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Medical News New Guidelines Show How to Introduce Peanut-Containing Foods to Reduce Allergy Risk The wait is over for parents who’ve been wanting to know how and when to introduce peanut-containing foods to their infants to prevent peanut allergy. New, updated guidelines define high, moderate and low-risk infants for developing peanut allergy,... – American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Embargo expired on 05-Jan-2017 at 07:00 ET Foods Rich in Resistant Starch May Benefit Health A new comprehensive review examines the potential health benefits of resistant starch, a form of starch that is not digested in the small intestine and is therefore considered a type of dietary fibre. – Wiley Nutrition Bulletin Embargo expired on 05-Jan-2017 at 00:00 ET Ignition Interlock Laws Reduce Alcohol-Involved Fatal Crashes State laws requiring ignition interlocks for all drunk driving offenders appear to reduce the number of fatal drunk driving crashes, a new study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Colorado School of Public Health researchers sugge... – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health American Journal of Preventive Medicine Embargo expired on 05-Jan-2017 at 00:05 ET Vision Symptoms Following Concussion Can Limit a Child’s Ability to Return to the Classroom A UAB study shows that evaluation from a vision specialist should be included in return-to-learn concussion protocols. – University of Alabama at Birmingham Optometry & Vision Science Journal, Jan-2017 Embargo expired on 05-Jan-2017 at 08:00 ET Mediterranean Diet May Have Lasting Effects on Brain Health A new study shows that older people who followed a Mediterranean diet retained more brain volume over a three-year period than those who did not follow the diet as closely. The study is published in the January 4, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, t... – American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Embargo expired on 04-Jan-2017 at 16:00 ET Scientists Tissue-Engineer Part of Human Stomach in Laboratory Scientists report in Nature using pluripotent stem cells to generate human stomach tissues in a petri dish that produce acid and digestive enzymes. Publishing their findings online Jan. 4, researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Cente... – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Nature Jan. 4, 2017 Embargo expired on 04-Jan-2017 at 13:00 ET Implantable Microrobots: Innovative Manufacturing Platform Makes Intricate Biocompatible Micromachines Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a way to manufacture microscale-sized machines from biomaterials that can safely be implanted in the body. Working with hydrogels, they have invented a new technique that stacks the soft material in lay... – Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science Science Robotics 4 Jan-2017 Embargo expired on 04-Jan-2017 at 14:00 ET Physician’s Near-Death Experience Inspires Campaign to Boost More Effective Patient Communication In an article to be published in the Jan. 5 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, a Henry Ford Hospital critical care medicine physician describes in candid detail about how her own near-death experience inspired an organizational campaign ... – Henry Ford Health System Embargo expired on 04-Jan-2017 at 17:00 ET Comprehensive Study of Esophageal Cancer Reveals Several Molecular Subtypes, Provides New Insight Into Increasingly Prevalent Disease A comprehensive analysis of 559 esophageal and gastric cancer samples, collected from patients around the world, suggests the two main types of esophageal cancer differ markedly in their molecular characteristics and should be considered separate dis... – Van Andel Research Institute Nature Embargo expired on 04-Jan-2017 at 13:00 ET Medicaid Expansion Boosts Michigan’s Economy and Will More Than Pay for Itself Michigan’s Medicaid expansion has boosted the state’s economy and budget, and will continue to do so for at least the next five years, a new study finds. The expansion’s total economic impact will generate more than enough funds for the state t... – University of Michigan Health System NEJM Online First, DOI 10.1056/NEJMp1613981 Embargo expired on 04-Jan-2017 at 17:00 ET Seattle Children’s Expands Mental and Behavioral Health Services in Benton and Franklin Counties with PAL Plus Pilot Seattle Children’s has launched PAL Plus, a pilot program that increases access to mental and behavioral health services for underserved and economically disadvantaged children in Benton and Franklin counties. PAL Plus, the first program of its kin... – Seattle Children's Hospital Embargo expired on 04-Jan-2017 at 12:00 ET Evidence of Alzheimer’s in Patients with Lewy Body Disease Tracks with Course of Dementia Patients who had a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease with dementia or dementia with Lewy bodies and had higher levels of Alzheimer’s disease pathology in their donated post-mortem brains also had more severe symptoms of these Lewy body diseases d... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania K23 NS088341, P50 NS053488, P30 AG010124, P50 AG005133, P30 AG028383,P30 AG008017, P50 NS062684, P50 AG005136, P50 NS062684, Why We Eat Certain Foods During the Holidays, A Library for Food Security, and More in the Food Science News Source Click here to go to the Food Science News Source – Newswise Single Fecal Transplant No More Effective Than Standard of Care in Treating Clostridium difficile Infection Researchers at the University Health Network have found that when treating recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (RCDI), a single fecal transplantation delivered by enema is no more effective than the existing standard of care for RCDI, administr... – University Health Network (UHN) Clinical Infectious Diseases, Jan-2017 Promising New Drug Stops Spread of Melanoma by 90 Percent Michigan State University researchers have discovered that a chemical compound, and potential new drug, reduces the spread of melanoma cells by up to 90 percent. The man-made, small-molecule drug compound goes after a gene’s ability to produce RNA ... – Michigan State University Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Fewer See E-Cigarettes as Less Harmful Than Cigarettes The perception that e-cigarettes are less harmful than regular cigarettes fell between 2012 and 2014, a sign that fewer people see them as a safe alternative to smoking tobacco, a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ... – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health American Journal of Preventive Medicine Researchers Identify Factors Responsible for Chronic Nature of Autoimmune Disease Researchers from Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear have uncovered two factors responsible for the chronic, lifelong nature of autoimmune disorders, which tend to “flare up” intermittently in affected patients. These two... – Massachusetts Eye and Ear Journal of Autoimmunity; National Institutes of Health R01EY20889 Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Risk of Chronic Headache Vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of chronic headache, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. The findings were published in Scientific Reports – University of Eastern Finland Scientific Reports Medication Adherence a Problem in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Anticoagulant therapy is important for stroke prevention in people with atrial fibrillation, but a new study shows many people don’t stick with it. – University of Michigan Health System JAMA Cardiology, Jan-2017 Yoga May Help Kids with Cancer – Special Issue of Rehabilitation Oncology Highlights Physical Therapy for Pediatric Cancer A yoga program for children with cancer can be carried out even during cancer treatment, and has quality of life (QOL) benefits for the children as well as their parents, suggests a study in Rehabilitation Oncology, official journal of the Oncology S... – Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Rehabilitation Oncology 'Complementary' Feeding for Infants – ESPGHAN Position Paper Offers Guidance Updated evidence-based recommendations on introducing complementary foods to infants' diet—solids and liquids other than breast milk—appear in a position paper of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESP... – Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Immunotherapy, Gene Therapy Combination Shows Promise Against Glioblastoma In a new University of Michigan study, gene therapy deployed with immune checkpoint inhibitors demonstrates potential benefit for devastating brain cancer. – University of Michigan Health System Molecular Therapy, Dec-2016; R37-NS094804; R01-NS074387; R01-NS057711; R21-NS091555; R01-NS061107; R01-NS076991; R01-NS082311; R21-NS084275... Scripps Florida Scientists Expand Toolbox to Study Cellular Function Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a new tool for studying the molecular details of protein structure. – Scripps Research Institute OD008535; 1359369 Study Suggests Route to Improve Artery Repair People with any form of diabetes are at greater risk of developing cardiovascular conditions than people without the disease. Moreover, if they undergo an operation to open up a clogged artery by inserting a “stent” surgical tube, the artery is m... – Joslin Diabetes Center Weight Loss and Its Cardiovascular Benefits Continue for Five Years in Real-World Clinical Practice Participants in Joslin's Why WAIT (Weight Achievement and Intensive Management) program lost substantial amounts of weight, and even those who maintained relatively little loss of weight after five years demonstrated reduced risks of cardiovascular d... – Joslin Diabetes Center Increased Reaction to Stress Linked to