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Europeans Brought New Strains of Ulcer-Causing Bacterium to Pre-Columbian Americas
Playing Favorites: Brain Cells Prefer One Parent’s Gene Over the Other’s
HIV+ Kidney Failure Patients Face Hurdles in Receiving Necessary Transplants
People with Epilepsy: Tell Us About Rare Risk of Death
Many Patients Receive Prescription Opioids During Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction
Study Reveals PGK1 Enzyme as Therapeutic Target for Deadliest Brain Cancer
Anti-Aging Gene Identified as a Novel Promising Therapeutic Target for Older Melanoma Patients
Kidney Damage Diagnosis May Be Inaccurate for Many, Suggests Study
Fornessa T. Randal Appointed Executive Director of Asian Health Coalition and UChicago’s Center for Asian Health Equity
Shorter Radiation Use, BRCA Gene News, Staging Endometrial Cancer, and More in the Cancer News Source
Food Additives, Facts About Wheat, Glowing Food Dye, and More in the Food Science News Source
Direct-to-Consumer Genomics: Harmful or Empowering?
Penn Study Finds Sons of Cocaine-Using Fathers Have Profound Memory Impairments
Study: Two-Thirds of Clinicians Lack Knowledge of Diabetes-Related Foot Complication
New Assay May Lead to a Cure for Debilitating Inflammatory Joint Disease
Study Published in Stroke Supports Change to FAST Mnemonic for Stroke
Novel Amyloid Structure Could Lead to New Types of Antibiotics
First Systematic Study of Deadly, Antibiotic-Resistant Fungus Reported
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center Enrolls First Patient in New National Head and Neck Cancer Study
Prototypes of Real-Life Star Trek Tricorders to Be Presented at the 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting
Donors Who Consider Overhead Costs Hurt Charities
UVA Targets Deadly Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Why Do Promising Treatments Fail?
The Differences Between a Sprain, Strain and Tear
SARS and MERS: What’s Next?
The Medical Minute: Spotting the Symptoms of an Eating Disorder
Workshops Will Integrate the Fun and Creativity of the Arts Into Mental Health Practices
Environmental Factors, Genetics and Epigenetics Is Focus of Multiple Sclerosis Forum
CRF's Next Mini-Med School for Women Will Focus on Stress and Heart Disease
5 Things to Do to Feel Better During Spring Allergy Season
Cholesterol 101
Feeling Overwhelmed Trying to Manage Diabetes?
22 Cancer Care Facilities Receive Outstanding Achievement Award From the ACS Commission on Cancer
Educating Parents on Talking to Children About Sex Promotes Communication About Sexual Health Among Them
Loyola Medicine Achieves Electronic Medical Record Milestone
For National Nutrition Month, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Encourages Everyone to “Put Your Best Fork Forward”
American Society for Cell Biology Officially Partners with March for Science Organizers
Media Advisory: GW and FDA to Hold Workshop on Computational Standards for High-Throughput Sequencing for Regulatory Sciences
Researchers Uncover a Role for HSP90 in Gene-Environment Interactions in Humans
Nano-Sized Hydrogen Storage System Increases Efficiency
Electrical Grid Could Use Offshore Wind for 10 Million Homes
New Gene Sequencing Software Could Aid in Early Detection, Treatment of Cancer
Wayne State Vision Researchers Show Zika Virus Can Damage Retina and Cause Blindness
FDA Study Offers Food Establishments Better Methods for Preventing Norovirus Outbreaks
Government of Myanmar Unveils New Plan To Protect Marine Wildlife and Resources
The Brown Rot Two-Step
New Polymer Additive Could Revolutionize Plastics Recycling
Julia Hirschberg Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Harker School Wins 2017 SLAC Regional Science Bowl Competition
William Halperin and James Sauls Are Awarded London Prize
Lack of Training Contributes to Burnout, Survey of Preschool Teachers Finds
Using Twitter May Increase Food-Poisoning Reporting
Desks Join the Internet of Things
What Firefighters Can Tell US About PTSD Risk
The Perfect Bracket: DePaul Mathematician Talks Longshot Odds of Predicting March Madness
Houston Chronicle Reporter Brian M. Rosenthal Wins USC Annenberg’s 2017 Selden Ring Award
Senator Russ Feingold to Discuss US Elections at American University
Rowan University NSF Grant Supports Students’ Physics Research in Singapore
Science Exchange Online Marketplace Now Offers Eurofins Services for Drug Development
New Mobile App Helps Families, Individuals Cope with Dementia
Europeans Brought New Strains of Ulcer-Causing Bacterium to Pre-Columbian Americas
Genome study shows mixing of European and African H. pylori strains in modern American populations.
