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Medical News New Target Identified to Combat Deadly Allergic Reactions Researchers in France have identified a molecular motor that controls the release of inflammatory factors that cause severe and fatal allergic reactions. The study, “Kinesin-1 controls mast cell degranulation and anaphylaxis through PI3K-dependent ... – The Rockefeller University Press Journal of Cell Biology, October 24, 2016; ANR-12-BSV1-0020-01; ANR HLH-cytotox; ANR-12- ISV3-0006-01; Conacyt-ANR188565;PJA20131200047; PIDImmun 249816... Embargo expired on 24-Oct-2016 at 09:00 ET Precision Medicine Test Helps Guide Breast Cancer Patients’ Chemotherapy Decision One of the earliest widespread applications of precision medicine in cancer care is helping patients and physicians decide whether chemotherapy is needed, a new study finds. – University of Michigan Health System Cancer; CA163233 Embargo expired on 24-Oct-2016 at 00:05 ET International Study Proves Old Blood Is as Good as New It’s been long thought that when blood transfusions are needed, it may be best to use the freshest blood, but McMaster University researchers have led a large international study proving that it is not so. – McMaster University New England Journal of Medicine Embargo expired on 24-Oct-2016 at 08:30 ET Patients Benefit From Enhanced Recovery Programs: Are Better Prepared for Surgery, Have Less Pain, Studies Show Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs, an important component of the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH), are helping patients better prepare for surgery and recuperate faster afterward, according to two new studies being presented at the ANE... – American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Embargo expired on 23-Oct-2016 at 16:15 ET Many Back Pain Patients Get Limited Relief From Opioids and Worry About Taking Them, Survey Shows Millions of people take opioids for chronic back pain, but many of them get limited relief while experiencing side effects and worrying about the stigma associated with taking them, suggests research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2016 annual meet... – American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Embargo expired on 23-Oct-2016 at 14:00 ET More Americans Undergo Procedures Involving Anesthesia Outside of O.R. More than one-third of Americans who undergo procedures involving anesthesia now have them outside of the operating room (O.R.), an increase of 27 percent in five years, according to an analysis of a large registry being presented at the ANESTHESIOLO... – American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Embargo expired on 22-Oct-2016 at 08:30 ET Latinos More Anxious Before Surgery, Desire Detailed Information, Study Shows Latinos may be more anxious than Caucasian patients about having surgery and also want more detailed information before having a procedure, suggests research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2016 annual meeting. – American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Embargo expired on 22-Oct-2016 at 14:00 ET Perioperative Surgical Home Delivers Improved Patient Outcomes, Satisfaction and Shorter Hospital Stays Decreasing the number of tests, blood transfusions and length of time in the hospital, while improving patients’ pain management and communication with physicians were the results of implementing the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) model of care ... – American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Embargo expired on 22-Oct-2016 at 17:00 ET Inflammation Triggers Unsustainable Immune Response to Chronic Viral Infection Scientists at the University of Basel discovered a fundamental new mechanism explaining the inadequate immune defense against chronic viral infection. These results may open up new avenues for vaccine development. They have been published in the jour... – University of Basel Sci. Immunol. 1, eaah6817 (2016) Embargo expired on 21-Oct-2016 at 14:00 ET Fake IDs Are a Red Flag for Problem Behaviors Have you heard of the CNN effect? There is also a “fake ID effect:” This is when a fake piece of identification facilitates later harms. Researchers already know that underage college students who obtain and use false identification are at risk... – Research Society on Alcoholism Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Embargo expired on 21-Oct-2016 at 17:00 ET American Society of Anesthesiologists Recognizes Hannah Wunsch, M.D., with Its 2016 Presidential Scholar Award The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today presented Hannah Wunsch, M.D., M.Sc., with its 2016 Presidential Scholar Award in recognition of her outstanding career in research. Dr. Wunsch is a leading academic physician anesthesiologist wi... – American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Embargo expired on 24-Oct-2016 at 09:00 ET American Society of Anesthesiologists Recognizes Michael M. Todd, M.D., with Its Excellence in Research Award The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today presented Michael M. Todd, M.D., with its 2016 Excellence in Research Award in recognition of his outstanding research achievements in neuro-anesthesiology and neuroscience. Dr. Todd’s research ... – American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Embargo expired on 24-Oct-2016 at 09:00 ET American Society of Anesthesiologists Honors Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D., with Its Distinguished Service Award The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today presented Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D., of Wellesley, Mass., with its 2015 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his passion for global health and humanitarian outreach and his remarkable... – American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) ANESTHESIOLOGY 2016 Embargo expired on 24-Oct-2016 at 09:00 ET Expanding the Role of Hospitalist Physician Assistants Achieves Similar Clinical