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Medical News Air Pollution May Have Damaging Effects on the Kidneys • In a study of US veterans, researchers found a linear relationship between air pollution levels and risk of experiencing kidney function decline and of developing kidney disease or kidney failure. – American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 17:00 ET Study Reveals High Rates of Opioid Prescriptions and Excessive Dosing in Dialysis Patients • From 2006 to 2010, almost two thirds of US dialysis patients received at least one opioid prescription every year and >20% received chronic prescriptions. • More than 25% of dialysis patients using opioids received doses exceeding recommendati... – American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 17:00 ET Locking Down the Big Bang of Immune Cells Scientists have found that ignored pieces of DNA play a critical role in the development of immune cells (T cells). These areas activate a change in the structure of DNA that brings together crucial elements necessary for T cell formation. This “bi... – University of California San Diego Cell, Sep-2017 Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 12:00 ET Being Active Saves Lives Whether a Gym Workout, Walking to Work or Washing the Floor The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, led by the Population Health Research Institute of McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, shows any activity is good for people to meet the current guideline of 30 minutes of activity ... – McMaster University The Lancet Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 18:30 ET Targeting a Binding Protein in Mutated p53 Could Yield New Cancer Treatment Strategies Research by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey investigators shows the targeting of a binding protein of mutant p53 known as Rac1 could lead to new therapeutic strategies for patients whose cancer carries mutations in the p53 gene. – Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Genes & Development, Sept-2017 Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 17:00 ET Fitbits Could Lead to Negative Impact on Pupils’ Well-Being, Study Finds Pupils in secondary schools are reluctant to see fitness and health tracking devices such as Fitbits introduced into Physical Exercise lessons in schools and the device could potentially cause a negative impact on students’ overall well-being, rese... – University of Birmingham Sport, Education and Society, Sept-2017 Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 19:05 ET EMBARGOED AJPH Research: Sugar-Sweetened Soda and Weight, Gun Retailers as Partners for Suicide Prevention, Twitter as Predictor of Health Outcomes, Changing Nutrition Patterns in Chinese Social Classes In this month’s release, find new embargoed research on sugar-sweetened soda and weight, gun retailers and suicide prevention, Twitter as predictor of health outcomes and changing nutrition patterns in China – American Public Health Association (APHA) American Journal of Public Health AJPH Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 16:00 ET Breathing Dirty Air May Harm Kidneys Outdoor air pollution may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease and contribute to kidney failure, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System. Scientists culled national VA da... – Washington University in St. Louis Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Implant-Specific Blood Metal Ion Levels Can Effectively Identify Patients at Low Risk of Adverse Reactions after 'Metal on Metal' Hip Replacement Patients with "metal on metal" (MoM) artificial hips are at risk of complications caused by adverse reactions to metal debris (ARMD). A study in the September 20, 2017 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery confirms that blood metal . – Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery Flu Vaccine Used in Elderly May Benefit Middle-Aged Adults with Chronic Conditions Expanding the high-dose influenza vaccine recommendation to include middle-aged adults with chronic health conditions may make economic sense and save lives. The findings may justify for clinical trials of the high-dose and new recombinant trivalent ... – Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh Vaccine; R01GM111121 Scientists Restore Tumor-Fighting Structure to Mutated Breast Cancer Proteins Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have successfully determined the full architecture of the breast cancer susceptibility protein (BRCA1) for the first time. This three-dimensional information provides a potential pathway to ... – Virginia Tech Science Advances New Yorkers Worried About Health Care Costs, Less About Quality of Care High cost is by far the most important health care issue for New Yorkers, and their concern about it is growing. In a recent survey of a representative sample of New York state residents, 58 percent said the high cost of health care is their biggest ... – Cornell University Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures Drug Combination May Improve Impact of Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapy has been shown to be very effective in recurrent and