– PLOS
PLOS Genetics
Embargo expired on 23-Feb-2017 at 14:00 ET
Genome study shows mixing of European and African H. pylori strains in modern American populations.
Playing Favorites: Brain Cells Prefer One Parent’s Gene Over the Other’s
It has long been thought that each copy of our DNA instructions - one inherited from mom and one from dad - is treated the same. A new study from scientists at the University of Utah School of Medicine shows that it is not uncommon for cells in the b...
– University of Utah Health Sciences
Embargo expired on 23-Feb-2017 at 12:00 ET
HIV+ Kidney Failure Patients Face Hurdles in Receiving Necessary Transplants
• From 2001 to 2012, HIV+ kidney failure patients on the transplant waiting list were 28% less likely to receive a transplant compared with their HIV- counterparts. • They were half as likely to receive a kidney from a living donor.
– American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
doi: 10.2215/CJN.07460716
Embargo expired on 23-Feb-2017 at 17:00 ET
People with Epilepsy: Tell Us About Rare Risk of Death
People with epilepsy want their health care providers to tell them about a rare risk of death associated with the disorder, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 69th Annual Me...
– American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
Embargo expired on 23-Feb-2017 at 16:00 ET
Many Patients Receive Prescription Opioids During Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction
More than two in five people receiving buprenorphine, a drug commonly used to treat opioid addiction, are also given prescriptions for other opioid painkillers – and two-thirds are prescribed opioids after their treatment is complete, a new Johns H...
– Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Addiction
Embargo expired on 23-Feb-2017 at 12:00 ET
Study Reveals PGK1 Enzyme as Therapeutic Target for Deadliest Brain Cancer
Discovery of a dual role played by the enzyme phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK1) may indicate a new therapeutic target for glioblastoma, an often fatal form of brain cancer, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center....
– University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Embargo expired on 23-Feb-2017 at 12:00 ET
Anti-Aging Gene Identified as a Novel Promising Therapeutic Target for Older Melanoma Patients
Wistar scientists have shown an anti-diabetic drug can inhibit the growth of melanoma in older patients by activating an anti-aging gene that in turn inhibits a protein involved in metastatic progression and resistance to targeted therapies for the d...
– Wistar Institute
Clinical Cancer Research; RO1 CA174746-01; P01 CA 114046-06; T32 CA 9171-36; P50 CA174523-01; R01-CA1826635
Embargo expired on 23-Feb-2017 at 10:00 ET
Kidney Damage Diagnosis May Be Inaccurate for Many, Suggests Study
An analysis of patient records reveals that, for many, an initial diagnosis of “acute kidney injury” using current clinical diagnostic methods may have been inaccurate.
– Columbia University Medical Center
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Embargo expired on 23-Feb-2017 at 18:30 ET
Fornessa T. Randal Appointed Executive Director of Asian Health Coalition and UChicago’s Center for Asian Health Equity
Fornessa T. Randal has been appointed executive director of the Asian Health Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy group, as well as the University of Chicago’s Center for Asian Health Equity.
– University of Chicago Medical Center
Embargo expired on 24-Feb-2017 at 08:00 ET
Shorter Radiation Use, BRCA Gene News, Staging Endometrial Cancer, and More in the Cancer News Source
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– Newswise
Food Additives, Facts About Wheat, Glowing Food Dye, and More in the Food Science News Source
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– Newswise
Direct-to-Consumer Genomics: Harmful or Empowering?
Thanks to recent scientific advances and plunging costs in genetic sequencing, consumers now can order inexpensive, mail-in genetic tests to learn more about health risks, inherited traits and ancestry. But, is it a good idea to bypass your doctor’...
