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Medical News Endocrinologists Want Training in Transgender Care Four out of five physicians who specialize in treating hormone health conditions have never received formal training on care for transgender individuals, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinolog... – Endocrine Society Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Embargo expired on 10-Jan-2017 at 14:00 ET Legal or Not, Marijuana Can Increase the Risk of Developing Alcohol Use Disorders Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) develop with time and in stages. Following the initiation of drinking, some people progress to problem drinking, and then develop a “cluster” of specific problems to comprise an AUD. However, not all stages of AUD dev... – Research Society on Alcoholism Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Embargo expired on 10-Jan-2017 at 17:00 ET Common Epilepsies Share Genetic Overlap with Rare Types Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian showed that several genes implicated in rare forms of pediatric epilepsy also contribute to common forms of the disorder. – Columbia University Medical Center Lancet Neurology, January 10, 2017 Embargo expired on 10-Jan-2017 at 18:30 ET Daily Folic Acid Supplementation Remains Important for Prevention of Birth Defects Despite the mandatory addition of folic acid to enriched grain products in the United States, many women still do not consume adequate amounts of this important vitamin, according to an editorial written by Laura E. Mitchell, Ph.D., professor in the ... – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Embargo expired on 10-Jan-2017 at 11:00 ET Cervical Cancer: A Preventable Disease As the nation's 69 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers come together in support of recently updated HPV vaccination recommendations, a Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey gynecologic oncologist shares insight on how this vaccine ca... – Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Embargo expired on 11-Jan-2017 at 00:05 ET For Second Consecutive Year, NYU Langone Endorses National Initiative Advocating for Increased HPV Vaccination Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center is again joining with each of the 69 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers in issuing a joint statement to increase vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV). – NYU Langone Medical Center Embargo expired on 11-Jan-2017 at 08:00 ET MD Anderson and Nation’s Cancer Centers Jointly Endorse Updated HPV Vaccine Recommendations As national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) remain low, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has again united with the 68 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers in issuing a joint statement e... – University of Texas M. 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Anderson Cancer Center Embargo expired on 11-Jan-2017 at 00:05 ET The Princess Margaret Successfully Achieves Historic Billion Dollar Challenge for Personalized Cancer Medicine The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation is thrilled to announce the successful achievement of our Billion Dollar Challenge, in partnership with the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre at University Health Network. – University Health Network (UHN) Embargo expired on 11-Jan-2017 at 09:00 ET First Study to Show Chair Yoga as Effective Alternative Treatment for Osteoarthritis The first randomized controlled trial to examine the effects of chair yoga on pain and physical function in older adults with osteoarthritis is proving to be an effective way to reduce pain and improve quality of life while avoiding pharmacologic tre... – Florida Atlantic University Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Updated Classification System Captures Many More People at Risk for Heart Attack Experts at Johns Hopkins and New York's Mount Sinai Health System have published a suggested new plan for a five-stage system of classifying the risk of heart attack in those with heart disease, one they say puts much-needed and long-absent focus on ... – Johns Hopkins Medicine Journal of the American College of Cardiology National Salt Reduction Strategy Is Cost-Effective ‘Best Buy’ for 183 Countries Worldwide A new global study projects that a government-supported intervention to reduce national salt consumption by 10 percent over 10 years would be a highly cost-effective “best buy” for preventing cardiovascular disease across 183 countries worldwide.... – Tufts University BMJ Landmark Study Defines Normal Ranges for Testosterone Levels A large study of more than 9,000 men has established harmonized reference ranges for total testosterone in men that when applied to assays that have been appropriately calibrated will effectively enable clinicians to make a correct diagnosis of hypog... – Endocrine Society Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Evidence Growing of Link Between Youth Exposure to Alcohol Marketing and Youth Drinking A new analysis of 12 long-term studies published since 2008 from across the globe finds that young people under the legal drinking age who are more exposed to alcohol marketing appear more likely to start drinking early and also to engage in binge dr... – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Addiction National VA Effort Reduced Risky Opioid Prescriptions for Veterans, Study Finds Fewer veterans received prescriptions for risky dosages of opioid painkillers after a national VA initiative took aim at reducing high doses and potentially dangerous drug combinations, a new study finds. Over a two-year period, high-dose opioid pres... – University of Michigan Health System PAIN, doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000837 Nothing Fishy About Better Nutrition for Mums and Babies Researchers from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and the University of Adelaide have found a way to provide mothers and young children in Cambodia with better nutrition through an unlikely