Gastrointestinal Issues in Children with Autism One in 68 American children lives with autism spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of these children also have significant gastrointestinal issues, but the cause of these symptoms is unknown. Now, resea... – University of Missouri Health PI-RADS Named Best Clinical Research Paper by European Urology An article promoting standardized imaging efforts to improve diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer has been selected as the best clinical research paper published in European Urology. – American College of Radiology (ACR) Stem Cell Therapy Trial at Sanford First of Its Kind in U.S. For Shoulder Injuries The first FDA-approved clinical trial of its kind in the United States using a person’s own fat-derived adult stem cells to treat shoulder injuries is available at Sanford Health. – Sanford Health New Dry Eye Drug Aims to Treat Cause Rather Than Mask Symptoms University of Virginia Health System researchers have developed a potential therapeutic treatment for dry eye, with human testing to start in March. The drug differs from other treatments of dry eye in that it aims to treat the cause of dry eye inste... – University of Virginia Health System Mayo Clinic Diet Named Best Commercial Diet by U.S. News & World Report The Mayo Clinic Diet has been named No. 1 in the Best Commercial Diet category in U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Diets rankings. The Mayo approach offers a weight-loss and lifestyle program based on years of research and clinical experience. – Mayo Clinic First Study of Diet's Impact on Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease Begins in January The first study of its kind designed to test the effects of a diet on the decline of cognitive abilities among a large group of individuals 65 to 84 years who currently do not have cognitive impairment will begin in January. – Rush University Medical Center Automated Clinical Laboratory Never Sleeps A new $6.8 million, automated lab in the UAB Department of Hospital Labs analyzes between 4,000 and 5,000 tubes of blood every night, providing information to help guide patient care, while keeping watch for abnormal test results that require immedia... – University of Alabama at Birmingham Chronic Pain Grant Will Study Botox® Use in Children With Migraines ASRA Member Shalini Shah, MD, of the University of California, Irvine, is the principal investigator of the latest study to be awarded ASRA's Chronic Pain Research Grant. – American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) Science News Orchids Mimic Human BO to Attract Mosquitoes New research shows that orchids relying on mosquitoes for pollination attract them by producing the same odors found in common mosquito blood-hosts. The results of this study will be presented at the annual conference of the Society for Integrative a... – Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) annual conference of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Embargo expired on 05-Jan-2017 at 00:00 ET Corals May Show Complex, Coordinated Behavior The individual and the group: insignificant alone, awesome together. Like ants in a colony or neurons of a brain, the collective action of single actors can beautifully coalesce into something more complex than the parts. – Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) 2017 annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Embargo expired on 05-Jan-2017 at 00:00 ET The Mystery of the Earless Toads More than 200 species of “true toads” (Bufonidae) have fully functional inner ears, but cannot fully use them because they have lost their tympanic middle ears, the part of the ear which transmits sound air pressures from the outside world to the... – Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting Embargo expired on 05-Jan-2017 at 00:00 ET Sticky Toes Provide Clues to Evolution Yet, how this key innovation evolved remains a mystery locked within the leathery shell of a lizard egg. Now, Dr. Thomas Sanger at Loyola University in Chicago has developed new techniques to understand more about the process of evolutionary diversif... – Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting Embargo expired on 05-Jan-2017 at 00:00 ET More Frequent Hurricanes Not Necessarily Stronger on Atlantic Coast Active Atlantic hurricane periods, like the one we are in now, are not necessarily a harbinger of more, rapidly intensifying hurricanes along the U.S. coast, according to new research performed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. – University of Wisconsin-Madison Nature Jan. 4 2017 Embargo expired on 04-Jan-2017 at 13:00 ET 280 Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of Chimaeroid Fishes High-definition CT scans of the fossilized skull of a 280 million-year-old fish reveal the origin of chimaeras, a group of cartilaginous fish related to sharks. Analysis of the brain case of Dwykaselachus