– Saint Louis University Medical Center
Missouri Medicine
Penn Study Finds Sons of Cocaine-Using Fathers Have Profound Memory Impairments
Fathers who use cocaine at the time of conceiving a child may be putting their sons at risk of learning disabilities and memory loss. The findings of the animal study were published online in Molecular Psychiatry by a team of researchers from the Per...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Molecular Psychiatry; T32 DA28874; R01 DA33641; K02 DA18678; K01 DA30445; K01 DA039308; R00 DA033372; R21 MH102679; R21 GM110174; DOD W81XWH-13-1-0426...
Study: Two-Thirds of Clinicians Lack Knowledge of Diabetes-Related Foot Complication
A new study investigated how much non-foot-specialist clinicians know about Charcot neuroarthropathy in an effort to understand how to better focus future educational forums on the topic.
– Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
New Assay May Lead to a Cure for Debilitating Inflammatory Joint Disease
Current treatments for rheumatoid arthritis relieve the inflammation that leads to joint destruction, but the immunologic defect that triggers the inflammation persists to cause relapses. Now the results of a new study suggest that clinical trials fo...
– NYU Langone Medical Center
Arthritis & Rheumatology, Jan-2017
Study Published in Stroke Supports Change to FAST Mnemonic for Stroke
A retrospective study published in Stroke indicates that missed stroke diagnoses can be significantly reduced by adding balance and vision problems to the list of presenting symptoms commonly known as FAST
– University of Kentucky
Stroke Feb-2017
Novel Amyloid Structure Could Lead to New Types of Antibiotics
Researchers have discovered unique amyloid fibers used by the highly drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacterium (which causes MRSA). The findings could lead to new types of antibiotics with a novel mechanism of action for attacking bacterial toxi...
– American Technion Society
Science, February 24-2017
First Systematic Study of Deadly, Antibiotic-Resistant Fungus Reported
The deadly fungus, Candida auris, is resistant to entire classes of antimicrobial drugs, limiting treatment options for those infected. Now, in a first-of-its-kind study, microbiologists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have pro...
– Case Western Reserve University
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March-2017; R01DE024228; NIAMS P30 AR03970
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center Enrolls First Patient in New National Head and Neck Cancer Study
Story about the first patient enrolled in the new national phase I trial studying the side effects and best dose and schedule of pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy drug, when given together with chemotherapy and radiation therapy following surgery for ...
– University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Prototypes of Real-Life Star Trek Tricorders to Be Presented at the 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting
Since 2012, research teams in the Qualcomm Tricorder Xprize competition have vied to create a mobile diagnostic device modeled after the fictional medical tricorder from Star Trek. For the first time, competition finalist Chung-Kang Peng, PhD, will p...
– American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC)
AACC Annual Scientific Meeting, Jul-Aug 2017
Donors Who Consider Overhead Costs Hurt Charities
Donors often rely on a charity’s overhead costs to decide whether or not to give. But according to Texas A&M University Professor of Economics Jonathan Meer, relying on this metric creates disincentives for charities to hire skilled workers, thereb...
– Texas A&M University
IZA World of Labor
UVA Targets Deadly Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Why Do Promising Treatments Fail?
If we know what causes Duchenne, why do promising treatments consistently fail? UVA launches innovative new effort to find out.
– University of Virginia Health System
The Differences Between a Sprain, Strain and Tear
For many, the start of a new year means the start of a new workout regimen. It is difficult enough to make the time commitment, but nothing throws off a resolution like an injury.
– Texas A&M University
SARS and MERS: What’s Next?
It may be difficult to remember now, but when SARS was first recognized in February 2003, people were scared. This heretofore unknown disease was killing people—nearly 10 percent of those infected with what came to be recognized as the SARS-associa...
– Texas A&M University
The Medical Minute: Spotting the Symptoms of an Eating Disorder
Millions of people across the United States struggle with eating disorders. With so much public discussion about obesity and healthy eating, conversations about weight and BMI – or body mass index – can even make the problem worse.
– Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Workshops Will Integrate the Fun and Creativity of the Arts Into Mental Health Practices
Drumming, dancing, painting, writing, acting and singing are among the many activities taking place March 30 through April 2 as part of “Creativity & the Arts in Healing.” National experts will lead more than 125 workshops integrating the arts wi...
– University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
Environmental Factors, Genetics and Epigenetics Is Focus of Multiple Sclerosis Forum
The second annual ACTRIMS Forum gets underway today. This year, the forum was preceded by the Neurology Resident Summit in Neuroimmunology, which drew 47 residents from the United States and Canada.
– Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Scleroses (ACTRIMS)
CRF's Next Mini-Med School for Women Will Focus on Stress and Heart Disease
CRF’s next Mini-Med School for Women will cover the role stress plays in heart disease, and ways to manage stress for optimal health. The seminar is part of the CRF Women’s Heart Health Initiative which aims to reduce gender disparity in cardiov...
– Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)
5 Things to Do to Feel Better During Spring Allergy Season
Unseasonably warm temperatures throughout the country are bringing an early allergy season. 5 tips from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology will help allergy sufferers cope with symptoms.
– American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)
Cholesterol 101
Cardiologist Alex Garton, MD discusses knowing your cholesterol numbers and the new American Heart Association guidelines.
Expert Available
– PinnacleHealth
Feeling Overwhelmed Trying to Manage Diabetes?
Recognize the signs and symptoms of diabetes distress with these five tips.
Expert Available
– American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
22 Cancer Care Facilities Receive Outstanding Achievement Award From the ACS Commission on Cancer
The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted its year-end 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award to a select group of 22 accredited cancer programs throughout the United States.
– American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Educating Parents on Talking to Children About Sex Promotes Communication About Sexual Health Among Them
Based in Puerto Rico, The Cuídalos project proved the usefulness of a web-based educational module, which aimed to promote communication between parents and their adolescent children on topics related to their sexuality so that they can make good de...
– University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Loyola Medicine Achieves Electronic Medical Record Milestone
Loyola Medicine has reached an advanced stage in the implementation of outpatient electronic medical records, according to HIMSS Analytics, a respected healthcare advisor in information technology
– Loyola University Health System
For National Nutrition Month, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Encourages Everyone to “Put Your Best Fork Forward”
Each March, the Academy encourages everyone to focus on healthful eating through National Nutrition Month. Whether you’re planning meals to prepare at home or making selections when dining out, always “Put Your Best Fork Forward” to help find y...
– Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
American Society for Cell Biology Officially Partners with March for Science Organizers
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) recently signed an agreement officially lending its support to the national March for Science rally and teach-in in Washington, DC, scheduled for Earth Day, Saturday, April 22. ASCB was among the first to ...
– American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
Media Advisory: GW and FDA to Hold Workshop on Computational Standards for High-Throughput Sequencing for Regulatory Sciences
The George Washington University and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a workshop, “High-Throughput Sequencing Computational Standards for Regulatory Sciences,” March 16-17, 2017 in Bethesda, Maryland.
– George Washington University
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Researchers Uncover a Role for HSP90 in Gene-Environment Interactions in Humans
Researchers at Whitehead Institute have now uncovered a role for the protein-folding chaperone HSP90 in humans, not only as a modifier of the effects of mutations, but as a mediator of the impact of the environment on the function of mutant proteins....
– Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Cell, Feb-2017; P50HG004233; R01HG001715; CDMRP BCRP W81XWH-14-1-0157; R37HL052725; RO1-DK43889; PO1HL048546
Embargo expired on 23-Feb-2017 at 12:00 ET
Nano-Sized Hydrogen Storage System Increases Efficiency
Lawrence Livermore scientists have collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of researchers including colleagues from Sandia National Laboratories to develop an efficient hydrogen storage system that could be a boon for hydrogen powered vehicles.
– Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Electrical Grid Could Use Offshore Wind for 10 Million Homes
Researchers from the University of Delaware and Princeton University have completed a first-of-its-kind computer simulation with the electric power industry. Results showed conservatively that, with some upgrades to transmission lines but without an...
– University of Delaware
Renewable Energy, April 2017
New Gene Sequencing Software Could Aid in Early Detection, Treatment of Cancer
A research team from the United States and Canada has developed and successfully tested new computational software that determines whether a human DNA sample includes an epigenetic add-on linked to cancer and other illnesses.
