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Medical News A Functioning Circadian Clock May Help Maximize Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery A newly released basic science study of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) suggests that a functioning circadian clock, or sleeping at night and being awake during the day, can help patients achieve a higher amount of weight loss following the surgery. ... – Obesity Society TOS Annual Meeting at ObesityWeek 2016, Nov-2016 Embargo expired on 02-Nov-2016 at 01:00 ET Childhood Obesity Increases During Summer Breaks Children are at greater risk of gaining unhealthy amounts of weight during summer vacation than during the school year, according to a new study published in the Obesity journal and presented at ObesityWeek 2016. Researchers studied more than 18,000 ... – Obesity Society TOS Annual Meeting at ObesityWeek 2015, Nov-2016 Embargo expired on 02-Nov-2016 at 01:00 ET Earlier Alzheimer’s Diagnosis May Be Possible with New Imaging Compound Researchers have developed a chemical compound that detects the Alzheimer’s protein amyloid beta better than current FDA-approved agents. The compound potentially could be used in brain scans to identify the signs of Alzheimer’s early, or to moni... – Washington University in St. Louis Scientific Reports, Nov-2016; AG050263; AG030498; AG033328; CHE-0420497 Embargo expired on 02-Nov-2016 at 06:00 ET Cause of Inflammation in Diabetes Identified Inflammation is one of the main reasons why people with diabetes experience heart attacks, strokes, kidney problems and other, related complications. Now, in a surprise finding, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis hav... – Washington University in St. Louis Nature, Nov. 2, 2016 Embargo expired on 02-Nov-2016 at 02:00 ET First National Quality Improvement Program for Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Readmissions by More Than 30% for Some Hospitals While the average hospital saw 30-day readmission rates for weight-loss surgery patients drop by about 14 percent, some hospitals had reductions as much as 32 percent after implementing a new quality improvement program, according to new research* pr... – American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) New England Journal of Medicine Embargo expired on 02-Nov-2016 at 01:00 ET 10-Year Data Shows Gastric Bypass Patients Significantly Reduce Risk of Dying From Obesity and Other Diseases, New Study Suggests Patients with severe obesity who have gastric bypass surgery reduce their risk of dying from obesity and other diseases by 48 percent up to 10 years after surgery, compared to similar patients who do not undergo the procedure, according to new resear... – American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) New England Journal of Medicine Embargo expired on 02-Nov-2016 at 01:00 ET The Dark Side of ‘Junk’ DNA Researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center report in the journal Cell Reports that certain short, repetitive sequences of DNA, or “junk,” play an important role in the development of Ewing sarcoma. – University of North Carolina Health Care System Cell Reports, Nov-2016 Embargo expired on 01-Nov-2016 at 12:00 ET MD Anderson-Led Study Develops Prediction Model for Lung Cancer Risk in Never Smokers Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new personalized assessment tool that could better predict lung cancer risk in never, light and heavy smokers using a large Taiwanese prospective cohort study. – University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Embargo expired on 02-Nov-2016 at 06:00 ET Making the Microbiome Part of Precision Medicine Studies of the microbiome should be integral to future precision medicine initiatives, argue scientists from the University of Chicago in a new commentary published Nov. 1 in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. – University of Chicago Medical Center Embargo expired on 01-Nov-2016 at 12:00 ET Renowned Physician-Scientist Dr. Charles G. Drake Joins NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center Dr. Charles G. Drake has joined NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) as director of genitourinary oncology and associate director for clinical research at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, effective October 1. Expert Available – New York-Presbyterian Hospital Embargo expired on 02-Nov-2016 at 06:00 ET Children Who Witness Violence or Are Sexually Abused Are 3 and 5 Times, Respectively, More Likely to Inject Drugs as Adults Children who are sexually abused are nearly five times more likely to inject drugs in adulthood as those who are not — while children who witness violence are about three times more likely — according to new research released today at the Americ... – American Public Health Association (APHA) American Public Health Association’s 2016 Annual Meeting 'Corkscrew' Shape of Blood Flow in Heart's Upper Chamber May Signal Lower Stroke Risk Using specialized CT scans of a healthy heart and one with heart disease, a team of Johns Hopkins cardiologists and biomedical engineers say they've created computer models of the "shape" of blood flow through the heart's upper left chamber that some... – Johns Hopkins Medicine UF/IFAS study: Food safety knowledge – or lack thereof -- passed from one generation to next The real issue, as assistant professor Joy Rumble found in her newly published study, is that few Floridians bother to find out the safest ways to prevent food-borne illnesses. And it’s not that they don’t care, said Rumble, an assistant professo... – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Words Matter When Talking About Alzheimer’s Using war metaphors in reference to Alzheimer’s disease should be replaced with messages of resilience against a complex, age-associated condition that may not be fully defeatable, according to a team of researchers. – Penn State College of Medicine New Model Developed to Study Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Human Biopsy Samples Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex condition that requires a lifetime of care and increases a person's cancer risk. But its origins are still a mystery. Now, a team of researchers have created a new culture model of the human intestine whe... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) A microfluidic chip based model for the study of full thickness human intestinal tissue using dual flow; Biomicrofluidics Distress Screening in Oncology Leads to Better Doctor-Patient Relationships and Improved Outcomes As published in JNCCN, a recent project out of Canada shows that programs identifying stress and distress in patients with cancer increase health care professionals’ confidence and awareness of patient-centeredness; outcomes are influenced by site-... – National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Study Raises Concerns About Timely Follow-Up to Positive Mammogram for the Uninsured In the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers report that uninsured women under age 65 who received their mammogram at community screening clinics in North Carolina also were less likely to get follow-up within a year of a ... – University of North Carolina Health Care System Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Study Finds Use of Adjunctive Cerebral Embolic Protection During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Was Safe but Improvement in MRI Findings Did Not Reach Statistical Significance A multicenter randomized trial evaluating the role of embolic protection using the Sentinel device during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) found that the device was safe but did not meet the primary efficacy endpoint of reduction in medi... – Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis and Intermediate Surgical Risk Show Similar Late Quality of Life Outcomes Following Either Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) at intermediate surgical risk, and who are treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) had improved health status at one month compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) but two-yea... – Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) Five Year Echocardiogram Follow-Up Data Demonstrates Sustained Durability After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in High-Risk and Inoperable Patients A substudy of the PARTNER I Trial and Continued Access Registry found that hemodynamic trends in patients who received transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) showed excellent durability without significant structural valve deterioration at fiv... – Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) New Study Explains Factors That Influence the Timing of Infectious Disease Outbreaks The delay between the time when a disease outbreak becomes possible and when it actually happens depends chiefly on how frequently infection is introduced to the population and how quickly the number of cases caused by a single individual increases, ... – University of Georgia Patient Safety Benefits When Hospitals Provide Feedback to Staff Who Report Errors A St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital analysis suggests that to improve patient safety, hospitals should focus on providing feedback to staff about changes resulting from past staff reports of safety-related events. – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Journal of Patient Safety, November 1 Moving Toward a Gold Standard in Patient Handoff Protocols A deep dive into the research on standardized handoff protocols reveals processes that result in the best outcomes for patients, caregivers, and health-care organizations. – Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Healthy Living Linked to Higher Brain Function, Delay of Dementia It's tempting to dip into the leftover Halloween treats, but new research out of York University has found eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, combined with regular exercise, leads to better cognitive functioning for younger and older adults, and... – York University Journal of Public Health U-M Study Bodes Well for Low-Carb Eaters Three low-carb meals within 24 hours lowers post-meal insulin resistance by more than 30 percent, but high-carb meals sustain insulin resistance, a