oosthuizeni, a shark-like fossil from South A... – University of Chicago Medical Center Embargo expired on 04-Jan-2017 at 13:00 ET Saint Louis University Scientists Discover Bees Prefer Warm Violets in Cool Forests Studies provide fresh insight into how such tiny wild flowers continue to thrive and reproduce. – Saint Louis University Journal of Pollination Ecology New Research Shows That Turning Up the Thermostat Could Help Tropical Climates Cool Down New research done in Singapore shows that slightly raising indoor temperatures and equipping office workers with smart fans saves significantly on overall office building energy costs while maintaining employee comfort. – UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design Indoor Air, Nov-2016 Hot Weather Not to Blame for Salmonella on Egg Farms New research conducted by the University of Adelaide shows there is no greater risk of Salmonella contamination in the production of free range eggs in Australia due to hot summer weather, compared with other seasons. – University of Adelaide Applied and Environmental Microbiology Where’s the Center of North America? UB Geographer’s New Method Finds a New Answer Where is the geographic center of a state, country or a continent? It’s a question fraught with uncertainty. Do you include water in your calculation? What happens when the shoreline shifts? But to University at Buffalo geologist Peter Rogerson, th... – University at Buffalo The Professional Geographer Storing and Testing at Any Temperature Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis develop new nanoparticle technology that eliminates the need for cold storage in some medical diagnostic tests. – Washington University in St. Louis Advanced Materials Electrons “Puddle” Under High Magnetic Fields, Study Reveals In a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, researchers used extremely high magnetic fields – equivalent to those found in the center of neutron stars – to alter electronic behavior. By observing the change ... – Argonne National Laboratory Nature Communications 2016 Edges 1998 as Warmest Year on Record Global Temperature Report: December 2016 – University of Alabama Huntsville Big Data Shows How What We Buy Affects Endangered Species The things we consume, from iPhones to cars to IKEA furniture, have costs that go well beyond their purchase price. What if the soybeans used to make that tofu you ate last night were grown in fields that were hewn out of tropical rainforests? Or if ... – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Nature Ecology & Evolution When a Mysterious Chemical Leaks The January 9, 2014 Freedom Industries’ storage facility leak in Charleston, WV released a little-known chemical into rivers, threatening human and the environmental health. How can we be better prepared? – American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Journal of Environmental Quality, September 16, 2016 WVU Helps Find Origins of Mysterious, Ultra-Powerful Bursts in Space West Virginia University astronomers are helping to find the celestial bread crumbs that will help lead scientists to answers about a mysterious phenomenon. – West Virginia University Nature; Astrophysical Journal Letters Cosmic Source Found for Mysterious ‘Fast Radio Burst’ Cornell University researchers and a global team of astronomers have uncovered the cosmological source of a sporadically repeating milliseconds-long “fast radio burst.” – Cornell University Nature Research Reinforces Role of Supernovae in Clocking the Universe New research by cosmologists at the University of Chicago and Wayne State University confirms the accuracy of Type Ia supernovae in measuring the pace at which the universe expands. The findings support a widely held theory that the expansion of the ... – University of Chicago MNRAS, Nov. 30, 2016 Increasing Rainfall in a Warmer World Will Likely Intensify Typhoons in Western Pacific An analysis of the strongest tropical storms over the last half-century reveals that higher global temperatures have intensified the storms via enhanced rainfall. Rain that falls on the ocean reduces salinity and allows typhoons to grow stronger. – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Nature Communications SLAC Study: Light Can Switch on Topological Materials Theoretical physicists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory used computer simulations to show how special light pulses could create robust channels where electricity flows without resistance in an atomically thin semic... – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Claassen, M. et al., Nature Communications, 10 October 2016 (10.1038/ncomms13074 Eelgrass in Puget Sound is stable overall, but some local beaches suffering Eelgrass, a marine plant crucial to the success of migrating juvenile salmon and spawning Pacific herring, is stable and flourishing in Puget Sound, despite a doubling of the region's human population and significant