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Medical News New Research Highlights Importance of Melanoma Prevention, Early Detection On average, one person dies of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, every hour. Because this disease can affect anyone, everyone should take steps to reduce their risk and catch melanoma in its earliest stages, when it’s most treatable. – American Academy of Dermatology 2017 AAD Annual Meeting Embargo expired on 03-Mar-2017 at 07:00 ET Timing of Anti-Donor Antibody Responses Affects the Survival of Kidney Transplants • Kidney rejection initiated by antibodies that were present before transplantation is linked with a better outcome that rejection due to antibodies that arise after transplantation. – American Society of Nephrology (ASN) 10.1681/ASN.2016070797 Embargo expired on 02-Mar-2017 at 17:00 ET Social Rejection by Those Closest to You Can Lead to Subsequent Drinking The need to belong and experience social connections is a fundamental human characteristic. Prior research has shown that social rejection is linked to increases in negative emotions, distress, and hostility. This study examined the impact of social ... – Research Society on Alcoholism Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Embargo expired on 02-Mar-2017 at 17:00 ET Study Finds New Mechanism to Control Information Flow in the Brain Specialized nerve cells, known as somatostatin-expressing (Sst) interneurons, in the outer part of the mammalian brain (or cerebral cortex) — play a key role in controlling how information flows in the brain when it is awake and alert. This is the ... – NYU Langone Medical Center Embargo expired on 02-Mar-2017 at 14:00 ET Learn the Language of Skin Care Labels When it comes to skin care product labels, people shouldn’t necessarily believe everything they read. – American Academy of Dermatology 2017 AAD Annual Meeting Embargo expired on 03-Mar-2017 at 07:00 ET New Treatment Option Shows Promise for Skin and Hair Conditions Alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis and vitiligo are highly visible dermatologic conditions that can have a negative effect on patients’ quality of life and overall health. An emerging treatment option, however, could provide effective therapy... – American Academy of Dermatology 2017 AAD Annual Meeting Embargo expired on 03-Mar-2017 at 07:00 ET Attitude, Lifestyle May Contribute to Skin Cancer Risk Among Latinos It's important for Latino patients to understand their skin cancer risk, take steps to protect themselves and conduct regular skin self-exams. – American Academy of Dermatology 2017 AAD Annual Meeting Embargo expired on 03-Mar-2017 at 07:00 ET Take Precautions Against Pesky Plants, Insects While poison ivy is probably the most well-known hazardous plant, there are a multitude of other plants, as well as many insects, that can irritate your skin. – American Academy of Dermatology 2017 AAD Annual Meeting Embargo expired on 03-Mar-2017 at 07:00 ET Slow the Signs of Aging With Sun Protection While some individuals may believe tanning makes them more beautiful, this habit can actually damage their skin in the long run. Ultraviolet radiation from the sun and indoor tanning beds can not only increase one’s skin cancer risk but... – American Academy of Dermatology 2017 AAD Annual Meeting Embargo expired on 03-Mar-2017 at 07:00 ET UTHealth Receives $2.4 Million Grant to Drive Action-Oriented Research on Healthier Cities The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has awarded a three-year, $2.4 million grant to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) to create the Healthy Cities Research Hub: Exploring Drivers of Diabetes and Other Chronic D... – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Embargo expired on 02-Mar-2017 at 09:30 ET A Probiotic Combination Might Curb Allergy Symptoms As we head into allergy season, you may feel less likely to grab a hanky and sneeze. UF/IFAS research shows a probiotic combination might help reduce hay fever symptoms. – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Can Math Help Explain Our Bodies – and Our Diseases? The incredible complexity of how genes, proteins and cells interact to create tissue drives the work of biomedical scientists around the world. Now, a pair of mathematicians has introduced a new way of thinking about these concepts that may help set ... – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan PNAS, February 14, 2017 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1621145114 UTHealth Part of Unprecedented NHLBI Grant to Bring Adult Whole Genome Sequencing to Clinical Space The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), in collaboration with the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine (HGSC), is a participant in a $500 million program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Ins... – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Horseback Riding Interventions Have Therapeutic Benefits for People with Disabilities Physical activities incorporating horseback riding can help to improve strength, balance, and other outcomes for children and adults with a range of neuromotor, developmental, and physical disabilities, according to a report in the American Journal o... – Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Award Honors UTSW Research on Communication Between Bacteria and Humans UT Southwestern Medical Center microbiologist Dr. Neal Alto has been named a recipient of the 2017 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research for his work on interspecies communication between disease-causing bacteria and the humans they infect. – UT Southwestern Medical Center Opioid Pain Medications May Affect Liver Transplant Patients’ Survival Researchers report that the use of opioid pain medications may play a significant role in patient outcomes following liver transplantation. – Saint Louis University Medical Center Liver Transplantation Researchers Report First Known Case of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in Patient with No Known Head