condition that leads to high blood pressure, prediabetes and diabetes, according to a University of Mi... – University of Michigan Plos One Motivation to Move: Study Finds Mild Exercise Helps Decrease Pain and Improve Activity Level in Older Adults Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery found that a low-impact exercise program in senior centers in New York City’s Chinatown and Flushing, Queens communities helped decrease pain, improve mobility and enhance quality of life for many partic... – Hospital for Special Surgery Long-Term Study Results Show That PFO Closure Is More Effective Than Medical Management in Preventing Recurrent Stroke Final results from the RESPECT trial found that percutaneously closing a patent foramen ovale (PFO) using the Amplatzer PFO Occluder was superior to medical management in the prevention of recurrent ischemic stroke in patients who previously had a cr... – Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) Hospital for Special Surgery to Augment Educational Programs Promoting Orthopedic Health in CT Communities Hospital for Special Surgery, which has an Outpatient Center in Stamford, CT, recently conducted a survey to assess the musculoskeletal health needs of people in the local area. Arthritis was the most common diagnosed condition in the community, and ... – Hospital for Special Surgery Study Indicates PCI of NIRS-Defined Lipid-Rich Plaque Is Safe and Not Associated with a Greater Incidence of Adverse Outcomes Compared to PCI of Non Lipid-Rich Plaque Two-year results from COLOR, the first large-scale multicenter prospective study of its kind, found that PCI on coronary artery lipid-rich plaque (LRP) detected by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was not associated with subsequent major adverse car... – Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) Dedicated Stent Study Conducted in Women and Minority Assesses Risks of Adverse Cardiovascular Events Following Coronary Stent Procedures A dedicated stent study conducted exclusively in women and minority patients evaluated clinical outcomes within the era of contemporary PCI, comparing these results to a parallel cohort of white male patients. Although there were no significant diffe... – Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) Stimulating the Brain Makes Exercising the Legs Feel Easier Research led by the University of Kent shows stimulation of the brain impacts on endurance exercise performance by decreasing perception of effort. – University of Kent Neuroscience Bacteria Can’t Get a Grip on Self-Healing, Slippery Surface Implanted medical devices like catheters, surgical mesh and dialysis systems are ideal surfaces on which bacteria can colonize and form hard-to-kill sheets called biofilms. Known as biofouling, this contamination of devices is responsible for more th... – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center N66001-11-1-4180, Contract HR0011-13-C-0025; T32 HL 008843-21A1; T35 HL 110843 Study Finds No Long-Term Clinical Benefit to Routine Follow-Up Coronary Angiography After PCI A randomized evaluation of routine follow-up coronary angiography after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) found that there was no long-term clinical benefit compared to clinical follow-up alone among unselected patients following PCI. – Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) New Drug Combination Has Potential to Significantly Improve Chemotherapy Success University of Georgia researchers have found a way to enhance chemotherapy’s cancer-killing powers, bringing science one step closer to a more complete cancer treatment. – University of Georgia TSRI Scientists Develop New Toolkit for Exploring Protein Biology Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a broadly useful method to unmask new functional features of human proteins. – Scripps Research Institute Nature Chemistry, Oct-2016; CA132630; P41 GM103533; U54 GM114833; DGE-1346837 Cosmic Connection KITP’s Greg Huber worked with nuclear physicists to confirm a structural similarity found in both human cells and neutron stars. – University of California, Santa Barbara Physical Review C Researchers Identify New Drug Target for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic provide the first evidence that the Hedgehog signaling pathway is central to the formation of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), which are frequently driven by ... – University of California San Diego Health Sciences Oncotarget There’s Money in Your Wearable Fitness Tracker Your wearable fitness tracker is great at counting the number of steps you took today, but it could also provide a new source of currency for the emerging health data economy, according to a new study in the journal Computer. – University of Illinois at Chicago Computer Two Antibiotics Fight Bacteria Differently Than Thought Two widely prescribed antibiotics — chloramphenicol and linezolid — may fight bacteria in a different way from what scientists and doctors thought for years, University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have found. Instead of indiscriminately st... – University of Illinois at Chicago PNAS Samumed