shoreline development over the pa... – University of Washington Journal of Ecology Story Tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2017 Researchers identify patterns that could be valuable resource for superconductivity research; ORNL researchers developing approaches to preserve forests, wildlife; ORNL supercomputer helping scientists push boundaries; New measurement technique opens... – Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tablets 1.0: Ancient Cuneiform Pieces Find Home in Creighton's Law Library Among the oldest items to be found on Creighton University’s campus is a receipt for barley that clocks in at just under four-and-a-half millennia of existence. – Creighton University Theory Provides Roadmap in Quest for Quark Soup 'Critical Point' Thanks to a new development in nuclear physics theory, scientists exploring expanding fireballs that mimic the early universe have new signs to look for as they map out the transition from primordial plasma to matter as we know it. The theory work, d... – Brookhaven National Laboratory PRL, 23 November 2016 Transportation Center Awarded $1.4 Million, Recognized as Top Level Facility With a new $1.4 million award from the U.S. Department of Transportation, researchers at the University of Arkansas and their collaborators at five other institutions have renewed the status of the Maritime Transportation Research and Education Cente... – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Longtime Duda Executive Named UF/IFAS Champion for 2016 Hugh English helped launch southwest Florida’s fledgling citrus industry. He started his career as a citrus grove manager at A. Duda & Sons in 1965, and through his work, English began many citrus research and Extension demonstrations in the Duda g... – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Learn How to Get Started with Argonne Leadership Computing Facility Resources Join a video conference to learn everything you need to know to get your research project up and running on Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) systems. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Lifestyle & Social Sciences Mothers’ Lack of Legal Knowledge Linked to Juvenile Re-Offending Youth who commit crimes for the first time are more likely to re-offend if their mothers don’t participate in their legal process. Unfortunately, mothers are widely unfamiliar with the juvenile justice system – and those who know the least about ... – Michigan State University Females Seeking a Sexual Partner Can Tell Whether or Not Males Experienced Social Stress During Adolescence Sexual preference is influenced by males’ adolescent social stress history and social status, according to a research team including Nicole Cameron, assistant professor of psychology at Binghamton University, State University of New York. – Binghamton University, State University of New York Hormones and Behavior, Dec-2016 Corporal Punishment Viewed as More Acceptable and Effective When Referred to as Spanking Parents and nonparents alike buffer their views of physical discipline and rate it more common, acceptable and effective when it's labeled with a more neutral, less violent word – Southern Methodist University Psychology of Violence Creighton Social Work Students Earn Certification to Help with ACA Signups Eleven Creighton social work students trained for, studied for and passed a test allowing them to become certified application counselors (CAC) for people seeking to enroll in health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act. – Creighton University Sheldon Fields to Lead NYIT School of Health Professions Sheldon D. Fields, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, has become dean of NYIT School of Health Professions. Widely experienced, Fields will oversee the school’s five allied health degree programs. – New York Institute of Technology Voters Pass Active Transportation Ballots in Big Move Forward Raise your hand if you want children to be more active! What about the opportunity to access safer sidewalks and cycle paths so they can ride or walk to school? Americans in cities across the country all raised their hands this last election cycle to... – Voices for Healthy Kids Leading Researcher Bridget Terry Long to Address College Student Access and Success at Los Angeles Event on Jan. 11 Dr. Bridget Terry Long, a renowned higher education researcher who specializes in the transition from high school to higher education and beyond, will deliver a public lecture titled “Supporting College Student Access and Success: Making Sure Hard ... – American Educational Research Association (AERA) Business News PCOM Primary Care Innovation Fund Selects AristaMD for Its First Investment PCOM's Primary Care Innovation Fund has selected for its first investment AristaMD, a digital health company focused on improving the specialty referral process. – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine