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Medical News Integrative Biology of Exercise 7 Meeting Highlights: Friday, November 4 Leading experts will convene at the Integrative Biology of Exercise 7 meeting (Nov. 2–4 in Phoenix) to discuss current research and new findings on how exercise affects us at all stages of life, from preconception to old age. See highlighted resear... – American Physiological Society (APS) Embargo expired on 04-Nov-2016 at 00:00 ET New Study Shows Balloon in a Capsule Helps Patients Lose Nearly Twice as Much Weight Than Diet, Exercise and Lifestyle Therapy Alone NEW ORLEANS – NOV. 4, 2016 – Patients with obesity who swallowed gas-filled balloon capsules designed to help them eat less, lost 1.9 times more weight than patients who relied on diet, exercise and lifestyle therapy alone, according to new resea... – American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) ObesityWeek 2016 Embargo expired on 04-Nov-2016 at 01:00 ET New Study Shows Women Have Lower Risk of Heart Disease After Weight-Loss Surgery Than Men Women have about a 20 percent less chance of developing heart disease after weight-loss surgery than men, according to new research* presented today at ObesityWeek 2016, the largest international event focused on the basic science, clinical applicati... – American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) ObesityWeek 2016 Embargo expired on 04-Nov-2016 at 01:00 ET New Study Suggests Weight-Loss Surgery Patients Do Better if They Stick to Scheduled Follow Up Visits NEW ORLEANS – NOV. 4, 2016 – Weight-loss surgery patients who stick to a schedule of 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-up visits with their doctors see greater improvements or remission of their diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol than pa... – American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) ObesityWeek 2016 Embargo expired on 04-Nov-2016 at 01:00 ET Georgetown Researchers Describe Method to Study Real Time Cancer Invasion A research team at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has described the steps, in both written and video format, that allow cancer investigators to track, in real time, cancer cell invasion and metastasis in transparent zebrafish embryos... – Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 15:00 ET Regular Exercisers Still Face Health Risks From Too Much Sitting People who meet recommended weekly physical activity guidelines are still at risk of developing chronic disease if they spend too much non-exercising time sitting. Researchers found that women sit more as they grow older, raising their risks even mor... – American Physiological Society (APS) Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 18:00 ET Exercise May Shield Against the Health Fallout of a Weeklong Overindulgence Previous studies show that as little as one week of overeating can impair glycemic control and insulin sensitivity. Just in time for holiday feasting, a new study by University of Michigan researchers finds that exercise can protect fat tissue from c... – American Physiological Society (APS) Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 20:15 ET Buildup of “Toxic Fat” Metabolite Could Increase Diabetes Risk For years, scientists have known that someone who is thin could still end up with diabetes. Yet an obese person may be surprisingly healthy. Now, new research published Nov. 3, 2016, in Cell Metabolism online by scientists at University of Utah Colle... – University of Utah Health Sciences Cell Metabolism Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 12:00 ET Researchers Identify Receptor That May Allow HIV to Infect Kidney Cells • New research suggests that transmembrane TNF-alpha may allow HIV to infect kidney cells that not express the major HIV-1 CD4 receptor. The findings could provide insights on how patients develop HIV-1 associated nephropathy. – American Society of Nephrology (ASN) doi: 10.1681/ASN.2016050564 Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 17:00 ET Study: Graphic Pictures on Cigarette Packs Would Significantly Reduce Smoking Death Rate Using prominent, graphic pictures on cigarette packs warning against smoking could avert more than 652,000 deaths, up to 92,000 low birth weight infants, up to 145,000 preterm births, and about 1,000 cases of sudden infant deaths in the U.S. over the... – Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center R01DA036497, UO1-CA97450 Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 17:00 ET UNC Scientists Identify “Collateral Vessel” Gene That Protects Against Stroke Damage During stroke or heart attack, tissue damage can be limited because “collateral” vessels connect the tissue to other arteries. Collateral vessels can vary greatly in size and number from one person to the next. Scientists have now implicated the ... – University of North Carolina Health Care System Stroke Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 16:00 ET Kids Most Likely to Suffer Sport-Related Eye Injuries Roughly 30,000 sports-related eye injuries serious