BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 (TNSres) -- Brigham and Women's Hospital issued the following news release: A new review paper from authors at Brigham and Women's Hospital and collaborators concludes that menopause does not uniformly elevate the risk of depression and other mental health conditions Menopause has long been thought to cause psychological distress, but a new review suggests that this is not always the case. The review, written by experts from Brigham Women's Hospital, a founding m more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 7 (TNSres) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news on March 6, 2024: * * * Tightly synchronized genetic changes in two types of brain cells may underlie cognitive impairment in both conditions, offering potential therapeutic clues. * * * Researchers from the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have uncovered a strikingly similar suite of changes in gene activity more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 (TNSres) -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing many of the world's largest companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and other global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release: Ceres welcomes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) adoption of the first-ever federal rule mandating the disclosure of climate-related risks from all U.S. public companies. In a 3-2 vote, the Commiss more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release: The Board of Trustees for Boston public media producer GBH has elected Elise McDonald and Richard Weissbourd as trustees. The Board elected McDonald and Weissbourd at the March 6, 2024 meeting. "GBH's Board of Trustees has been invaluable in helping guide our strategy and future direction," said GBH President and CEO Susan Goldberg. "As a mission-focused organization and one of t more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 (TNSres) -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Most physicians specializing in hospice and palliative care believe that they are inadequately prepared to counsel patients about the use of medical cannabis, according to survey data (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38417464/) published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Harvard researchers surveyed 123 HPM [hospice and palliative medicine] fello more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- Oxfam America issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * In response to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule on climate-related financial risk disclosures for U.S. publicly listed companies, Sharmeen Contractor, Oxfam America's Market Systems and Investors Lead, said: "The adoption of a final rule is a welcome first step, but Oxfam believes that more should be done by the agency to represent a high standard in climate-related  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- The Project on Predatory Student Lending issued the following news release: The Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL), the leading nonprofit legal organization representing borrowers defrauded by predatory colleges, announced that Ashley Harrington has joined the team as PPSL's Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy. In this new role, Harrington will oversee PPSL's policy and advocacy work, which focuses on ending predatory practices in higher education.  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release: * * * This change comes nearly full year after the Healey-Driscoll administration issued guidance to pharmacies to stock mifepristone * * * Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement today after CVS and Walgreens, two major pharmacy retail ch more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 7 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized a rule today requiring large public companies to disclose some of their heat-trapping emissions. It also requires all publicly traded companies to detail how climate impacts and the clean energy transition might affect their businesses and provide plans for meeting their emissions reduction targets. Additionall more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 7 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * The creature raises the number of new species found by scientists studying these seemingly inhospitable ecosystems to 48 * * * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps) and other researchers, have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm living near a methane seep some 50 kilometers (30 miles) off the P more PR