Selected for Seven Presentations in Five Therapeutic Areas at American College of Rheumatology 2016 Annual Meeting Samumed, a leader in tissue regeneration, today announced it has been selected to feature seven presentations in five different therapeutic areas at the 2016 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting from November 11–16 in Washington, D... – Samumed American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress Explores the Aspirational and Practical Elements of Generating Real-World Evidence ISPOR hosted an issue panel entitled, "Real World Evidence to Support Value Proposition and Reimbursement at Launch: The Aspirational Meets the Impractical?,'" at the Society’s 19th Annual European Congress in Vienna, Austria. – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress ISPOR 19TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS EXAMINES INCLUSION OF FUTURE MEDICAL COSTS IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES ISPOR held an issue panel entitled, "Should Health Technology Assessment Guidelines Recommend Inclusion of Future Medical Costs?," at the Society’s 19th Annual European Congress in Vienna, Austria. – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress Plenary 2 of ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress Focuses on Differential Pricing of Medicines in Europe The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) held its second plenary session, "Differential Pricing of Medicines in Europe: Implications for Access, Innovation, and Affordability," this morning at the Society’s 19th... – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress 54-Year-Old ‘Nonbeliever’ Gets His Flu Shot After Close Call with H1N1 Unique technology saves life of healthy 54-year-old who nearly dies after contracting aggressive, H1N1, flu strain. A former non-believer, he now promotes regular flu shots as prevention – Beaumont Health Pouring Her All Into Dehydration Fight Johns Hopkins Doctor of Nursing Practice program gave Kerri Miller a road map. She took it all the way to to re:iimune, a product that she believes could help save lives – Johns Hopkins School of Nursing ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress Issue Panel Explores Issue of Adaptive Pathways and Patient Access The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) held a session this afternoon entitled, "Adaptive Pathways and Patient Access: Pushing Payer Boundaries or Facilitating New Payment Models?" at the Society’s 19th Annual ... – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress Focuses on Emerging US Value Frameworks ISPOR held an issue panel this afternoon entitled, Emerging US Value Frameworks: Are There Lessons From – Or For – Europe? The session took place at the Society’s 19th Annual European Congress in Vienna, Austria. – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) ISPOR Society’s 19th Annual European Congress Fall Back! the Effects of Time Change on Health On Sunday, November 6, we will be turning our clocks back one hour to mark the end of Daylight Savings Time. – Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress Examines Value Assessment of Transformative Medicines in Rare Diseases ISPOR offered an issue panel, "Valuing Transformative Medicines in Rare Diseases: Methods and Madness," at the Society’s 19th Annual European Congress in Vienna, Austria. – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress Dr. James Cottrell Receives Leadership Award From the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health James E. Cottrell, MD, Distinguished Service Professor and chair of anesthesiology and Garry S. and Sarah Sklar Professor in Anesthesiology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, recently was honored with a 2016 Leadership Award at the 22nd Annual Black T... – SUNY Downstate Medical Center Act Your Age When It Comes to Skin Care Each individual’s skin care routine should be based on her age and her skin’s specific needs. To kick off National Healthy Skin Month, three board-certified dermatologists discuss the top skin care concerns of women in their 20s, 30s and 40s, and... Expert Available – American Academy of Dermatology UCLA Health Experts Advisory for November UCLA Health experts are available to discuss a wide variety of topics of interest for the month of November. Expert Available – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences International Celebration Spotlights Breast Imaging Advances On Tuesday, Nov. 8, more than 140 medical societies worldwide will mark the International Day of Radiology (IDoR), celebrating the thousands of lives saved by the many contributions of breast imagers and radiation oncologists. – American College of Radiology (ACR) ACR Education Center Marks 10,000th Course Registration The American College of Radiology (ACR) Education Center marked its 10,000th course registration, magnifying its powerful role in helping radiologists sharpen skills, strengthen practices and become better providers in a value-based collaborative hea... – American College of Radiology (ACR) Fred Hutch Launches First-of-Its-Kind Immunotherapy Clinic Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center