enough to end in a visit to the emergency room occur each year in the United States, and the majority happen to those under the age of 18, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-led rese... – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health JAMA Ophthalmology, Nov. 3 Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 11:00 ET New Survey Shows Obesity Ties Cancer as Top Health Threat, Bigger Than Heart Disease and Diabetes for Most Americans Understanding of Risks of Obesity is Improving, But Major Misperceptions About Causes and Treatments Persist – American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) ObesityWeek 2016 Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 09:30 ET The Brain Can Reveal Drinking Status Even After Death Scientists who use postmortem brain tissue to study alcohol’s effects on brain structure and function will find this research interesting. Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) is an alcohol metabolite and its concentration in whole blood samples is a biomark... – Research Society on Alcoholism Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 17:00 ET New TSRI Study Suggests Ebola Can Adapt to Better Target Human Cells A new study co-led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) suggests that Ebola virus gained a genetic mutation during the 2013–16 epidemic that appears to have helped it better target human cells. – Scripps Research Institute Cell, Nov-2016; DP1DA034990; R01AI111809; U19AI110818; HHSN272201400048C; 1U01HG007910; 5T32AI007244-33; UL1TR001114; 278433-PREDEMICS; DGE 1144152... Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 12:00 ET Study Shows How Smoking Causes the Changes That Lead to Lung Cancer A paper published today in Science shows that smoking tobacco causes added mutations in the DNA of lung cells and in the DNA of other cells in the body. This is the first study to show the process by which smoking causes these cancers. – University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Science Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 14:00 ET Mutational Signatures Mark Cancer's Smoking Gun A broad computational study of cancer genome sequences identifies telltale mutational signatures associated with smoking tobacco and demonstrates, for the first time, that smoking increases cancer risk by causing somatic mutations in tissues directly... – Los Alamos National Laboratory Science Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 14:00 ET Research Center Receives $10 Million for California Water Projects Sacramento State students will make a difference in the lives of thousands of Californians who need clean drinking water. – California State University, Sacramento Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 15:00 ET Hip Fracture Patients Fare Best During Recovery in High-Occupancy Nursing Homes with Higher Level Physician Staffing Hip fractures are a common and disabling condition that occurs more than 300,000 times each year in the United States in those 65 and older—1.6 million times worldwide. A new study from Penn Medicine, which compared outcome variations in acute and ... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Care; National Institutes on Aging (K08AG043548); National Institutes on Aging (K24AG047908) Dark Chocolate Secrets, Significant Drop in Household Food Insecurity, Freshwater Fish for Global Food Security, and More in the Food Science News Source Click here to go to the Food Science News Source – Newswise Seven Substances Added to 14th Report on Carcinogens Today’s release of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 14th Report on Carcinogens includes seven newly reviewed substances, bringing the cumulative total to 248 listings. – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Studies Reveal WSU-Conceived Non-Invasive Prenatal Genetic Test Is Accurate Five Weeks Into Pregnancy The latest developments in prenatal technology conceived by scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine that make it possible to test for genetic disorders a little more than one month into pregnancy were revealed this week in Science... – Wayne State University Division of Research Science Translational Medicine, Nov. 2016; NIH, HD071408 and HL128628 A Roadmap to Life After the Worst Injuries, in Times of War and Peace The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have produced a horrific type of medical trauma known as the “dismounted complex blast injury” (DCBI), in which an improvised explosive device detonates beneath a soldier patrolling on foot, often leading to multi... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania High Hospital Profits Hurt Medicine Is the medical profession losing the race to attract the best and the brightest? In a series of insightful commentaries on Negative Secular Trends in Medicine published in The American Journal of Medicine, Robert M. Doroghazi, MD, retired cardiologis... – Elsevier BV American Journal of Medicine WSU Researchers Show Genetic Variants and Environmental Exposures Have Mighty Influence on Health Scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics have shown for the first time the extent by which interactions between environmental exposures and genetic variation across individuals have a ... – Wayne State University Division of Research Genome Research; NIH, GM109215) Proteins Secreted by Beneficial Gut Microbes Shown to Inhibit Salmonella, Invasive E. Coli Few treatments exist for bacteria-caused intestinal inflammation that leads to diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps. But University of California, Irvine microbiologists have demonstrated a new approach that may lead to more effective remedies. – University of California, Irvine Nature, Oct-2016 Insulin Resistance Reversed by Removal of Protein By removing the protein galectin-3 (Gal3), a team of investigators led by University of California School of Medicine researchers were able to reverse diabetic insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in mouse models of obesity and diabetes. – University of California San Diego Health Sciences Cell; K033651, DK074868, DK063491, DK09062; LKR159915 Study Finds Weight Loss After Obesity Doesn’t Cut Risk of Certain Types of Cancer Losing weight may not protect against colon and liver cancer, even though obesity is associated with increased risk of certain types of gastrointestinal malignancy. – American Physiological Society (APS) Upstate Medical University Discovery Advances Understanding of How Retinal Cells Are Formed Upstate researchers Andrea S. Viczian, Ph.D., and Michael E. Zuber, Ph.D., and their colleagues, have identified two genes—Tbx3 and Pax6—that together are sufficient to start the process of eye development. – SUNY Upstate Medical University UTHealth Research: Stem Cell Therapy Appears to Have TBI Treatment Effect Results of a cellular therapy clinical trial for traumatic brain injury (TBI) using a patient’s own stem cells showed that the therapy appears to dampen the body’s neuroinflammatory response to trauma and preserve brain tissue, according to resea... – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston STEM CELLS Nov-2016 Illuminating Lies with Brain Scan Outshines Polygraph Test, Penn Study Finds When it comes to lying, our brains are much more likely to give us away than sweaty palms or spikes in heart rate, new evidence from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania suggests.  The study, published in ... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania CHEST Experts Issue Advice for Investigating Occupational and Environmental Causes of Chronic Cough Although the understanding of cough triggered by occupational and environmental causes has improved, experts say there is still a gap between current guidelines and clinical practice. A report by the CHEST Expert Cough Panel published in the journal ... – Elsevier BV CHEST ADHA Emphasizes Critical Role of Hygienist in Dental Hygiene Diagnosis The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) has released a new white paper that underscores the ability of the dental hygienist to perform dental hygiene diagnosis as part of the oral care team working to ensure that every patient is evaluated... – American Dental Hygienists' Association New Certifications Confirm Growing Influence of Knowledge Professionals on Nursing Practice, Patient Care A growing number of acute and critical care nurses are shifting to roles where they influence patient outcomes by sharing their unique clinical knowledge and expertise rather than providing care directly. Recognizing this evolution in nursing practic... – American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Mayo Clinic Monthly News Tips — October 2016 Mayo Clinic Monthly News Tips — October 2016 – Mayo Clinic November 2016 Health and Wellness Tips Health and wellness tips about carbon monoxide season, mold allergies, ski-related injuries, preventing staph infections, and rage. – UT Southwestern Medical Center Johns Hopkins Health System Announces New Supply Chain Management Organization The Johns Hopkins Health System announces the launch of Nobilant, a new supply chain management organization with a progressive vision to resolve a critical issue faced by many health care providers: how to address rising costs while maintaining posi... – Johns Hopkins Medicine NYU Dentistry’s Dr. Courtney Chinn Awarded $1.3M HRSA Grant to Establish Growing Success, a Novel Faculty Development Program Designed to Expand Dental Access for Underserved Populations Courtney H. Chinn, DDS, MPH, clinical associate professor of pediatric dentistry and director of the postgraduate program in pediatric dentistry at the NYU College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry), has received a five-year, $1.3 million award from the He... – New York University The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing to Host International Congress on Women's Health The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) will bring together the world’s leading researchers, clinicians, educators, and community advocates to address women’s health issues across the globe at the 21st International Council on Women’s Healt... – Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Science News Hate Exercise? It May Be in Your Genes Genes, specifically those that modulate dopamine in the brain, may play a role in a person’s propensity to embrace or avoid exercise. Rodney Dishman of the University of Georgia will present findings from studies in rats and humans in his talk “G... – American Physiological Society (APS) Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 19:00 ET Electron Kaleidoscope: New Technique Visualizes Multiple Objects in Many Colors In a paper published online November 3 in <Cell Chemical Biology, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute describe a new form of multicolor EM that allows for simultaneous visualization... – University of California San Diego Health Sciences Cell Chemical Biology Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 12:00 ET UNLV Study Finds No Iron Benefit from Eating Placenta First clinical study of its kind finds no benefit for women who eat their placenta as a source of needed iron after giving birth. – University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health Green Process to Make Carbon Fiber Used in Rocket Nozzles Gets Patent A new, green process developed by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) professor to make carbon fiber that forms ablative rocket nozzles and heat shields could be of interest to NASA, which has a dwindling stockpile of cellulose rayon fiber t... – University of Alabama Huntsville New Computational Tool May Speed Drug Discovery A new computational tool called fABMACS is helping scientists see beyond static images of proteins to more efficiently understand how these molecules function, which could ultimately speed up the drug discovery process. – Van Andel Research Institute Large Numbers of Outdoor Cats Pose Challenges for Communities: U of G Study The number of outdoor cats in the city of Guelph is eye-raising, and these cats are more likely to be found in low-income residential areas, according to a new study from the University of Guelph. – University of Guelph Animal Conservation Emery Co-Authors Study on Detection of Water on Asteroid Named Psyche A UT professor has helped detect water on Psyche, the largest metallic asteroid in the solar system. The asteroid is the target of a proposed NASA mission. – University of Tennessee Astronomical Journal UT Scientists Identify Bacterial Genes That Could Lessen Severity of Malaria UT researchers have identified a set of bacterial genes that may help them find ways to lessen the severity of the disease malaria. Their findings could also aid the research of fellow scientists working in malaria-stricken regions around the world. – University of Tennessee Frontiers in Microbiology Liquid Crystal Design Method Could Speed Development of Cheap Chemical Sensors University of Wisconsin–Madison chemical engineers have developed a new way to create inexpensive chemical sensors for detecting explosives, industrial pollutants or even the chemical markers of disease in a patient’s breath. – University of Wisconsin-Madison Nature Communications Nov 2 2016 After a Long Demise Due to Poaching, Virunga’s Hippos Climbing Back NEW YORK (November 3, 2016)—Recent surveys for hippos in Virunga National Park—the oldest protected area in Africa—have found that the beleaguered behemoths are finally recovering from decades of poaching and habitat loss in the eastern Democra... – Wildlife Conservation Society Suiform Soundings Iowa State Physicists Help Demonstrate Existence of New Subatomic Structure Iowa State University researchers have helped demonstrate the existence of a tetraneutron, a subatomic structure once thought unlikely to exist. – Iowa State University Physical Review Letters, Oct. 28, 2016 Informing Action on a Historic Climate Agreement The Paris Agreement on climate change goes into effect today, but while the agreement set ambitious targets for tackling climate change, scientists say there is a long way to go to achieve it. Research suggests pathways to get the world on track. – International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis The Destructive Effects of Supercooled Liquid Water on Airplane Safety and Climate Models Exploring the properties of supercooled liquid water - the bane of airplane wings and climate theorists - Sandia Labs is mounting an expedition to fly huge tethered balloons in Alaska this coming winter, where temperatures descend to 40 degrees below... – Sandia National Laboratories SLAC, Berkeley Lab Researchers Prepare for Scientific Computing on the Exascale Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are playing key roles in two recently funded computing projects with the goal of developing cutting-edge scientific applications for future exascale supercomputers that ... – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 2017 DOE Joint Genome Institute Community Science Program Allocations Announced The 37 projects selected for the 2017 Community Science Program (CSP) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, “exploit DOE JGI’s experimental and analytical ‘omics’ capabilitie... – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lifestyle & Social Sciences Psychologists Identify Key Characteristics of Earworms If you’ve found yourself singing along to Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” hours after you switched the radio off, you are not alone. Certain songs do tend to stick in our heads more than others for some very specific reasons, according to research ... – American Psychological Association (APA) Embargo expired on 03-Nov-2016 at 12:00 ET Studies Examine Racial Bias in Pollution, Devaluation of Black Communities Present-day racial biases may contribute to the pollution and devaluation of lower- and middle-class black communities, according to new research led by a social psychologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago. – University of Illinois at Chicago Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Nov-2016 Pupil Response to Negative Facial Expressions Predicts Risk for Depression Relapse Researchers at Binghamton University, led by PhD student Anastacia Kudinova, aimed to examine whether physiological reactivity to emotional stimuli, assessed via pupil dilation, served as a biological marker of risk for depression recurrence among in... – Binghamton University, State University of New York Psychophysiology, Sept-2016 New Texas Tech Study Shows Participation, Trust by Hispanics in Politics Has Room for Improvement The study was conducted by the Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic & International Communication. – Texas Tech University Soda Tax Falls Flat Four cities will be voting Nov. 8 on whether to tax soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages. Some proponents say the taxes would raise prices by exactly the amount of the tax, encouraging consumers to cut down on soda and improve their health. B... – Cornell University Why Some Songs Get Stuck in Your Head Almost all of us get songs stuck in our heads from time to time but why do certain tunes have the 'stick factor'? – Durham University Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts Texas Tech Researcher Determines the Most Desirable Traits in Dogs for Potential Adopters Alexandra Protopopova has performed extensive research trying to increase the adoption rates and decrease euthanasia rates for animal shelters throughout the country. – Texas Tech University Fictional Leaders Effect How Voters View Presidential Candidates Could watching fictional characters like Katniss from The Hunger Games or the Doctor in the Doctor Who series influence the way Americans view leadership and consequently affect the outcome of the upcoming presidential election? According to a new... – University of Vermont New Navigation Tool Improves Campus Accessibility A new student-designed app is making it easier for those with disabilities to navigate Michigan State University’s sprawling campus. – Michigan State University Georgianna Duarte Is Indiana State's First Endowed Professorship Had it not been for a long-term relationship and friendship with a Benedictine nun and their shared anti-war position regarding El Salvador decades ago, Georgianna Duarte may have ended up penning articles like this and never made it to Indiana State... – Indiana State University History, Voting Rights and the Youth Vote: Experts From DePaul University Discuss Election Day DePaul University faculty experts are available discuss how the presidential, national and local elections relate to various topics in U.S. history, politics and culture. Expert Available – DePaul University UC Santa Cruz Now Offering Graduate Degrees in Computational Media UC Santa Cruz will begin offering graduate degrees in computational media, the first comprehensive degrees available at a U.S. university in this rapidly growing and deeply interdisciplinary field. The Department of Computational Media is accepting a... – University of California, Santa Cruz Business News A Study of the Economic and Environmental Impact of the San Ardo Oil Production Industry This study estimates the regional economic contribution and costs of the oil production industry in the San Ardo oilfield, the tax contributions of the industry, and the environmental costs and contributions of the industry to the Monterey County eco... – California State University, Monterey Bay Deloitte Receives Analytics Leadership Award From IU Kelley School of Business Deloitte’s work to help automakers worldwide proactively detect and respond to vehicle quality and safety issues has been recognized with an Analytics Leadership Award from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Deloitte received the awa... – Indiana University KBED Partnership Wins National Award for Economic Development Kansas State University's Knowledge Based Economic Development, or KBED, partnership with the Manhattan community is receiving a national award for enhancing the region's economy. – Kansas State University State Science and Technology Institute