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Medical News Researchers Identify a Population of Cells Linked to the Development of the Heart’s Ventricular Chambers These findings could provide new insight and understanding of congenital heart defects. – Mount Sinai Health System Embargo expired on 14-Feb-2017 at 05:00 ET Researchers Unravel How Ticks Protect Themselves From Lyme Bacteria and Other Microbes For hundreds of millions of years, ticks have survived on Earth by sucking blood from their victims for days, often leaving behind terrible diseases as a thank-you note. But no one has ever looked at why ticks, themselves, are able to survive while h... – University of Maryland School of Medicine Embargo expired on 14-Feb-2017 at 05:00 ET Understanding the Contact of Contacts to Beat Dry Eye Syndrome Symptoms of dry eye syndrome -- dry, red, itchy, gritty, sore eyes -- are more common among contact lens wearers. But relief may be on the horizon, thanks to a group of Stanford University researchers and their work exploring the mechanical interacti... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 11:40 ET Intensive Blood Pressure Control Could Prevent 100,000 Deaths Each Year Researchers have projected that aggressively lowering blood pressure could help prevent more than 100,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Experts from the University of Utah and institutions across the country built upon the landmark Systolic Blood Pre... – University of Utah Health Sciences Circulation; HL 130500; HL133468 Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 14:00 ET Diabetes in Your DNA? Scientists Zero in on the Genetic Signature of Risk ... – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan PNAS, doi/10.1073/pnas.1621192114 Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 15:00 ET Nicotine Changes How Nicotinic Receptors Are Grouped on Brain Cells Nicotine -- the primary compound found within tobacco smoke -- is known to change the grouping of some subtypes of nicotine receptors, but the mechanisms for nicotine addiction remain unclear. This inspired a group of University of Kentucky researche... – Biophysical Society Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 14:45 ET Use of Multiple Brain-Affecting Drugs Is Rising Among Seniors, Despite Risks, U-M Research Finds The number of older Americans who take three or more medicines that affect their brains has more than doubled in just a decade, a new study finds. The sharpest rise occurred in seniors living in rural areas. – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan JAMA Internal Medicine, Online Feb. 13, DOI:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9225 Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 11:00 ET Microbiomes More in Flux in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are more likely to see dramatic shifts in the make-up of the community of microbes in their gut than healthy people, according to a study published in Nature Microbiology. The results help physicians understan... – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Nature Microbiology, Feb. 13, 2017 Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 11:00 ET Taking a High-Priced Cancer Drug with a Low-Fat Meal Can Cut Cost by 75% Taking one-fourth the standard dose of a widely used drug for prostate cancer with a low-fat breakfast can be as effective – and four times less expensive – as taking the standard dose as recommended: on an empty stomach. The finding has signific... – University of Chicago Medical Center ASCO’s 2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 17:00 ET Drug Used to Combat Pain Medication Side Effects May Help with Gastrointestinal Recovery and Shorten Length of Hospital Stay Following Testicular Cancer Surgery A drug given to reduce the side effects of strong post-surgery pain medications resulting in a reduced length of hospital stay for patients who have undergone major gastrointestinal or bladder cancer procedures is found to have similar benefit for so... – Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, Feb-2017 Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 17:00 ET “Mapping Studies” in Cost-Utility Analyses: New Recommendations From ISPOR Task Force ISPOR published a new Task Force Report, “Mapping to Estimate Health-State Utility from Non–Preference-Based Outcome Measures: An ISPOR Good Practices for Outcomes Research Task Force Report,” in the January 2017 issue of Value in Health. – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Value in Health, Jan-2017 Drug Developed at University of Minnesota Increases Survival in Dogs with Cancer Molecular Cancer Therapeutics reports on this treatment for hermangiosarcama – University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Parenting Significantly Impacts Development of Children with Fragile X Syndrome A longitudinal study of children with Fragile X Syndrome, the leading genetic cause of autism, and their mothers found that sustained maternal responsivity had a significant positive impact on the children's development, even mitigating declines ofte... – University of Kansas, Life Span Institute Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Radiation Therapy Continues to Be Gold Standard for Palliative Care of Painful Bone Metastases The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently published an updated clinical guideline that underscores the safety and effectiveness of palliative radiation therapy (RT) for treating painful bone metastases. – American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Practical Radiation Oncology, Jan-2017 Preventing Hospital-Related Deaths Due to Medical Errors – 'We Can and Must Do Better' How many patients die in the hospital as a result of preventable medical errors? While debate continues over estimates based on flawed data, the US healthcare system can and must implement effective strategies to reduce adverse events and deaths, acc... – Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Journal of Patient Safety In-Depth Gene Search Reveals New Mutations, Drug Targets in Rare Adrenal Tumors Casting one of the largest genomic nets to date for the rare tumors of the autonomic nervous system known as pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PCC/PGL) captured several new mutations driving the disease that could serve as potential drug targets, r... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania U54 HG003067; U54 HG003079; U24 CA143799; U24 CA143835; U24 CA143840; U24 CA143843; U24 CA143845; U24 CA143848; U24 CA143858; U24 CA143866... Depression Linked to E-Cigarette Use Among College Students The emergence of e-cigarettes as a nicotine product has left scientists with many questions about their impact on health, including how the product interacts with depression. A new study by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center... – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Non-Invasive Test Offers Quick Skin Cancer Diagnosis Researchers have developed a non-invasive imaging technique that accurately detects skin cancer without surgical biopsy. Multiphoton microscopy of mitochondria accurately identified melanomas and basal cell carcinomas by detecting abnormal clusters o... – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Sci Transl Med, Nov-2016; EB015890 Supportive Leadership Linked to Lower Absenteeism/Presenteeism More supportive leadership behaviors (SLB) in the workplace are associated with lower productivity losses due to absenteeism and presenteeism, reports a study in the February Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of... – Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine How Untreated Water Is Making Our Kids Sick: FSU Researcher Explores Possible Climate Change Link A Florida State University researcher has drawn a link between the impact of climate change and untreated drinking water on the rate of gastrointestinal illness in children. – Florida State University Researchers Identify 'Achilles' Heel' of PTEN That Helps Drive Prostate Cancer Progression Loss of the protein Importin 11 predicts relapse and metastasis in patients following prostate removal – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Journal of Cell Biology TSRI Researchers Discover How the Brain Turns Chronic Stress into Pathological Anxiety In a new study, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have described how two important molecules in the brain work together to trigger intense anxiety. – Scripps Research Institute R37-AA017447; P60-AA006420; R01-AA020404; R01-AA021491 ; R01-AA015566 Gluten-Free Diet May Increase Risk of Arsenic, Mercury Exposure People who eat a gluten-free diet may be at risk for increased exposure to arsenic and mercury – toxic metals that can lead to cardiovascular disease, cancer and neurological effects, according to a report in the journal Epidemiology. – University of Illinois at Chicago Epidemiology How Many Calories in That Tweet? A team of scientists have invented an instrument for measuring calories in social media. This "lexicocalorimeter" gathers tens of millions of geo-tagged Twitter posts from across the United States and presents a portrait of each state's calorie balan... – University of Vermont PLOS ONE, December 10, 2107 Dallas Colorectal Surgeon's Research Named in 2016 Top Clinical Cancer Advances One of last year's major achievements in clinical cancer research and care was a study comparing open and laparoscopic surgery led by James Fleshman, MD, colorectal surgeon on the medical staff and chief of surgery at Baylor University Medical Center... – Baylor Scott and White Health Dallas Researchers Identify How Common Gut Bacteria May Cause Colon Cancer A new study conducted by researchers at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas identified a key interaction between Fusobacterium nucleatum, a bacteria commonly linked to gum disease, and a specific microRNA gene regulator in the gut that led to ... – Baylor Scott and White Health Keeping Up the Pressure The lab of Prof. Alon Chen has found that, besides the classic stress response – an acute reaction that gradually abates when the threat passes – our bodies appear to have a separate mechanism that deals only with chronic stress. These findings m... – Weizmann Institute of Science Nature Neuroscience, Jan-2017 Concussion Alters Neuromuscular Function in Collegiate Athletes Latest Research Highlights from ACSM – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Are Low Birth-Weight Babies Prone to Lead Physically Inactive Lives? Latest Research Highlights from ACSM – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Alzheimer’s May Be Linked to Defective Brain Cells Spreading Disease Rutgers scientists say neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s may be linked to defective brain cells disposing toxic proteins that make neighboring cells sick. In a study published in Nature, Monica Driscoll, distinguished pr... – Rutgers University Sperm-Egg Fusion Proteins Have Same Structure as Those Used by Zika and Other Viruses The protein which helps the sperm and egg fuse together in sexual reproduction are part of a larger family of proteins that helps other cells bind together to create larger organs, and which also allows viruses like Zika and Dengue to invade healthy ... – American Technion Society Journal of Cell Biology, Jan 30-2017 Below Threshold: Nutritionists Discuss Serious Yet Common Mineral Deficiencies Iron and zinc are critical minerals, but many people are deficient in them, say nutritionists at Kansas State University. – Kansas State University Mayo