Trauma Researchers at Toronto Western Hospital’s Canadian Concussion Centre (CCC) have discovered the presence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain of a deceased patient with no known history of traumatic brain injury or concussion, the ... – University Health Network (UHN) International Journal of Pathology and Research, March-2017 Ohio’s Medicaid Expansion Boosts Health, Finances Ohio’s 2014 Medicaid expansion improved health and financial benefits for hundreds of thousands of low-income Ohioans, according to an assessment supported by RTI International. – RTI International Study Finds Not All Women Get Appropriate Care for Cervical Cancer Fewer than three out of five women with cervical cancer received guideline-based care, a new study finds. For black and Hispanic women, it’s just over half, which could help explain why cervical cancer outcomes tend to be worse for these women. – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan Obstetrics & Gynecology Sex Differences in Brain Activity Alter Pain Therapies A female brain’s resident immune cells are more active in regions involved in pain processing relative to males, according to a recent study by Georgia State University researchers. – Georgia State University Journal of Neuroscience A Hot Cup of Attention Tempered with Chocolate, Please Deep down, we always knew it, but science is proving that cocoa and caffeine are indeed the best marriage ever. Researchers examined the acute effects of brewed cocoa consumption on attention, motivation to perform cognitive work and feelings of anxi... – Clarkson University BMC Nutrition, 13 Jan 2017 Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Make Independence at Home Permanent Program Serving some of our nation’s most vulnerable elders, the Independence at Home (IAH) Medicare demonstration is a targeted, proven, bipartisan success backed by decades of evidence and offers the promise of significant savings if converted from a dem... – American Academy of Home Care Medicine The Medical Minute: Are You at Increased Risk for Colorectal Cancer? Most people know doctors recommend a colonoscopy at age 50 to screen for colorectal cancers. What they might not know is that earlier screening may be necessary if they have a family history of colorectal cancer or other diseases. – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Ohio State First in U.S. To Test New Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure A Whitehall, Ohio man is the first in the U.S. to undergo a new treatment designed to remove excess fluid from hospitalized patients suffering from congestive heart failure. The trial procedure occurred last week at The Ohio State University Ross Hea... – Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Call for Nurses to Employ Ethical Framework to Practice and Professionalism During New Administration’s Policy Adjustments Article petitions nurses to turn to the profession’s founding ethical frameworks and principles in order to shape care and emerging policies. As advocates for quality, safety, and access to care, nurses have an ethical obligation to address issues... – New York University Earth’s Viral Diversity Unveiled New publicly available database of DNA viruses and retroviruses debuts. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Nucleic Acids Research 4(D1), D507-D516 (2017). [DOI:10.1093/nar/gkw929]; Nucleic Acids Research 45(D1), D446-D456 (2017). [DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw992]; Nucleic Acids Research 45(D1), D457-D465 (2017). [DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1030]... What to Ask Your Doctor When Getting a Colonoscopy When scheduling a screening colonoscopy, a patient should ask the physician's adenoma detection rate. – Loyola University Health System Surviving Prostate Cancer Through Advanced Diagnostics and Robot-Assisted Technology Marc Bjurlin, DO, (right) director of urologic oncology at NYU Lutheran Medical Center, used state-of-the-art technology to help patient Mikhail Kurbesov beat prostate cancer. – NYU Lutheran Medical Center Grant Supports Research of Neurocognitive Disorders Associated with HIV Increased longevity of those living with HIV means dealing with related health issues, including dementia and other cognition-related problems. An NIH grant supports development of interventions, treatments to improve everyday functioning, and qualit... – University of Alabama at Birmingham Cleveland Takes New Steps to Tackle “Superbugs” Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center are teaming up to take on the rising problem of antibiotic resistance. – Case Western Reserve University Caring for the Caregiver During cancer treatment, the main focus is on the patient. However, a cancer diagnosis affects the entire family, including caregivers, whose needs often can be overlooked. During this Social Work Month, members of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Je... Expert Available – Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Leading Non-Profit Health Insurer Alerts EU Health Ministers on EDCs The International Association of Mutual Benefit Societies (AIM) wrote to EU health ministers on Friday to urge them to take "proper action" on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). – Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) NYU's Cohen Military Family Clinic and VA NY Harbor Healthcare Partner on Mental Health for Veterans and Families Seeking to further enhance mental health services for veterans and their families, the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic (MFC) at NYU Langone and VA New York Harbor Healthcare System (VANYHHS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing the... – NYU Langone Medical Center Penn Nursing Professor Linda Aiken, PhD, to Be Awarded International Council of Nurses’ Highest Honor Linda H. Aiken, PhD, FAAN, FRCN, RN, the Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor in Nursing, Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing), a... – University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Cows