– Johns Hopkins University
Nature Methods, Feb-20-2017
Wayne State Vision Researchers Show Zika Virus Can Damage Retina and Cause Blindness
Scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology at the Kresge Eye Institute have shown that the Zika virus can replicate in the eye’s retinal cells, causing severe tissue damage and even blindness. The resear...
– Research to Prevent Blindness
FDA Study Offers Food Establishments Better Methods for Preventing Norovirus Outbreaks
If you’re sick, stay home. Wash your hands before preparing food. When preparing food, always wear gloves or do not touch the ready-to-eat food with bare hands. For food service workers, following this simple advice, which is part of the FDA Food C...
– Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
Government of Myanmar Unveils New Plan To Protect Marine Wildlife and Resources
The Government of Myanmar and WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) announced today a comprehensive plan to protect the country’s diverse fisheries and marine life—including dolphins, sea turtles, and other species—and other marine resources.
– Wildlife Conservation Society
The Brown Rot Two-Step
Understanding how brown rot fungi degrade wood could lead to new tools for more efficient biofuel production.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113(39), 10968-973 (2016). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1608454113]
New Polymer Additive Could Revolutionize Plastics Recycling
Only 2 percent of the 78 million tons of manufactured plastics are currently recycled into similar products because polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), which account for two-thirds of the world’s plastics, have different chemical structures a...
– Cornell University
Science
Julia Hirschberg Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Professor Julia Hirschberg has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional distinctions awarded to an engineer. Hirschberg was cited by the NAE for her “contributions to the use of prosody in text-to-s...
– Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science
Harker School Wins 2017 SLAC Regional Science Bowl Competition
After losing its first match of the day to the defending champions, The Harker School’s team won 10 consecutive rounds to claim victory in the annual SLAC Regional DOE Science Bowl on Saturday, Feb. 11.
– SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
William Halperin and James Sauls Are Awarded London Prize
Northwestern University physicists William P. Halperin and James A. Sauls have been awarded the prestigious international Fritz London Memorial Prize for 2017. Awarded every three years, the London Prize recognizes scientists who have made outstandin...
– Northwestern University
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Lack of Training Contributes to Burnout, Survey of Preschool Teachers Finds
Studies have shown that early childhood education programs can have a positive impact on a child’s success later in life. However, the annual turnover rate nationally for teachers of preschool-age children is approximately 30 percent. Now, research...
– University of Missouri Health
International Journal on Disability and Human Development
Using Twitter May Increase Food-Poisoning Reporting
Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. citizens gets food poisoning every year, but very few report it. Twitter communications between the public and the proper government authorities could improve foodborne illness reporting as well as the steps that follow, according...
– Washington University in St. Louis
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
Desks Join the Internet of Things
The internet of things promises to revolutionize the way we live, connecting the objects in our homes to one another and to the vast array of information available online. The possibilities are enormous, and one benefit may be improving our health.
– Texas A&M University
What Firefighters Can Tell US About PTSD Risk
Firefighters are exposed to a range of potentially traumatic stressors in their jobs, and many cope perfectly fine. However, a not-insignificant percentage of them develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Texas A&M researchers are trying to ...
– Texas A&M University
The Perfect Bracket: DePaul Mathematician Talks Longshot Odds of Predicting March Madness
As college basketball fans get set to fill out their brackets this March Madness, DePaul University mathematics professor Jeff Bergen offers some perspective on the odds of creating the perfect bracket. It’s more likely, said Bergen, to predict the...
Expert Available
– DePaul University
Houston Chronicle Reporter Brian M. Rosenthal Wins USC Annenberg’s 2017 Selden Ring Award
Brian M. Rosenthal of the Houston Chronicle has won the 2017 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting for his seven-part series revealing that Texas state educators systematically denied special education services to hundreds of thousands of sch...
– USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Senator Russ Feingold to Discuss US Elections at American University
As part of the Dean’s Discussions Series at American University’s School of International Service, Former United States Senator of Wisconsin Russ Feingold – and now a distinguished executive in residence at SIS -- and James Goldgeier, dean of S...
– American University
Rowan University NSF Grant Supports Students’ Physics Research in Singapore
Five physics students from four regional universities will spend 10 weeks in Singapore this summer through a program coordinated by Dr. Michael Lim, a professor of physics at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey.
– Rowan University
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