today announced the official opening of a first-of-its-kind clinic dedicated to providing innovative immunotherapies for cancer patients in clinical trials. – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center CHI Franciscan Health and Virginia Mason Health System Announce Plan for Clinical Partnership and Strategic Affiliation CHI Franciscan Health and Virginia Mason Health System, two leading health care providers in the Pacific Northwest, today announced they have signed a letter of intent to create a clinical partnership and strategic affiliation designed to expand acce... – Virginia Mason Medical Center Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health Presented to Global Advocates for the Poor and the Elderly The 2016 Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health was presented to Dr. Vikram Patel of India, and Dr. Charles F. Reynolds, III of the United States at the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation International Awards Dinner, on Friday, October 28, at T... – Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Science News Gatekeeping Proteins to Aberrant RNA: You Shall Not Pass Berkeley Lab researchers found that aberrant strands of genetic code have telltale signs that enable gateway proteins to recognize and block them from exiting the nucleus. Their findings shed light on a complex system of cell regulation that acts as ... – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Scientific Reports, Nov. 2, 2016 Embargo expired on 02-Nov-2016 at 06:00 ET Underwater Nightlights A new study published today in Scientific Reports reveals that 100 feet below the surface of the ocean is a critical depth for ecological activity in the Arctic polar night — a period of near continuous winter darkness. There, atmospheric light dim... – University of Delaware Embargo expired on 02-Nov-2016 at 05:00 ET Making High-Performance Batteries From Junkyard Scraps Vanderbilt researchers have discovered how to make high-performance batteries using scraps of metal from the junkyard and common household chemicals. – Vanderbilt University ACS Energy Letters (01Nov2016) Chemists Create Clusters of Organelles by Mimicking Nature Scientists from the University of Basel in Switzerland have succeeded in organizing spherical compartments into clusters mimicking the way natural organelles would create complex structures. They managed to connect the synthetic compartments by creat... – University of Basel Nano Letters (2016) Artificial Muscles Show More Flex, A New Approach to Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays, Make a 3-D Print Of Your Own Baby Universe, and More in the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIP Click here to go directly to the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIP. – Newswise Comprehensive Research Review Confirms Positive School Climates Can Narrow Achievement Gaps Positive school climates contribute to academic achievement and can improve outcomes for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, according to a new study published today in Review of Educational Research, a peer-reviewed journal of the American ... – American Educational Research Association (AERA) MSU Researchers Part of Iguana Hatchling Discovery in Cayman Islands A team of Mississippi State students and faculty is among a group of researchers working in the Cayman Islands that may be the first to demonstrate cross-breeding between Green Iguanas and Rock Iguanas is possible. – Mississippi State University Physicist Explores Science Behind Smartphones WVU physics professor Micky Holcomb is making great progress in understanding the physics behind cell phones and other computing devices. In just one month, she accepted three grants worth nearly $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation, Dep... – West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences 3D-Printed Permanent Magnets Outperform Conventional Versions, Conserve Rare Materials Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that permanent magnets produced by additive manufacturing can outperform bonded magnets made using traditional techniques while conserving critical materials.... – Oak Ridge National Laboratory PPPL Scientists Present Key Results at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Article roundups several PPPL news releases from the 58th annual APS Division of Plasma Physics conference. – Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory La Niña Pacific Cooling Event Strengthens Global Temperature Report: October 2016 – University of Alabama Huntsville Yeast Holds the Key to Humans’ Genetic Response to Stress, Herbicide Exposure Yeast’s ability to grow, divide, age and metabolize food is similar to human cells and provides researchers with a nearly perfect specimen to study cell processes and genetic variation. Biologist Jennifer Gallagher is taking advantage of the or... – West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Danforth Plant Science Center Develops Versatile Field Phenotyping to Benefit Farmers The PheNode is a ‘smart’, farm-ready, solar-powered environmental sensor and phenotyping station for