Clinic, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Announce Rare Congenital Heart Defect Collaboration Mayo Clinic’s Todd and Karen Wanek Family Program for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are collaborating to delay and prevent heart failure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare and complex form of con... – Mayo Clinic Social Work Professor and Burn Survivor Develops App to Help Burn Victims Burn patients need support to transition to burn survivors. That's why Thereasa Abrams, an assistant professor in UT's College of Social Work and a burn survivor herself, has developed an app called the Bridge. – University of Tennessee Moderation Key to Days of Wine and Chocolate If wine and chocolate are on the menu for Valentine’s Day, you might be doing your heart a tiny little favor, but moderation remains key, says Dr. Joseph Hill, Chief of Cardiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. – UT Southwestern Medical Center Setting the Record Straight on Some Common Beliefs About Food and Health When it comes to what certain foods can do to or for you, it’s probably best to take motherly advice, familiar sayings and other bits of conventional wisdom with a grain of salt. Expert Available – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Is Running Really Good for the Heart? From the Broad Street Run here in Philadelphia to the Cherry Blossom 10-mile run in Washington, DC, and others across the country and overseas, running season is just around the corner! And for many people, from avid runners to weekend warriors, that... Expert Available – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania European Commission’s Revised Proposal Limits Ability to Protect Public From Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals The Endocrine Society expressed disappointment today in the European Commission's revised proposal on defining and identifying endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), citing unnecessarily narrow criteria for identifying EDCs that will make it nearly i... – Endocrine Society Orlando Health’s Heart Care and Cancer Care Recognized with Highest Quality Rating The Society of Thoracic Surgeons awards Orlando Health a 3 star quality rating for bypass surgery, aortic valve replacement, aortic valve replacement with bypass surgery and lobectomy for lung cancer. – Orlando Health Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Names Benjamin Levy to Lead Medical Oncology Program at Sibley Lung cancer specialist Benjamin Levy, M.D., has been named the new clinical director of medical oncology and medical director of thoracic oncology for the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital in northwest Washington, D.C. – Johns Hopkins Medicine Peruvian Native to Lead Top Global Tropical Medicine Training Center at UAB UAB names new leadership for Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine. – University of Alabama at Birmingham ACOEM Supports OSHA Rule on Silica Protections ACOEM applauds rule by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that will better protect workers from hazards of silica exposure. – American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) Dr. Glenn Eisen Now Leads GIQuIC National Endoscopy Quality Registry Glenn M. Eisen, MD, MPH, FACG, FASGE, is now the President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the GI Quality Improvement Consortium (GIQuIC), a national endoscopic registry and clinical benchmarking tool for gastroenterologists. Dr. Eisen assumes... – American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 94,000 Valentines From Around the World Help Spread Cheer at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital It started as a simple request to send a sick child at the hospital a Valentine wish. But the response was more than anyone could have imagined. – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan Mayo Clinic, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Announce Collaboration on Rare Congenital Heart Defect Mayo Clinic’s Todd and Karen Wanek Family Program for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are collaborating to delay and prevent heart failure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare and complex form of con... – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Two PNNL Researchers Elected to Membership in the National Academy of Engineering Two scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will become members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering. – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory NDSU Student Studying Cancer Treatment Wins Three Minute Thesis Competition NDSU students have many opportunities to practice skills they will use in their professional lives. The NDSU Graduate School hosted a Three Minute Thesis Competition to challenge graduate students to effectively communicate complex research to a gene... – North Dakota State University Science News Special Properties of Hagfish's Defense 'Slime' Hagfish are marine fish shaped like eels, famous for releasing large quantities of “slime” that unfolds, assembles and expands into the surrounding water in response to a threat. Gaurav Chaudhary, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 10:00 ET Exploring the Role of Blood Flow During Cardiac Events While several circulatory system models are used today in an attempt to better understand blood flow, they still don’t account for the complex rheological behavior of blood. Because blood is a complex suspension of red and white blood cells and pla... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 14:45 ET Bridging the Gap Between the Mechanics of Blast Traumatic Brian Injuries and Cell Damage Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a largely silent epidemic that affects roughly two million people each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the scale at which blast TBI (bTBI) injuries -- in the spotlight as the... – Biophysical Society Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 10:00 ET Putting the 'Squeeze' on Drug Delivery One big challenge targeted drug delivery faces today is efficiently “loading” a drug into a carrier without compromising the carrier’s structural integrity. A promising method is to deform a carrier by squeezing it through a narrow, microscale ... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 16:00 ET New Protein Discovery May Lead to New, Natural Antibiotics Scientists have discovered a new protein that likely will advance the search for new natural antibiotics, according to a study by Texas A&M AgriLife Research. – Texas A&M AgriLife journal Nature Microbiology Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 11:00 ET New Study Links ‘Mastermind’ Gene to Rare Cancer-Causing Tumor Scientists have discovered a new “mastermind fusion gene” may be associated with a rare cancer-causing tumor – pheochromocytomas (“pheo”) and paragangliomas, according to a study published Feb. 13 in Cancer Cell, by researchers at the Unifo... – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Cancer Cell; U54 HG003273; U54 HG003067 Embargo expired on 13-Feb-2017 at 12:05 ET Just Press Print: New Study Shows How 3-D Printing at Home Saves Big Bucks New research from Michigan Technological University shows that consumers who invest in an at-home 3-D printer can not only make their money back within six months, but may also see an almost 1,000 percent return on their investment over a five-year p... – Michigan Technological University Measuring Entropy A scanning-tunneling microscope (STM), used to study changes in the shape of a single molecule at the atomic scale, impacts the ability of that molecule to make these changes – the entropy of the molecule is changed and, in turn, can be measured. ... – Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Nature Communications 8, Article number: 14404 (2017), doi:10.1038/ncomms14404 Simulated Ransomware Attack Shows Vulnerability of Industrial Controls Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new form of ransomware that can take over control of a simulated water treatment plant. After gaining access, they were able to command programmable logic controllers (... – Georgia Institute of Technology RSA Conference Queen’s Wedding Cake Resurrected with Scanning Tech Cutting-edge technology has brought Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding cake back to life – thanks to research by WMG at the University of Warwick. – University of Warwick Feeding Wild Dolphins Can Hurt Them, New Study Says Wild dolphins are more likely to be injured if humans feed them — even through unintentional means like discarding bait — reports a new study based in Sarasota Bay, Florida, and published recently in the peer-reviewed journal Royal Society Open S... – Mote Marine Laboratory R. Soc. open sci. 2016 3 160560; DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160560. Published 21 December 2016 Gene That Helps Form Trauma-Related Memories May Also Help Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder A specific gene that helps form memories from traumatic events can be manipulated – and in doing so may actually help prevent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study led NYU Langone Medical Center. – NYU Langone Medical Center Neuropharmacology: Online Dec. 23, 2016 A Kiss of Death -- Mammals Were the First Animals to Produce Venom CT scans of fossils of the pre-mammalian reptile, Euchambersia, shows anatomical features, designed for venom production – University of the Witwatersrand PLOS ONE Possible Key to Regeneration Found in Planaria’s Origins A new report from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research chronicles the embryonic origins of planaria, providing new insight into the animal's remarkable regenerative abilities. – Stowers Institute for Medical Research eLife Sunlight or Bacteria? Scientists Investigate What Breaks Down Permafrost Carbon Researchers found sunlight converted little if any permafrost thawed carbon to carbon dioxide, whereas microbes were shown to rapidly convert permafrost carbon to carbon dioxide. – Florida State University Climate Change Impacts on Threatened and Endangered Wildlife Massively Underreported A team of scientists reporting in the journal Nature Climate Change say that negative impacts of climate change on threatened and endangered wildlife have been massively under reported. – Wildlife Conservation Society Controlling Electron Spin for Efficient Water Splitting Splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen for fuel holds great promise for alternative energy. However, current methods of water splitting also form undesirable hydrogen peroxide. Now, Israeli and Dutch scientists have found a way to control the ... – Weizmann Institute of Science JACS, Jan-2017 Unwrapping the Physiology of a Tour de France Champion Latest Research Highlights from ACSM – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Perimeter Institute Researchers Apply Machine Learning to Condensed Matter Physics New research in Nature Physics demonstrates that machine learning algorithms might play an important role in identifying different phases of condensed matter. – Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Nature Physics, February-2017 New Findings Reveal Health, Aging Experiences of LGBT Older Adults Across Nation In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the University of Washington's School of Social Work have released new findings this month on the health and aging of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults in the U.S. – University of Washington