Outcomes, Costs Less More and more medical centers are relying on hospitalists -- hospital-based internal medicine specialists who coordinate the complex care of inpatients. Now, an 18-month study comparing two hospitalist groups -- one with a high physician assistant (P... – Johns Hopkins Medicine Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management; 1K08HS022331 Montefiore Einstein Center for the Aging Brain Analysis Demonstrates New Evaluation Model Delivers Improved Care for Patients with Cognitive Disorders — Montefiore first year data on the effectiveness of the new Montefiore-Einstein Center for the Aging Brain (CAB) has been published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The Center’s model, which follows a three-step evaluation and ... – Montefiore Health System Journal of the American Geriatrics Society High Profile Facebook Post Provides Insights Into Pro- and Anti-Vaccination Beliefs One of the challenges to understanding the concerns behind vaccine hesitancy is that very seldom are people with worries about vaccines and vaccine advocates brought together in the same space, especially online. Both groups gravitate towards interne... – Elsevier Vaccine volume 34, issue 46 (2016) Study Links Changes in Collagen to Worse Pancreatic Cancer Prognosis A study in the current journal Oncotarget provides the first evidence linking a disturbance of the most common protein in the body with a poor outcome in pancreatic cancer. – University of Wisconsin-Madison Oncotarget Oct 20 2016 CRNA Kathryn White Among 2016 Class of Nursing's Most Influential Leaders The American Academy of Nursing is an exclusive organization that less than 3,000 nurses have been inducted since 1973 in all of nursing. – American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) American Academy of Pediatrics Announces New Recommendations for Children's Media Use The nation's largest group of pediatricians provides new set of recommendations and resources, including an interactive media use planning tool, to help families balance digital and real life. – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Pediatrics New Screen Time Guidelines for Kids, From Doctors Pediatricians weigh in on a fraught issue facing parents today: How much screen time is OK? The American Academy of Pediatrics issues new guidelines. – Newswise Trends American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition Measuring the Forces of Biology Biology, at the nitty-gritty level of motor proteins, DNA, and microtubules, takes its cue from physics. But while much is known about the biological components that form such cellular structures, researchers like Scott Forth are only beginning to ex... – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Drexel Women’s Care Center Improving Female Genital Cutting-Related Health Services for Women and Girls in Philadelphia With a rapidly growing immigrant population, Philadelphia ranks seventh among major U.S. cities with the highest prevalence — up to 16,500 — of women and girls impacted by female genital cutting (FGC). – Drexel University New Smart Gloves to Monitor Parkinson’s Disease Patients Groundbreaking research to help resolve medication plan challenge for treating Parkinson's. – University of Rhode Island Would People Be Happier (and Healthier) if We Could Make Broccoli Taste Like Chocolate? At the second annual International Society of Neurogastronomy Symposium, scientists, doctors, chefs and food scientists discuss flavor perception and quality of life for people who can't enjoy food because of their injury or illness. – University of Kentucky Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Announce New Alliance for Health Care TEMPE, Arizona, and PHOENIX – Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University have announced the launch of a comprehensive new model for health care education and research: the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care. The goal of... – Mayo Clinic For Many Women with Endometrial Cancer, Innovative Treatment at NYU Lutheran Provides Hope Endometrial cancer expert Ghadir Salame, MD, from NYU Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn is helping women in the borough -- and beyond -- address this life-threatening issue through advanced treatment, including robotic-assisted surgery. – NYU Lutheran Medical Center SUNY Downstate’s Dr. LeConté Dill Receives APHA Women’s Caucus Highest Scoring Abstract Award Dr. Dill’s abstract focuses on the role of gender and gender-based inequities in instances of violence, specifically as they relate to violence experienced by teenage girls in their dating relationships. – SUNY Downstate Medical Center Mother Donates a Piece of Her Liver to Save Her Baby Shortly after Olivia Alva was born, doctors diagnosed her with biliary atresia, a rare disease of the liver that occurs in about 1 in every 15,000 babies. Olivia's mother, Patricia, became a living donor for her daughter by getting a portion of her l... – Seattle Children's Hospital Mother and Baby Survive and Thrive Following Rare Open-Heart Surgery at 20 Weeks of Pregnancy New Mom's prognosis following rare heart surgery during pregnancy is excellent with daily dilligence – Beaumont Health The Five Questions Every Woman Should Ask Her Doctor About Her Breast Health An Alabama woman asked her primary care physician one question that may have saved her life — is it time for me to have a mammogram? Expert Available – University of Alabama at Birmingham New Media Guidelines for Kids Move Beyond Screen Time Limits In our digital age, it’s not uncommon to see a toddler on an iPad at the airport or a teenager at the mall fixated on a smartphone. To help families establish healthy habits for media use, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new media... – Seattle Children's Hospital Georgetown Family Medicine Physician Named to National Academy of Medicine The National Academy of Medicine has elected Andrew William Bazemore, MD, MPH, director, Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, and assistant professor of family medicine at Georgetown University School of Medici... – Georgetown University Medical Center Impassioned Nursing Leader Normalynn Garrett Chosen as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing Normalynn Garrett, PhD, CRNA, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) from San Antonio, Texas, has been inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), joining more than 2,400 nursing leaders who make up the academy. She will b... – American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Nurse Anesthesia Expert Steve Alves Inducted as Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing An expert in nurse anesthesia practice, education and policy, Steve Alves, PhD, CRNA, FNAP, has been inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) where he will join more than 2,400 nursing leaders. Alves will be honored with 163 othe... – American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Science News New Bacteria Groups, and Stunning Diversity, Discovered Underground One of the most detailed genomic studies of any ecosystem to date has revealed an underground world of stunning microbial diversity, and added dozens of new branches to the tree of life. The bacterial bonanza comes from scientists who reconstructed t... – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nature Communications Embargo expired on 24-Oct-2016 at 05:00 ET Researchers Posit Way to Locally Circumvent Second Law of Thermodynamics, Bizarre Physics Of "Bulletproof Custard", Mechanism of Unconventional Superconductivity, and More in the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIP Click here to go directly to the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIP. – Newswise Insight on Unconventional Superconductivity and More in the DOE Science News Source Click here to go directly to the DOE Science News Source – Newswise Physicists Use Lasers to Capture First Snapshots of Rapid Chemical Bonds Breaking Kansas State University researchers are part of an international team that has used a molecule's own electrons to scatter the molecule — a process called mid-infrared laser-induced electron diffraction, or LIED — and capture snapshots of acetylen... – Kansas State University Science Curious Tilt of the Sun Traced to Undiscovered Planet Planet Nine—the undiscovered planet at the edge of the Solar System that was predicted by the work of Caltech's Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown in January 2016—appears to be responsible for the unusual tilt of the sun, according to a new study.... – California Institute of Technology Astrophysical Journal Planet Nine, the Undiscovered Massive Planet at the Edge of the Solar System, Could Be Tilting the Sun Planet Nine—the undiscovered planet at the edge of the Solar System appears to be responsible for the unusual tilt of the sun, according to a new study. – Newswise Trends Astrophysical Journal Different Species Find Different Genetic Paths to Achieve Same Evolutionary Change Studying Andean bird species that have adapted to high altitudes, Nebraska biologist Jay Storz and his colleagues find that evolutionary change at the molecular level is idiosyncratic and less predictable. – University of Nebraska-Lincoln Science, Oct-2016 Integrated Imaging Institute Helps Innovators Envision Success Argonne’s Integrated Imaging Institute is opening its doors to research, academic and industry partners interested in accelerating discovery and innovation through imaging. The institute combines Argonne’s broad suite of imaging and data analysis... – Argonne National Laboratory UW Botanist Leads Petition to Give Venus Flytrap Endangered Species Protection University of Wisconsin-Madison ecologists have played a key role in a petition filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Friday seeking emergency Endangered Species Act protection for the Venus flytrap. – University of Wisconsin-Madison STScI Appoints Head of Newly Created Data Science Mission Office Dr. Arfon Smith has been selected to lead the newly created Data Science Mission Office at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. – Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Lifestyle & Social Sciences Discrimination Based on Weight Doubles Health Risks URI professor has found that how society treats overweight people makes health matters worse. – University of Rhode Island Annals of Behavioral Medicine, August 2016 Joshua Tucker, Director of NYU’s Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, Available for Comment on Post-Election Relations with U.S. NYU’s Joshua Tucker, director of the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, is available for comment on post-election U.S.-Russia relations. Expert Available – New York University Allowing Guns on College Campuses Unlikely to Reduce Mass Shootings Policies allowing civilians to bring guns on college campuses are unlikely to reduce mass shootings on campus and are likely to lead to more shootings, homicides and suicides on campus, especially among students, a new report concludes. – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Wellesley College Brings Together International Experts in Architectural History, Historic Preservation, and Design for Major Symposium About “The Modern Campus” Wellesley College hosts a major two-day symposium, “The Jewett Arts Center: The Modern Campus at Mid-Century & Today,” Friday, October 21, and Saturday, October 22. he symposium will examine the cultural contexts, design strategies, and future us... – Wellesley College Creighton President Honored as Founding Member of First European Chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu, Inducts Twin Brother Celebrating a joint mission for Jesuit higher education, Creighton president, the Rev. Daniel Hendrickson, SJ, headed to Seville, Spain, for the installation of the first European chapter of the century-old Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit honor society, at Uni...