crops. – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Beware of Radon Risk With winter on the way, many people are making sure best practices are in place for a weather-tight season. The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) November 1st Soils Matter blog post explains why “home sweet home” is worth an inexpensive rado... – Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Bringing Agriculture to Biodefense: Kansas State University Leaders Highlight Issue at Bipartisan Policy Center Through a panel discussion at the Bipartisan Policy Center, Kansas State University leaders highlighted the threat of bio/agroterrorism and the importance of including agriculture in biosecurity and biodefense. – Kansas State University Bipartisan Policy Center panel, Oct-2016 Physicist Honored for Finding New Symmetry in Space and Time The American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics this month awarded the 2017 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical  Physics to Carl M. Bender of Washington University in St. Louis. Here he explains the work that won the prize – Washington University in St. Louis Balancing Energy Demand Could Save Money An incentive program that shifts electricity usage for low-priority activities to nonpeak times could help balance the demand for electricity and ease pressure on aging transmission lines. Utilities can then pass those energy savings on to consumers ... – South Dakota State University Virginia Tech Flexible Solar Panel Goes Where Silicon Can't A team of engineers and chemists at Virginia Tech is producing flexible solar panels that can become part of window shades or wallpaper that will capture light from the sun as well as light from sources inside buildings. Expert Available – Virginia Tech National Science Foundation Supports Completion of the Jefferson Project at Lake George Sensor Network With support from the National Science Foundation, The Jefferson Project at Lake George is poised to complete the most powerful aquatic monitoring sensor network in existence. Spanning the full 32-mile length of the lake, 41 separate smart sensor pla... – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Zoological Society of London Honors WCS’s Dr. John Robinson with Its Lifetime Achievement Award The ZSL (Zoological Society of London) Awards Committee has presented the ZSL Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. John Robinson, Executive Vice President of Conservation and Science at the Wildlife Conservation Society. – Wildlife Conservation Society Lifestyle & Social Sciences Women Have a Remarkable Variety of Orgasmic Experiences A new review by Concordia researchers published in Socioaffective Neuroscience & Psychology details the vast potential women have to experience orgasms from one or more sources of sensory input. – Concordia University ‘Under Caesar’s Sword’ Documentary Explores Christians’ Response to Persecution A new documentary from the University of Notre Dame and the Religious Freedom Institute looks in-depth at how Christian communities around the world respond when their religious freedom is violated. – University of Notre Dame Expert Offers Ways to Practice "Safe Stress" During the Holidays For many the holidays are a time of stress, loneliness, and anxiety. E. Christine Moll, PhD, offers ways to practice "safe stress" during the holiday season. Expert Available – Canisius College CSUMB Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program Receives CCNE Accreditation CSU Monterey Bay’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is now the only Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accredited program in the Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties. – California State University, Monterey Bay Cornell University to Light Iconic McGraw Tower Green Annually on Veterans Day Dr. Joseph Burke, executive director for Campus & Community Engagement, and David Outlaw ’17, president of the Cornell Undergraduate Veterans Association, announced today that Cornell University will light its iconic McGraw Tower green on Veterans ... – Cornell University Business News New Technique Could Boost Online Word-of-Mouth Marketing Researchers have developed a technique for creating complex predictive tools that can be used to make effective decisions about word-of-mouth marketing for online products and services. – North Carolina State University Journal of Marketing Research, Sep-2016 Med School Signs Agreement with Intent to Establish SW Georgia Location By signing a Memorandum of Agreement, representatives from Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Georgia, and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, agreed to develop a feasibility plan and present ... – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine State's Three Largest Public Research Institutions to Increase Collaboration The state's three largest public research institutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which expresses the intent of the parties to increase research collaborations on complex challenges and provide additional research and training opportu... – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory