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Medical News Resilience: A Small, Quiet Word with Huge Alcohol Use Disorder Implications Certain personality traits – such as disinhibition (a lack of restraint) and impulsivity – increase the chances of developing alcohol use disorders (AUDs). – Research Society on Alcoholism Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 17:00 ET Few Older Americans Have Dental Insurance Only 12 percent of older Americans have some form of dental insurance and fewer than half visited a dentist in the previous year, suggests new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research on Medicare beneficiaries. – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Health Affairs, Dec. 2016 Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 16:00 ET New, More Effective Strategy for Producing Flu Vaccines A team of researchers led by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, has developed technology that could improve the production of vaccines that protect people f... – University of Wisconsin-Madison Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Dec 5 2016 Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 15:00 ET Combination Immune Therapy Shows Promise Against Hodgkin Lymphoma The combination of two new drugs that harness the body’s immune system is safe and effective, destroying most cancer cells in 64 percent of patients with recurrent Hodgkin lymphoma, according to the results of an early-phase study. – NYU Langone Medical Center Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 19:30 ET Advances in Multiple Myeloma, Lymphoma and Other Hematologic Malignancies Presented at Annual Meeting of American Society of Hematology News release about significant new research findings in multiple myeloma, lymphoma and other hematologic disorders presented by researchers from University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine at the ... – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 20:45 ET Designer Switches of Cell Fate Could Streamline Stem Cell Biology Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a novel strategy to reprogram cells from one type to another in a more efficient and less biased manner than previous methods. – University of Wisconsin-Madison PNAS Dec 5 2016 Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 15:00 ET Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Preventing Leukemia Relapse Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced promising results from an early trial in which patients with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia received genetically engineered immune cells. Of the 12 AML patients who received this experimental T-cell ... – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Juno Therapeutics, Inc.; National Institutes of Health Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 18:45 ET A Missed App-Ortunity: Study Finds Few Mobile Health Apps Help Patients Who Need Them Most The smartphones that nearly all Americans carry could transform how people manage their health, especially for those with complex health needs. But a new study suggests app makers are falling short when it comes to actually serving those who could ge... – University of Michigan Health System Health Affairs 35, No. 12, DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0578 Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 16:00 ET Study Reveals More Individuals May Have “Masked” Hypertension Than Thought A new study shows that around the clock monitoring of blood pressure during daily activity revealed masked, or undetected, high blood pressure in a significant number of otherwise healthy adults who had normal readings in the clinic. – Stony Brook University Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 16:00 ET Alternative Option to Intensive Chemotherapy for Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) A Yale Cancer Center team has evaluated the use of hypomethylating agents in patients suffering from Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) who were resistant to treatment with intensive chemotherapy. – Yale Cancer Center Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 19:30 ET NYU Langone Recruits Renowned Psychiatrist to Lead New Anxiety and Grief Disorders Initiative Naomi Michele Simon, MD, MSc, a world renowned expert in complicated grief and anxiety disorders, is joining the faculty of NYU Langone's Department of Psychiatry to spearhead a new initiative into these illnesses. – NYU Langone Medical Center Embargo expired on 06-Dec-2016 at 06:00 ET Childhood Cancer Leader Joins MD Anderson to Lead Pediatrics Richard Gorlick, M.D., an internationally recognized expert in pediatric oncology and hematology, today joined The University of Texas MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital as the division head and department chair of Pediatrics. – University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 10:15 ET What if You Couldn't Taste Your Favorite Holiday Foods, A Safer Supper, Science for Sweet Tooths and More in the Food Science News Source Click here to go to the Food Science News Source – Newswise Research: Indoor Tanning Age Restriction Could Reduce Melanoma Incidence An age restriction on indoor tanning could save thousands of lives and millions of dollars, according to new research published online in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. – American Academy of Dermatology Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dec-2016 