metastatic head and neck cancer but only in a minority of patients. University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers may have found a way t... – University of California San Diego Health JCI Insights Investigators May Unlock Mystery of How Staph Cells Dodge the Body’s Immune System, Allowing Patients to Be Infected Again and Again For years, medical investigators have tried and failed to develop vaccines for a type of staph bacteria associated with the deadly superbug MRSA. But a new study by Cedars-Sinai investigators shows how staph cells evade the body’s immune system, o... – Cedars-Sinai Cell Host & Microbe Studies Inconsistent on When Concussed Students Should Return to Learn, Policies and Protocols May Be Needed Reintegration into school has been a noticeably neglected area of focus in concussion research, particularly in comparison to research on return-to-play. When and how a student should be fully integrated into the classroom are just two questions UAB ... – University of Alabama at Birmingham Rehabilitation Psychology, Sept-2017 Study Shows Diet and Exercise Improve Treatment Outcomes for Obese Pediatric Cancer Patients Diet and exercise may improve treatment outcomes in pediatric cancer patients, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. – University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Pediatrics Research Exosomes are the Missing Link to Insulin Resistance in Diabetes Chronic tissue inflammation resulting from obesity is an underlying cause of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. But the mechanism by which this occurs has remained cloaked, until now. In a paper, University of California San Diego School of Medi... – University of California San Diego Health Cell New Wayne State Research Findings Offers Hope to People with Fibromyalgia A novel psychological therapy that encourages addressing emotional experiences related to trauma, conflict and relationship problems has been found helpful for people with the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia. A research team led by Mark A. Lumley... – Wayne State University Division of Research Pain, Sept-2017 Unique Gene Therapy Prevents, Reverses Multiple Sclerosis in Animal Model Multiple sclerosis can be inhibited or reversed using a novel gene therapy technique that stops the disease’s immune response in mouse models, University of Florida Health researchers have found. – University of Florida Molecular Therapy, Sept-2017 Find the Expert You Need in the Newswise Expert Directory Need an expert in a hurry? Need to pitch an expert in a hurry? Find experts and manage your experts in the Newswise Expert Directory. Our database of experts is growing daily. Search by institution, name, subject, keywords, and place. – Newswise When Good Immune Cells Turn Bad Investigators at CHLA have identified the molecular pathway used to foster neuroblastoma and demonstrated use of a clinically available agent, ruxolitinib, to block the pathway. – Children's Hospital Los Angeles Saban Research Institute Oncotarget, September 2017; CDMRP10669916; W81XWH-12-1-0571; 5U54CA163117 Trusted Messages Key to Counter Community Concerns During Disease Outbreak Utilizing messages focused on images created by local artists and written information communicated through local dialects proved essential to counter misperceptions during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, according to a study conducted in part by ... – University of Louisville PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Personality Changes Don't Precede Clinical Onset of Alzheimer's Findings of a new and comprehensive study from FSU College of Medicine Associate Professor Antonio Terracciano and colleagues, published today in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, has found no evidence to support the idea that personality changes begin be... – Florida State University JAMA Psychiatry Researchers Find Flint’s Water Crisis Led to Fewer Babies and Higher Fetal Death Rates An estimated 275 fewer children were born in Flint, Michigan, while the city was using lead-contaminated water from the Flint River, according to findings by researchers from West Virginia University and the University of Kansas. – West Virginia University Working Paper Can Gardening Prevent Cancer? Public health researchers, armed with a $1 million American Cancer Society grant, have launched one of the first randomized controlled trials ever to study the physical and psychological benefits of community gardening. – University of Colorado Boulder Importance of Lifetime Care for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients Alabama Adult Congenital Heart Disease Director Mark Cribbs, M.D.In the last decade, the number of adults living with congenital heart disease began exceeding the number of children living with congenital heart disease, even as treatments improved.... – University of Alabama at Birmingham Science and Health News Tips from Johns Hopkins These news tips, from stories in the fall 2017 issue of Johns Hopkins Magazine, include an engineer/fisherman's idea for a "smart" lure and the need for a really high SPF sunscreen for a new solar probe. – Johns Hopkins University Novel Knee