source – fish sauce. – University of Adelaide The Journal of Pediatrics Byzantine Skeleton Yields 800-Year-Old Genomes From a Fatal Infection Writing this week (Jan. 10, 2017) in the journal eLife, a team led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Caitlin Pepperell and McMaster University's Hendrik Poinar provides insight into the everyday hazards of life in the late Byzantine Empire, so... – University of Wisconsin-Madison eLife Jan 10 2017 Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Protein That Weakens Severe Sepsis Immune Reaction No effective therapy exists today for sepsis, an inflammatory storm that afflicts about 3 million Americans a year ― killing up to half. But now, investigators at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida have identified a key molecule that, in mice, helps... – Mayo Clinic What Does it Take for an AIDS Virus to Infect a Person? Hahn and colleagues examined the characteristics of HIV-1 strains that were successful in traversing the genital mucosa that forms a boundary to entry by viruses and bacteria. Studying viral isolates from the blood and genital secretions of eight chr... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, First Edition; R01 AI114266, R01 AI111789, P30 AI45008, T32 AI007632, T32 AI055400 Roswell Park Researchers Offer Novel Insight Into Genetic Changes Leading to Cancer BUFFALO, N.Y. — Predisposition to cancer and cancer progression can result from gene mutations that cause elevated rates of genetic damage. Similarly, carcinogens, including some that are used in chemotherapy during cancer treatment, act by damagin... – Roswell Park Cancer Institute Innovative Imaging and Surgery Used to Treat Lymphatic Condition in Adults Researchers who developed a safe and effective procedure to remove thick clogs in children’s airways are now reporting similar success in adult patients. In this rare condition, called plastic bronchitis, patients develop thick, caulk-like casts th... – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Annals of the American Thoracic Society, Oct. 2016 Iowa State University 2016 Surveillance: No Zika-Associated Mosquitoes Found in State Mosquito surveillance efforts led by Iowa State University in 2016 found neither of the two species associated with the transmission of Zika virus. West Nile virus appeared more frequently in 2016 than it did in 2015. – Iowa State University Socioeconomic Status and Prior Pregnancy Affect Women’s Treatment Choices When Suffering Miscarriage, Penn Study Shows How women make decisions about treatment while suffering a miscarriage, and the key factors that influence their choices, are revealed in a study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the Universi... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Obstetrics & Gynecology Researchers Reveal Connection Between Female Estrogen Cycle and Addictive Potential of Cocaine Study shows how high estrogen release during the estrus cycle increases the pleasure felt via the brain’s reward pathway – Mount Sinai Health System Meet Canada's "Poop Lady" Since 2012, UdeM PhD student Catherine Girard has collected stool samples from the Inuit of Nunavut. In a new study, she documents for the first time their "gut microbiome" – with surprising results. – Universite de Montreal Girard C, Tromas N, Amyot M, Shapiro BJ. 2017. Gut microbiome of the Canadian Arctic Inuit. mSphere 2:e00297-16. Play an Instrument? You Probably React Faster, Too Researchers at UdeM's audiology school find that musicians have faster reaction times than non-musicians – and that could have implications for the elderly. – Universite de Montreal Brain and Cognition Volume 111, February 2017, Pages 156–162 Unique Gene Signature Predicts Potentially Lethal Prostate Cancers Standard therapy for prostate cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American men, is based on blocking androgens, the male sex hormones. However, for some men, prostate cancer recurs despite androgen-deprivation therapy. A team ... – Roswell Park Cancer Institute Researchers Develop New Compound to Fight Cytomegalovirus A Retro94-based compound may prevent a common and sometimes fatal virus, human cytomegalovirus (CMV) from reproducing and protect immunocompromised patients, like those with HIV, on chemotherapy, with transplants and infants from the effects of the d... – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Journal of Virology Plus-Sized Fly: A Model to Understand the Mechanisms Underlying Human Obesity The fly sheds light on how the brain acts to signal 'fullness' and the possibility of conferring resilience against the impact of high-fat diets – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cell Metabolism UAB Investigators Find Repeat Cesarean Deliveries Less Cost-Effective in Low-Risk Women For women with a prior low transverse incision cesarean delivery, the decision to undergo a vaginal delivery or elect to have a repeat cesarean delivery has important clinical and economic ramifications. – University of Alabama at Birmingham Value In Health Direct Communication Between Cell’s Surveillance and Protein Synthesizing Machinery Eliminates Genetic Errors New research out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine describes a mechanism by which an essential quality control system in cells identifies and destroys faulty genetic material. The findings were published online December 23 in Natu... – Case Western Reserve University Nature Communications, Dec-2016; GM095621; 1253788; T32 GM08056 NYU Meyers Nursing Researcher Calls for Nursing Advocacy Surrounding Prescription Drug Price Increases NYU Meyers Nursing Clinical Professor Sally S. Cohen makes a pitch for nurses to understand how perscription drug price increases affect patients and urges them to learn about the economics and politics of prescription drug costs. Cohen advocates fo... – New York University Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice Tucatinib (ONT-380) Progressing in Pivotal Trial Against HER2+ Breast Cancer Twenty-seven percent of 50 heavily pretreated patients with stage IV breast cancer saw clinical benefit from the drug, with at least “stable disease” at 24 or more weeks after the start of treatment. – University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical Cancer Research UVA, Other NCI-Designated Cancer Centers Endorse Latest HPV Vaccination Recommendations Together with the other 68 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers, University of Virginia Cancer Center supports the latest human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination recommendations to help prevent HPV-related cancers. The U.S. Centers for ... – University of Virginia Health System Itchy Skin? Dermatologists Share Tips for Relief Everyone gets an itch once in a while. Usually it only lasts for a short time and is often caused by annoyances like a mosquito bite or scratchy fabric. However, if an itch lasts for more than six weeks, say dermatologists from the American Academy o... – American Academy of Dermatology Computer Models Could Help Design Physical Therapy Regimens Researchers have developed a computational walking model that could help guide patients to their best possible recovery after a stroke. – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering EB009351 Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care: Health Care Payment Reform Summit Twenty-five of the nation’s top thought leaders are gathering Jan. 13-14 at the Westin Hotel in downtown Phoenix to determine emerging topics in health care payment reform and produce a definitive summary of their recommendations to offer to policy... – Mayo Clinic MD Anderson and Deerfield Management Create Vescor LLC to Develop Novel Therapeutics Based on Inhibiting Autophagy for Treatment of Specific Cancers Vescor LLC, a new company focused on discovery and development of autophagy targeted therapeutics for cancer treatment, has been formed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Deerfield Management and two leading autophagy experts. – University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Kanne Selected as First ACR Choosing Wisely Champion The American College of Radiology (ACR) has named Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD, the College’s first “champion” in the American Board of Internal Medicine Choosing Wisely Champions program. – American College of Radiology (ACR) NYU Lutheran Welcomes New Specialists to Expand Services for Problems of the Ears, Nose and Throat Millions of Americans suffer each year from ailments of the ears, nose and throat (ENT)—with a significant number occurring in children and adolescents. NYU Lutheran Medical Center is addressing these problems head on for families in Brooklyn throu... – NYU Lutheran Medical Center The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Ranks Top 5 for Online Nursing Programs The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) earned the No. 5 spot in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Nursing Programs rankings. The school moved into the top five from its previous No. 6 ranking. – Johns Hopkins School of Nursing TSRI Signs Collaboration Agreement with Pfizer to Advance DNA-Encoded Library Technology The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), a leading non-profit biomedical research institute, today announced a research collaboration and license agreement with Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) to pioneer new DNA-encoded library (DEL) technology, including new ... – Scripps Research Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Student Named to Forbes’ 2017 30 Under 30 List Denisse Rojas Marquez, a second-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), was named to Forbes’ sixth annual “30 Under 30” list, which will be featured in the January 24, 2017, Forbes magazine issue. – Mount Sinai Health System Microscopic Spaces Between Heart Cells May Play Role in Sudden Cardiac Death Sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure is a major concern in the United States. A Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute team will investigate how the microscopic spaces surrounding heart cells affect connections called gap junctions.... – Virginia Tech University of Maryland Medical Center Offers Genetic Testing as Standard of Care to Help Improve Outcomes for Heart Stent Patients The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) is now offering a simple genetic test to patients who receive heart stents to determine whether they have a genetic deficiency that affects how they respond to a common drug to prevent blood clots. Pat... – University of Maryland Medical Center/School of Medicine Physicians at Rush Named ‘Top Cancer Doctors’ by Chicago Magazine Twenty-three physicians from Rush University Medical Center were named 'top cancer doctors' in the January 2017 issue of Chicago magazine. – Rush University Medical Center Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded Nearly $1 Million From Department of Health The USC University Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles was awarded $880,000 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health with funding from the California Department of Public Heal... – Childrens Hospital Los Angeles NICHE Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary at Its Annual Conference in Austin, Texas, April 19-22, 2017 Nearly 1,000 healthcare professionals from more than 300 NICHE member and non-member hospitals located around the world will meet in Austin, TX, for the 2017 Annual NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) Conference, April 19-22, 2017. ... – New York University Science News New Active Filaments Mimic Biology to Transport Nano-Cargo Inspired by micro-scale motions of nature, a group of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, in Chennai, India, has developed a new design for transporting colloidal particles, tiny cargo ... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 10-Jan-2017 at 11:00 ET Zeroing in on the True Nature of Fluids Within Nanocapillaries Shrinking the investigation of objects to the nanometer scale often reveals new properties of matter that have no equivalent for their bulk analysis. This phenomenon is motivating studies of nanomaterials which can reveal fascinating new phenomena. I... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 10-Jan-2017 at 11:00 ET UF/IFAS Researchers Show Potential Market for Locally Grown Asian Vegetables Asian-Americans in three East Coast states, including Florida, yearn for more of their native vegetables, and those crops can be grown in the East, say two University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers. – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences New Active Filaments Mimic Biology, Zeroing in on the True Nature of Fluids, New Limits in the Search for Sterile Neutrinos, and MORE in the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIP Click here to go directly to the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIP. – Newswise Helium: When You Must Be Sure It’s Ultra-Pure Scientists need ultra-pure helium for a wide range of experiments. Researchers demonstrated an approach that reaches a level of precision several orders of magnitude beyond that of any other technique. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Physical Review C 93, 065502 (2016). [DOI: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.93.065502] Polarized Partners: Spinning Electrons Yield Spinning Positrons A new technique could allow the exploitation of polarized positron beams for a range of uses, including improved product manufacturing. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Physical Review Letters 116, 214801 (2016). [DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.214801] Not Your Typical “Cut Glass Crystal” With a new approach, scientists can fabricate single crystals of compositions that are unstable at the high temperatures. The team’s process is simple and low cost. It enables fabrication of complex shapes with single crystals. These shapes could e... – Department of Energy, Office of Science Scientific Reports 6, 23324 (2016). [DOI: 10.1038/srep23324] New Properties Discovered in Atom-Wide Troughs Could adding defects make a good material better? Scientists have found that linear defects in a promising thin film create one-atom-thick metallic wires. These wires cross the otherwise intact material, offering a way to channel electrons and photon... – Department of Energy, Office of Science Nature Physics 12, 751–756 (2016). [DOI: 10.1038/nphys3730] Surrounded by Water Whether producing new types of power or cleaning old waste sites, the reaction between water and positively charged particles from acids is crucial. To gain insight, scientists isolated certain structures of a proton being surrounded by an increasing... – Department of Energy, Office of Science Journal of Physical Chemistry A 119 (36), 9425 (2015). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b04355] Surf and Earth: How Prawn Shopping Bags Could Save the Planet Bioengineers at The University of Nottingham are trialling how to use shrimp shells to make biodegradable shopping bags, as a ‘green’ alternative to oil-based plastic, and as a new food packaging material to extend product shelf life. – University of Nottingham Summer Heat for the Winter Can thermal solar energy be stored until wintertime? Within a European research consortium Empa scientists and their colleagues have spent four years studying this question by pitting three different techniques against each other. – Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology More info about Comtes Thermal Storage New Study Shows Promise for Repurposing Anti-Malarial Drug for Cancer Treatment A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that chloroquine – a drug currently used to treat malaria – may be useful in treating patients with metastatic cancers. – University of Kentucky Cell Reports Research Looks at Growing More Nutritional, Flavorful Strawberries in Kansas A doctoral student at K-State Olathe, completed a series of studies focused on helping Kansas growers produce more strawberries in the state — particularly Greater Kansas City. – Kansas State University Rapid Arctic Warming Has in the Past Shifted Southern Ocean Winds Ice core records from the two poles show that during the last ice age, sharp spikes in Arctic temperatures triggered shifts in the winds around Antarctica. – University of Washington Nature Geoscience WVU Researcher Develops Methodology to Merge Operations of World’s Largest Airline Group Thanks to West Virginia University Teaching Assistant Professor Pete Gall, the problem of pilot integration when airlines merge may be coming to an end for the world’s largest airline group. – West Virginia University Light Strikes Gold While scientists have used light to sculpt tiny crystals to do big jobs since 2001, they haven't been able to apply the process to gold—until now. Scientists created a strategy that enables synthesis of desirable gold crystals with potential for i... – Department of Energy, Office of Science Nature Materials 15, 889–895 (2016). [DOI: 10.1038/nmat4683] Cost-Saving, Longer-Lasting Biodegradable Adhesive Patented by Kansas State University A new type of resin for adhesives and coatings, developed by researchers at Kansas State University, is the first plant-based resin of its kind. – Kansas State University Researchers Turn to “Citizen Scientists” for Help Identifying Gravitational Waves Dr. Tyson Littenberg, a research astrophysicist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and an adjunct professor in the Department of Space Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), is among a team of researchers who have launched "G... – University of Alabama Huntsville Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 061102 (2016) + 11 others Brookhaven National Laboratory's Top-10 Science Successes of 2016 From advances in accelerators and experiments exploring the building blocks of matter and making medical isotopes to new revelations about superconductors, nanomaterials, and biofuels, 2016 was a year of accomplishment at the U.S. Department of Energ... – Brookhaven National Laboratory

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