistance and many other unique efforts to help those in need. As part of Advocate Health, the nation's third-largest nonprofit health system, the $1.2 billion represents   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 15 (TNSres) -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center issued the following news: In critically ill adults undergoing emergency tracheal intubation, hypoxemia (low levels of oxygen in the blood) increases the risk of cardiac arrest and death. In current clinical care, most critically ill adults receive supplemental oxygen prior to the start of a procedure to increase the content of oxygen in the lung and decrease the risk of hypoxemia during the tracheal intubation pro  more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- Consolidated Edison, a provider of energy-related products and services, issued the following news release: Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) (NYSE: ED) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (CECONY) today announced that Robert Hoglund plans to retire from the role of the Chief Financial Officer on July 8, 2024, and will continue to serve as Senior Vice President of Con Edison and CECONY to provide for a smooth transition until his retirement later in 2024.  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 14 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Preoxygenation is the administration of supplemental oxygen prior to the start of a procedure to increase the content of oxygen in the lung and decrease the risk of hypoxemia * * * In critically ill adults undergoing emergency tracheal intubation, hypoxemia (low levels of oxygen in the blood) increases the risk of cardiac arrest and death. In current clinical care, most cr  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The American Association of Kidney Patients issued the following news release: The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the oldest and largest independent kidney patient organization in the U.S., and Bayer were recently honored with the national 2024 Reuters Pharma Award in Driving Health Equity. AAKP and Bayer were recognized for a new market-driven approach to patient engagement, clinical trial design, and diverse trial recruitment that accelerates kidney inn  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, June 10 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: FEATURED NEWS Judge Aileen Cannon tosses another curveball in the Trump cases By Aaron Blake | The Washington Post As politics professor Katy Harriger, an expert on special counsels, points out, "As has been made clear in other areas, commitment to earlier precedent for precedent's sake is not an animating value of this Court. The current majority on the Roberts Court is generally hostile to appointme  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, June 12 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: The Educating Character Initiative (ECI), a part of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, has awarded 41 grants of up to $50,000 to institutions nationwide seeking to educate and embed character in their distinctive contexts of higher education. "We look forward to the ways in which the work of these institutions will deepen collective understanding of character and expand  more