Surgery Utilizes Patient’s Regrown Cartilage Cells Vanderbilt’s Scott Arthur, M.D., recently performed the state’s first knee surgery using a newly approved implant containing a patient’s regrown cartilage cells. – Vanderbilt University Medical Center Effective Help Is Available for Migraine Sufferers Although it’s the third most prevalent illness in the world, migraine is widely misunderstood and frequently undiagnosed. Until quite recently a common “remedy” for migraine was to lie in a dark room and wait for the pain to pass. But today the... Expert Available – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Tri-Regulator Collaborative Releases Position Statements Addressing Electronic Health Records, Practitioner Burnout The Tri-Regulator Collaborative, which represents the governing boards of the three organizations representing the state boards that license physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and pharmacists – the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), ... – Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Penn First in World to Treat Patient with New Radiation Technology Doctors at Penn Medicine have become the first in the world to treat a patient with a new treatment platform designed to streamline the way therapeutic radiation is delivered to cancer patients. – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Mount Sinai Queens Opens a Satellite of the Head and Neck and Thyroid Institute Patients in Queens now have access to high quality, advanced medical care for a wide range of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) conditions at Mount Sinai Doctors Queens – Mount Sinai Health System A Dedicated Epilepsy Unit Opens at NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn has opened a new state-of-the-art Epilepsy Unit to address the immense community need for epilepsy care. – NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn Science News Scientists Sequence Asexual Tiny Worm—Whose Lineage Stretches Back 18 Million Years A team of scientists has sequenced, for the first time, a tiny worm that belongs to a group of exclusively asexual species that originated approximately 18 million years ago—making it one of the oldest living lineages of asexual animals known. – New York University Current Biology Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 12:00 ET Detecting Cosmic Rays from a Galaxy Far, Far Away Where do cosmic rays come from? Solving a 50-year old mystery, a collaboration of researchers has discovered it's much farther than the Milky Way. – Michigan Technological University Science, September 21, 2017; Information on funding Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 14:00 ET Signs of Sleep Seen in Jellyfish The upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea demonstrates the three hallmarks of sleep and represents the first example of sleep in animals without a brain, HHMI researchers report. – Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Current Biology Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 12:00 ET Overcoming Obstacles to Measure Nitrous Oxide Emissions “Indirect” emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) represent a large and very uncertain component of the greenhouse gas budget of agricultural cropping systems, but quantifying and reducing indirect N2O emissions have proven to be very challenging. The ... – American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Embargo expired on 22-Sep-2017 at 09:00 ET Spider Silk, Sea Cucumber Skin, Squid Beak and Pine Cones as Models For "Soft-Sided" Robots? With a new $5.5 million, five-year federal grant, a Case Western Reserve University researcher is leading an international team to develop functional materials inspired by some of the most desirable substances found in nature. The bioinspired materia... – Case Western Reserve University Embargo expired on 21-Sep-2017 at 09:30 ET Biomass-Produced Electricity in the US Possible, but It’ll Cost If the U.S. wants to start using wood pellets to produce energy, either the government or power customers will have to pay an extra cost, a new University of Georgia study has found. – University of Georgia Energy Economics Dino-Killing Asteroid's Impact on Bird Evolution Human activities could change the pace of evolution, similar to what occurred 66 million years ago when a giant asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, leaving modern birds as their only descendants. That's one conclusion drawn by the authors of a new stud... – Cornell University Systematic Biology, July 2017 High-Speed Movie Aids Scientists Who Design Glowing Molecules In a recent experiment conducted at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a research team used bright, ultrafast X-ray pulses from SLAC’s X-ray free-electron laser to create a high-speed movie of a fluorescent protein i... – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Nature Chemistry, 11 September 2017 (10.1038/nchem.2853) Tackling Air Pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa The University of Portsmouth is helping to tackle air pollution and its harmful effects in Sub-Saharan Africa. – University of Portsmouth Pew! Pew! Curiosity’s ChemCam Zaps a Half Million