New Link Discovered Between Class of Rogue Autoantibodies and Poor Health Outcomes Results of a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers offer new evidence for a strong link between angiotensin receptor autoantibodies and increased risk of frailty. In a report on the work, published online in the journal Circulation on Nov. 30, t... – Johns Hopkins Medicine Circulation; W81XWH-11-1-0239, UL1TR001079, 1R01CA149273, K23AG03500, P30AG0213345 Researchers Discover a New Gatekeeper Role for Thymic Dendritic Cells in Controlling T Cell Release into the Bloodstream A team of scientists led by Julie Saba, MD, PhD at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, has unveiled a novel role of thymic dendritic cells, which could result in new strategies to treat conditions such as autoimmune diseases, immune deficienc... – UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Journal of Experimental Medicine, October 17, 2016 Attention, Please! Gaps in Gender Equality May Fuel Disparities in Cognitive Achievement Slight gender variations in attention scores have been well documented, but a new study from Harvard Medical School suggests that these minor gaps widen significantly in places with lower gender equality. The findings, published Nov. 1 in PLOS One, r... – Harvard Medical School PLOS One Geneticist Stephen J. Elledge Wins Breakthrough Prize Stephen Elledge, the Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics and of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, has been named a 2017 recipient of the Breakthrough Prize, which recognizes paradigm-shifting discoveries in the li... – Harvard Medical School Drug/Catheter Combination for Labor Induction Could Save Women 2.4 Million Hours of Labor Annually, Penn Study Shows Labor induction is one of the most common medical procedures in the world, with nearly one-quarter of women who deliver in the U.S. undergoing the procedure each year (totaling roughly 1 million). Despite its widespread use, labor induction is costly... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Obstetrics & Gynecology New Mechanism to Control Human Viral Infections Discovered A team of researchers, co-led by a University of California, Riverside professor, has found a long-sought-after mechanism in human cells that creates immunity to influenza A virus, which causes annual seasonal epidemics and occasional pandemics. – University of California, Riverside Leukemia Drug Combo Is Encouraging in Early Phase I Clinical Trial In a Phase I study, 8 out of 12 patients with relapsed and/or chemotherapy refractory blood cancers responded to a combination of the chemotherapy drugs thioguanine and decitabine; some of the responders had relapsed after treatment with decitabine a... – Columbia University Medical Center American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting Moffitt Cancer Center Study Shows Promising Clinical Activity, Safety Results of KTE-C19 in Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma TAMPA, Fla. – Immune cellular therapy is a promising new area of cancer treatment. Anti-cancer therapeutics, such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) modified T cells, can be engineered to target tumor-associated antigens to attack and kill cancer c... – Moffitt Cancer Center High Rates of Respiratory Diseases and Exposures Among US Veterans US military veterans have high rates of potentially harmful respiratory exposures—which are linked to an increased likelihood of respiratory diseases, reports a study in the December Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publ... – Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Protecting Babies From Eczema with Low-Cost Vaseline A Northwestern Medicine study published today (Dec. 5) in JAMA Pediatrics found that seven common moisturizers would be cost effective in preventing eczema in high-risk newborns. By using the cheapest moisturizer in the study (petroleum jelly), the c... – Northwestern University The Economic Burden of Treatment for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma In a recent study, a Yale Cancer Center team confirmed expectations of higher healthcare utilization and costs with relapsed Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). – Yale Cancer Center Lack of Appropriate Clothing Can Hinder People with Disabilities There are many important events in a person’s life, including weddings, graduations, school dances and job interviews. The clothing industry has long profited from these events and the special clothing they require. However, according to new resear... – University of Missouri Health New Nutrition Policy Institute Study Highlights Benefits of School Lunch Lunches served in the National School Lunch Program have higher nutritional quality than lunches brought from home, according to the largest comparison study conducted to date. Published in the November 2016 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nu... – University of California - Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, November 2016 Brains of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder Share Similar Molecular Abnormalities UCLA scientists provides further evidence that the brains of people with autism, despite different causes, tend to have the same molecular “signature.” – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences Immune System, Unleashed by Cancer Therapies, Can Attack Organs Doctors at Yale believe immunotherapy is causing a new type of acute-onset diabetes, with at least 17 cases so far. – Yale Cancer Center Cedars-Sinai Receives $10 Million for Pioneering Studies of Debilitating Digestive Tract Disease Cedars-Sinai investigators in gastroenterology have been awarded $10 million by the National Institutes of Health to conclude a groundbreaking, decades-long investigation of the genetic and immunological causes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Th... – Cedars-Sinai BGSU Researcher: More Ancient Viruses Lurk in Our DNA Than We Thought In our recent study, we identified 19 “new” pieces of DNA — left by retroviruses that first infected our ancestors’ germlines hundreds of thousands of years ago –lurking between our own genes. – Bowling Green State University PNAS 2016 113 (16) TSRI Scientists Find Mechanism Behind Side Effects in Vision-Loss Treatment A common class of drugs for vision loss may actually add to the problem in some patients, according to new research co-led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI). – Scripps Research Institute G0901987; WT085226; EY011254 Pathway Linked to Slower Aging Also Fuels Brain Cancer A metabolic pathway linked to slower aging is overactive in a deadly form of brain cancer, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Their findings suggest that tweaking the pathway to treat cancer may affect ... – Washington University in St. Louis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dec-2016; K08NS081105; P30 CA91842; UL1TR000448; P50 CA094056 New Survey Shows Only Half of People Plan to Get Flu Shots This Year Americans are split on getting an annual flu shot, with four out of 10 having done so in the past year and around half saying they had already received or were planning to get the vaccine this year, according to new national survey data analyzed by U... – University of Georgia Fear the Dentist? Four Ways to Calm Your Nerves Going to the dentist doesn’t top most people’s list of favorite things, and for some it is downright terrifying. It’s estimated that 9 to 15 percent of Americans skip or avoid the dentist due to fear. Keenly aware of this anxiety, some dentists... – Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) How One Minute Could Prevent Unnecessary Hospitalization, Tests for Patients with Low-Risk Chest Pains ROCHESTER, Minn. — Using a shared decision-making aid to involve patients more in their own care decisions can prevent unnecessary hospitalization or advanced cardiac tests for patients reporting low-risk chest pain — for the cost of about 1 minu... – Mayo Clinic UF/IFAS Extension Agent: Baking Blunders to Avoid This Holiday Heidi Copeland, family and consumer sciences agent with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension Leon County, has these tips for avoiding common baking blunders during the holidays. – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences New Article by Penn Nursing Professor Examines Moral Obligation of Clinicians to Address the Needs of Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia More than 15 million family members and other unpaid caregivers provide care to persons living with dementia in the United States. Yet the current healthcare environment and reimbursement models emphasize obligations toward individual patients, preve... – University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing AMA Journal of Ethics ISPOR’s Value in Health Regional Issues Accepted for Indexing in MEDLINE®/PubMed® The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research announced that its regional health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) publication, Value in Health Regional Issues, was recently accepted for indexing in MEDLINE®/PubMed®. – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Value in Health Regional Issues Largest Individual Gift in Henry Ford History Names New Detroit Cancer Building, Advances Cancer Research Detroit businessman and philanthropist Mort Harris has given Henry Ford Health System the largest individual gift in its 100-year history to facilitate cancer clinical care and research in Detroit in honor of his late wife Brigitte Harris. – Henry Ford Health System UAMS Myeloma Institute Collaborates to Compile High-Quality Genetic Data The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is collaborating with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Celgene Corp. to compile the largest set of high-quality – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences AbbVie and Johns Hopkins to Collaborate on Cancer Research North Chicago, Ill. and Baltimore, Md. December 5, 2016 – AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine today announced that they signed a five-year collaboration agreement with the goa... – Johns Hopkins Medicine ASRA Board Weighs in on the Opioid Crisis with Official Position Statement The opioid crisis in America is the result of a number of complicating factors and, therefore, does not have a simple solution. Addressing this important issue requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary approach, according to the ... – American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) Northwestern Memorial Hospital Named NPF Center for Pancreatitis The NPF is a nonprofit organization that provides hope for those suffering from pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. – Northwestern Medicine Science News Bacteria Produce Aphrodisiac That Sets Off Protozoan Mating Swarm Demonstration that bacteria can drive mating in eukaryotes raises possibility that environmental bacteria or bacterial symbionts may influence mating in animals – American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Embargo expired on 06-Dec-2016 at 09:00 ET Malaria Mystery: Researchers Find Overwhelming Evidence of Malaria’s Existence 2,000 Years Ago at the Height of the Roman Empire An analysis of 2,000-year-old human remains from several regions across the Italian peninsula has confirmed the presence of malaria during the Roman Empire, addressing a longstanding debate about its pervasiveness in this ancient civilization. – McMaster University Current Biology Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 12:00 ET Virginia Tech Geoscientists Size-Up Early Dinosaurs, Find Surprising Variation The study focused on the skeletal changes that occurred during growth in the small carnivorous dinosaur Coelophysis (SEE-lo-FY-sis), one of the earliest dinosaurs. – Virginia Tech Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 15:00 ET ‘Spooky’ Sightings in Crystal Point to Extremely Rare Quantum Spin Liquid Little is rarer than an observable quantum spin liquid, but now, tests reveal that a synthetic crystal with ytterbium as its base may house one at near absolute zero. It joins an extremely short list of materials believed house myriads of particles j... – Georgia Institute of Technology Nature Physics; DMR-1350002 Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 11:00 ET Tufts Researchers Uncover Possible Source of Genetic Error Behind a Dozen Debilitating Diseases Researchers have discovered a possible explanation for a genetic error that causes over a dozen neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders. – Tufts University Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Dec-2016 Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 11:00 ET Nivolumab with Chemotherapy Improves Response, Survival in AML Study Patients The immunotherapy drug nivolumab in combination with standard chemotherapy more than doubled response rates and improved overall survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to preliminary findings by researchers at The Universit... – University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 13:30 ET Bethlehem Star May Not Be a Star After All, The "Eye" of Majoranas, Cloud in a Box, and MORE in the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIP Click here to go directly to the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIP. – Newswise No Peeking: Humans Play Computer Game Using Only Direct Brain Stimulation University of Washington researchers have published the first demonstration of humans playing a simple, two-dimensional computer game using only input from direct brain stimulation — without relying on any usual sensory cues from sight, hearing or ... – University of Washington Frontiers in Robotics and AI New Study of Water-Saving Plants Advances Efforts to Develop Drought-Resistant Crops As part of an effort to develop drought-resistant food and bioenergy crops, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have uncovered the genetic and metabolic mechanisms that allow certain plants to conserve water and t... – Oak Ridge National Laboratory Babies' First Words Can Be Predicted Based on Visual Attention, IU Study Finds Indiana University psychologists have shown that a baby's most likely first words are based upon their visual experience, laying the foundation for a new theory of infant language learning. The study appears in the journal of the Royal Society Philos... – Indiana University Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B; 1523982 Female Lemurs with Color Vision Provide Advantages for Their Group Female lemurs with normal color vision, as well as their cohabitating colorblind group members, may have selective advantage over lemur groups whose members are all colorblind, according to anthropologists at The University of Texas at Austin. – University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) Nature Is Your Favorite Ballplayer Hitting When It Matters, or Just Padding His Stats? Computer scientists are adding to the ocean of baseball statistics with what appears to be the first analysis of hitters’ performance when their team is either just about guaranteed to win or hopelessly behind: the "meaningless game situation." – Johns Hopkins University Unpublished working paper Simple Processing Technique Could Cut Cost of Organic PV and Wearable Electronics A simple solution-based electrical doping technique could help reduce the cost of polymer solar cells and organic electronic devices, potentially expanding the applications for these technologies. By enabling production of efficient single-layer sola... – Georgia Institute of Technology Nature Materials Plug in for Renewable Energy A new study shows a huge US market for plug and play solar energy, with billions of dollars in retail sales and energy savings. So what's holding up widespread use? – Michigan Technological University DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.11.034 UF/IFAS Citizen Scientists Find Microplastics Have Big Presence in Coastal Waters A little over a year ago, McGuire began the Florida Microplastic Awareness Project, a citizen science project that has trained volunteers throughout Florida to gather data about microplastics in coastal waters. So far, volunteers have collected and a... – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Drones Could Be Key Piece of Future Thunderstorm Prediction Process A Texas Tech researcher is part of a team that will use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to measure factors that lead to storm development. Expert Available – Texas Tech University Cancer Research Institute and Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation Announce Partnership to Fund Cancer Immunotherapy Research in Ultra-Rare Liver Cancer Two nonprofits team up to fund immunotherapy research designed to benefit patients with an ultra-rare form of liver cancer. – Cancer Research Institute Janet Robishaw, Ph.D., Appointed as Chair of FAU's Department of Biomedical Sciences FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine recently appointed Janet Robishaw, Ph.D., as chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Robishaw, an accomplished functional and translational genomics researcher with 30 years of sustained federal funding from ... – Florida Atlantic University PNNL Supports White House Efforts on Soil PNNL is supporting today’s announcement by the White House about efforts related to soil sustainability by sponsoring research projects through two research initiatives with funding of $20 million. The research involves a range of diverse projects ... – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Keck School of Medicine Faculty Among World’s Most Influential Researchers Keck School of Medicine boasts seven faculty members on Thomson Reuters' Highly Cited Researchers list. – Keck Medicine of USC Lifestyle & Social Sciences Study Finds Ideology as Important an Inspiration to American Jihadists as Affiliation with Islamic State Group A new study from the George Washington University’s Program on Extremism found that American jihadists continue to draw inspiration from a variety of groups other than the Islamic State group (IS). – George Washington University UNF Criminology Professor's Study Reveals Faith-Based Ministry Impact at America’s Largest Maximum-Security Prison Dr. Michael Hallett, criminology professor at the University of North Florida, has drawn from three years of on-site research at America's largest maximum-security prison in his new book,” The Angola Prison Seminary: Effects of Faith-Based Ministry... – University of North Florida FSU Criminology Team Tackles Elder Fraud Issues Florida State University’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice researchers, lead by Dean Thomas Blomberg complete a full report on elder fraud and how to combat it. – Florida State University Study: Avoiding Spiritual Struggles and Existential Questions Is Linked with Poorer Mental Health Fear of confronting the tensions and conflicts brought on by existential concerns—the “big questions” of life—is linked with poorer mental health, including higher levels of depression, anxiety and difficulty regulating emotions, according to... – Case Western Reserve University Political Left, Right Both Inspired by Utopian Hopes Studies explore moral convictions associated with same sex marriage, gun control – University of Illinois at Chicago Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin UF/IFAS Extension Offers Way to Avoid Post-Holiday Shopping ‘Sticker Shock’ The key is to make a budget and stick to it. But UF/IFAS experts share numerous other tips. – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Finding Food Solutions: Kansas State University Graduate Student to Study Food Insecurity in Ireland Miranda Klugesherz, graduate student in communication studies, will research global solutions to food insecurity through the George J. Mitchell Scholarship, a national, competitive scholarship program of the US-Ireland Alliance. – Kansas State University Local Children with Disabilities Get Help From Wichita State University Students A collaborative effort between Wichita State University engineering and physical therapy students has provided new opportunities to three local children with disabilities. As part of the project GoBabyGo!, a retrofitting program created in 2006 by th... – Wichita State University Tulane University Releases Poll on Louisiana U.S. Senate Race Tulane University’s Department of Political Science released new survey results indicating a 19-point lead for Republican candidate John Kennedy going into next week’s runoff election for U.S. Senator from Louisiana. – Tulane University Navigating the World of Student Loans New, free resources are available online to help students and parents navigate the ins and outs of student loans. – Kansas State University Social Work Students Prepare for White House Campus Challenge, Helping Register Uninsured for ACA 11 Creighton University social work students earn certification to help people sign up for ACA insurance – Creighton University UT Austin Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Student Wins Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition Meghali Chopra received first place in the 2016 Fall Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition on Dec. 2, 2016, for her company, SandBox Semiconductor. – University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) USAID Announces Grant to Notre Dame to Support Literacy in Haiti More than 30,000 children will benefit from the $6.3 million grant awarded to the University of Notre Dame to improve early-grade literacy in Haiti. – University of Notre Dame Professor Receives Coveted Fulbright Scholar Specialist Position Longtime Cornell College Professor James Martin will travel to Germany this spring in a unique opportunity to take part in the Fulbright Specialist Program. – Cornell College