PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- Drexel University issued the following news release: Eating well, exercising and attending regular doctor appointments can support a long healthy life, but a new study identified one possible factor beyond our control: whether you had a grandparent who went to college. The study, from researchers at Drexel University and colleagues from the University of California and the University of North Carolina, was recently published in the journal Social   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: A new analysis of the benchmarks that auditors use to identify financial statement fraud risk finds that the most commonly used benchmarks are less effective at identifying fraud than benchmarks that are less commonly used. "We wanted to look not only at the benchmarks that standards say auditors can use, but the benchmarks that auditors are actually using in practice, to see which o  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 26 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: A new study finds more than half of adults surveyed worldwide expect to be seriously harmed by their water within the next two years. Led by global health experts at Northwestern University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the study sought to understand public perceptions of drinking water safety. Because perceptions shape attitudes and behaviors, distrust in water quality has a negati  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Through an analysis of 500+ FDA-authorized AI medical devices, Sammy Chouffani El Fassi, a MD candidate at the UNC School of Medicine and researcher at Duke Heart Center, and Gail E. Henderson, PhD, professor of social medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill, discovered a lack of published clinical validation data for many authorized devices and established a standa  more