Martian Rocks Late Tuesday, the ChemCam instrument that sits atop NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover fired its 500,000th shot at a Martian rock. – Los Alamos National Laboratory Sensing Their Way to the Future The Northwestern Institute of Science and Engineering this summer offered its inaugural summer research program for 12 undergraduate science and engineering majors. During the 10-week program, the students worked on projects of mutual strategic impor... – Argonne National Laboratory From Self-Folding Robots to Computer Vision From self-folding robots, to robotic endoscopes, to better methods for computer vision and object detection, researchers at the University of California San Diego have a wide range of papers and workshop presentations at the International Conference ... – University of California San Diego From Science to Finance: SLAC Summer Interns Forge New Paths in STEM Internships at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have a way of opening surprising doors to the future. – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Missouri S&T Receives Federal Support for Early-Stage Research Into Tapping “Citizen Scientists” to Collect Water Quality Data Picture teams of smartphone-toting citizen scientists, poised to collect water samples and test for contaminants thanks to a user-friendly app that can crowdsource rapid responders to mobilize the next time a public water system is at risk. Resear... – Missouri University of Science and Technology Scott Montgomery Makes Case for Nuclear Power in New Book 'Seeing the Light' Nuclear power is not merely an energy option for the future, geoscientist Scott L. Montgomery writes in his new book, it is a life-saving and essential way for the world to provide energy and avoid "carbon and climate failure." – University of Washington Los Alamos Gains Role in High-Performance Computing for Materials Program A new high-performance computing initiative announced this week by the U.S. Department of Energy will help U.S. industry accelerate the development of new or improved materials for use in severe environments. – Los Alamos National Laboratory PPPL Physicist Francesca Poli Named ITER Scientist Fellow Article describes new ITER Scientist Fellow. – Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Lifestyle & Social Sciences In the Middle East, Two-Thirds Get News on Social Media; Less Than Half Trust it Trust in the news media is high across the Middle East, but significantly less so on social media, according to the fifth annual survey of media use and public opinion by Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q). – Northwestern University Full Report UChicago Medicine research finds gaps in measures screening for hunger in hospitals American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines for screening hospital patients or their caregivers to see if they have enough food missed a quarter of people living in “food insecure” households, according to research by the University of Chicag... – University of Chicago Medical Center Standing Tall: UVA Darden First Year Launches Mission-Driven Sock Business Dan and Mike Friedman launched their business, Tall Order, which offers fashionable socks for plus-sized feet. The other, more somber impetus behind the launch is the desire to commemorate the legacy of their father, Andrew, who was working at the Wo... – University of Virginia Darden School of Business Texas Tech University Research Facility Going to the Dogs The Canine Olfaction Laboratory at the Texas Tech research farm near New Deal gives professors and students hands-on opportunities working with pooches – Texas Tech University Law School Podcast: Cannabis and the Law In the 14th episode of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Planet Lex podcast series, host Dean Daniel Rodriguez talks to Charlie Bachtell, CEO of Cresco Labs, and Northwestern Law alumna Dina Rollman, chief counsel at Green Thumb Industries (GTI... Expert Available – Northwestern University National Endowment for Humanities Awards Professor Laurie Arnold $138,662 Grant SPOKANE, Wash. – The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Laurie Arnold, assistant professor of history and director of Gonzaga University’s Native American Studies program, a $138,662 grant to host a Summer Institute for faculty dev... – Gonzaga University Showcasing Innovative Architectural Design New work from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture that explores sustainable building practices, new design and fabrication strategies, architectural acoustics, and the integration of new technologies will be showcased at the W... – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Business News Smart Staffers: Why Educated Areas Are Good for Business The key to a thriving business may be the educational level of non-executive employees, according to new University of Georgia research. – University of Georgia Journal of Accounting and Economics UPMC Invests in Private Rome Hospital, Plans Expansion of Specialized Services UPMC has taken a 50 percent stake in Salvator Mundi International Hospital and will expand specialized services. – Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh