PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 19 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - While the precise reasons are unclear, an analysis of overdose deaths in Rhode Island and Connecticut showed that cold snaps raised the risk of fatal opioid overdoses by 25 percent. * * * Cold weather snaps are followed by a marked increase in fatal opioid overdoses, a new study finds. A research team led by Brandon Marshall, an associate professor of epidemiology at Brown   more

BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut, June 17 -- Cigna, a health service company, issued the following news release: * * * - Study Analysis Published in the American Journal of Health Promotion * * * Results from Cigna's landmark U.S. Loneliness Index were published yesterday in the American Journal of Health Promotion, as the company continues to advocate for a deeper understanding of the connectivity between physical health and emotional well-being. Cigna's U.S. Loneliness Index, surveying more than 2  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 21 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Brought in May 2015, Settled in September 2016 * * * Attorney General William Tong announced that $2.5 million will be distributed to cancer centers across the country as a result of a multistate enforcement action against sham cancer charities. This distribution marks the conclusion of the lawsuit, brought in May 2015. The suit was the first time that all 50 States,   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong announced today his intent to sue the Trump Administration to block the unlawful repeal of the Clean Power Plan. "There is nothing affordable or clean about coal. The Trump Administration is taking another giant step backwards in protecting our planet. They are trampling on the Clean Air Act and ignoring administrative law to finalize this outrageous rule  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * - Joins other AGs in asking for grants, security standards, and bipartisan election-security legislation to address "persistent threats to our election systems" * * * In expressing his "significant concern regarding the persistent threats to our election systems," Attorney General Tong today joined a total 22 attorneys general from around the country to ask Congress to take ac  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 21 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong announced that thousands of Connecticut consumers will receive refund checks from third-party electric suppliers following systematic rate notice errors dating back to 2016. The Office of the Attorney General and Office of Consumer Counsel first cautioned against the potential for such errors in 2015, and urged the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (P  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 17 -- The Connecticut Department of Public Health issued the following news release: With Rates Rising Nationally and in Connecticut, Service Offers Free, Confidential Notification if Intimate Partners are Exposed to an STD The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) today is launching a new video campaign entitled #LeaveItToUs designed to help reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) by promoting the Department's confidential notification serv  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 19 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes today released the following statements regarding the Trump administration's actions to replace the Clean Power Plan: Governor Lamont said, "There is no denying that the Trump administration's rollback of the Clean Power Plan threatens the environment and the health of our residents. We fought thi  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 17 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * - During its First Year, 634,000 Passengers Utilized the Train Service Connecting New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield * * * Governor Ned Lamont today joined Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner Joe Giulietti, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and other federal, state and local officials to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 19 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont today released the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the State Bond Commission, which includes critical funding for initiatives such as local bridge repairs, clean water and drinking water programs, key housing programs, and minority business assistance programs. The meeting is the second since Governor Lamont took office earlier this year. It will be held on Wednesday, Jun  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 21 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * - Governor Says the New Law Sends a Strong Signal to the Court System: All Lives Are Valued Equally * * * Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation prohibiting criminal defendants in Connecticut from using a victim's actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity as a legal tactic to bolster the defense of the violent crimes for which they are accused  more

NORTH HAVEN, Connecticut, June 20 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * - Facility Will Become Amazon's Fourth Facility in Connecticut; Company Currently Has More Than 2,000 Employees in the State * * * Governor Ned Lamont and other state and local leaders today met with executives from Amazon for a tour to view progress on the company's upcoming fulfillment center in North Haven, during which the executives announced that they are on track to soon begin  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, June 21 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news release: Eastern Connecticut State University has been named a 2019-20 College of Distinction by the college-guide organization Colleges of Distinction. In addition to the university-wide accolade, Eastern's business and education programs, as well as its career development center, were honored with badges of distinction. Rather than rank schools on criteria such as selectivity and endowment siz  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 20 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: ESPN will host online qualifiers on Saturday, June 29 for the EXP Invitational - Apex Legends at X Games Minneapolis for teams in North America, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand. Two winners from North America, two winners from Europe, and one winner from Australia/New Zealand will be selected to compete in Minneapolis. Along with the five teams earning their spot via online qualification, ESPN w  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 18 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: High school football coach Rob Mendez will be honored with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at The 2019 ESPYS presented by Capital One. [ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro shared the news with Mendez on this video (https://twitter.com/espn/status/1140997846591782912).] The award is given to a deserving member of the sporting world who has overcome great obstacles through perseverance and determination.   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Newmark Knight Frank, a division of BGC Partners, issued the following news release: Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) announces that the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) has extended and expanded its lease at 4301 Connecticut Avenue, NW in Washington, DC to 10,990 sqaure feet. IEL prepares leaders to eliminate systemic barriers to success in education and workforce development. Executive Managing Director Brett Diamond and Associate Director Marianne Wilson of Newmar  more

STORRS, Connecticut, June 19 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Falls and depression go hand-in-hand as serious health concerns for those over 65. But what if a common treatment for one leads to an increased risk of the other? That is exactly what UConn's School of Pharmacy faculty William L. Baker and Diana M. Sobieraj, and researchers from UConn Health and Yale University found in a recent study. The team is part of an international effort to eva  more

STORRS, Connecticut, June 22 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: For the third year in a row, the Trump administration has proposed large cuts in science funding across a variety of agencies. Although Congress restored these cuts in the past two years, increased budgetary pressures may discourage them from doing so this year. Now, new research from the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Connecticut, Boston University, and Harvard University shows that  more

STORRS, Connecticut, June 20 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: An investigational drug for the treatment of sickle cell disease is showing early promise in clinical trials for impacting biomarkers of the disease in patients, reported UConn School of Medicine researchers at the European Hematology Association Congress in Amsterdam this week. For the rare, painful red blood cell disease, which impacts blood circulation, pre-clinical laboratory data   more

STORRS, Connecticut, June 21 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: In sudden death in epilepsy, people stop breathing for no apparent reason and die. Now, a group of UConn neuroscientists have a lead as to why, they report in the journal eLife. "People with epilepsy have a high mortality rate, but it's mysterious," says Dan Mulkey, a neuroscientist in UConn's physiology and neurobiology department. More than one of every 1,000 people with epilepsy di  more

STORRS, Connecticut, June 20 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Yoga practice that emphasizes mental relaxation and breathing techniques can have as much of a beneficial impact on high blood pressure as aerobic exercise, according to research by a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Kinesiology. The study on the antihypertensive properties of yoga by Yin Wu, published in the March issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, involved a meta-regressio  more

ROCKY HILL, Connecticut, June 22 -- Henkel North America, a subsidiary of Henkel, issued the following news release: Henkel, the company behind well-known brands such as Dial(R), Right Guard(R), Schwarzkopf(R), Persil(R) and Loctite(R) today announced a $19 million investment in the expansion of its West Hazleton, PA facility. This investment will enable the company to open a new production line for both Dial(R) body wash and Dial(R) liquid hand soap and will help enable future growth for the b  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 19 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Yale University issued the following news release: In a new study, Yale researchers offer insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and obesity. Their findings advance knowledge about leptin and weight gain, and also suggest a potential strategy for developing future weight-loss treatments, they said. The study, led by investigators at Yale and Harvard, was published the week of June 17, 2019, in the jo  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 19 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Yale University issued the following news release: What causes the immune system, designed to protect us, to turn on the body and attack healthy cells? Common bacteria that reside in the human gut may be partly to blame, say Yale researchers, who studied the origins of a serious autoimmune disease that frequently affects young women. For their study, the research team focused on cells from patients with antiphospholipid syndrome, an immun  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 22 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Yale University issued the following news release: After garnering worldwide attention last year for her research on the origins of egg color in birds, Yale paleontologist Jasmina Wiemann has taken a second look at her eggshells. Wiemann had found that all colors and spots on modern birds' eggs derived from a single evolutionary source among dinosaurs. Part of the finding came from an analysis of pigments found in 18 fossil dinosaur eggsh  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 20 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Yale University issued the following news release: Even if you're not a physicist, phases of matter ... really matter. They're the distinct physical forms taken on by all the "stuff" in the universe, from icebergs to ozone, and now Yale scientists have developed a more accurate way to help classify some of them. The findings appear in a recent study published in the journal Physical Review Letters and a follow-up work published in Physica  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 18 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Yale University issued the following news release: Within hours after fertilization, a unique genome forms from chromosomes contributed by the egg and sperm. However, this new genome is initially inactive and must be "awakened" to begin the transcription of its DNA and start embryonic development. How life's first step happens has long fascinated developmental biologists. "This is the beginning of life from a molecular standpoint," said A  more