May Offer Clues to Improving Fertility in Women A Michigan State University researcher has received a $1.65 million grant that looks to bring a better understanding about fertility treatments in women by studying the effect of hormones on ovulation and reproduction in cows. – Michigan State University University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Dr. Stephen Davis Receives Top Clinical Research Award From State Physician’s Group Stephen Davis, MBBS, FRCP, MACP, the Theodore E. Woodward Endowed Chair and the Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM); Director of the General Clinical Research Center and the C... – University of Maryland School of Medicine Science News Most Complex Nanoparticle Crystal Ever Made by Design The most complex crystal designed and built from nanoparticles has been reported by researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan. The work demonstrates that some of nature’s most complicated structures can be deliberately a... – Northwestern University Science, March 3, 2017 Embargo expired on 02-Mar-2017 at 14:00 ET Methodology for Life-Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Building Structures The design of new structures, as well as the retrofit strategies of existing buildings, have become the preferential target of contemporary engineers and architects for achieving sustainability goals in the construction industry. – American Concrete Institute (ACI) ACI Structural Journal April/May 2017 Study Sheds New Light on How Species Extinction Affects Complex Ecosystems Research by the University of Southampton has found that methods used to predict the effect of species extinction on ecosystems could be producing inaccurate results. This is because current thinking assumes that when a species vanishes, its role wit... – University of Southampton Scientific Reports Water-Repellent Nanotextures Found to Have Excellent Anti-Fogging Abilities Nanotextures inspired by cone-shaped structures found on the surface of cicada wings could inform new designs for materials prone to fogging, such as car and aircraft windshields. – Brookhaven National Laboratory Nature Materials, 27 Feb. 2017 Researchers Can Predict Terrorist Behaviors with More Than 90% Accuracy Government agencies cannot always use social media and telecommunication to uncover the intentions of terrorists as terrorists are now more careful in utilizing these technologies for planning and preparing for attacks. A new framework developed by r... – Binghamton University, State University of New York Expert Systems with Applications, Feb-2017 Story Tips From the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2017 Rapid prototyping aids small manufacturer; accelerated method could separate CO2 from flue gases; EBM technique controls microstructure, locates properties in 3-D printed parts; open-source, user-friendly software monitors, controls energy use; drone... – Oak Ridge National Laboratory Novel Calculator More Easily Identifies Patients Who Will Benefit From Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation • Team creates calculator to guide treatment choice in esophageal cancer • Tool helps identify which patients may benefit from treatment before surgery • Patients with advanced, aggressive tumors often good pretreatment candidates – Roswell Park Cancer Institute UAB Study Shows Link Between Microbiome in the Gut and Parkinson’s A new study from researchers at the UAB shows that Parkinson’s disease, and medications to treat Parkinson’s, have distinct effects on the composition of the trillions of bacteria that make up the gut microbiome. – University of Alabama at Birmingham Movement Disorders Open Cup Bird Nests Evolved From Roofed Nests, Study Suggests Birds exhibit an astonishing variety of nest designs, and in no group is this variety more striking than in the passerines. – St. Mary's College of Maryland Proceedings of the Royal Society B Life and the Art of Physics “The laws of life,” a feature article in the March issue of Physics Today, available at http://physicstoday.scitation.org/journal/pto, is a stimulating exploration of how fundamental and universal principles of physics shape life and its success.... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) What Global Climate Change May Mean for Leaf Litter in Streams and Rivers Carbon emissions to the atmosphere from streams and rivers are expected to increase as warmer water temperatures stimulate faster rates of organic matter breakdown. But a new study led by University of Utah researcher Jennifer J. Follstad Shah, in co... – University of Utah How to Fix Blinking Light-Emitting Nanoparticles Scientists identified defects responsible for detrimental blinking that limits nanoparticle use in LEDs, solar cells, and lasers. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Nanoscale 7, 3737 (2015). [DOI: 10.1039/c4nr06376g] New Molecule Predicted That Could Make Safer Batteries Computer-designed molecular complex can be used in halogen-free electrolytes for batteries with superior performance. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55, 3704 (2016). [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600275] New Thin Membranes Can Self-Repair Following Damage Separating chemicals is vital to manufacturing, water quality, and more. The relatively thick nature and inefficiency of separation techniques increases energy use. Scientists reconfigured thin films precisely to produce valuable materials by design.... – Department of Energy, Office of Science Advanced Functional Materials (2016). [DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201602365] Separation of Electron’s Intrinsic Properties Revealed Disentanglement reveals exotic magnetic properties in a ytterbium-based compound. The discovery provides yet another magnetic property that could be harnessed. These properties could aid in new approaches to high-performance computing and energy-effi... – Department of Energy, Office of Science Science 352, 1206 (2016). [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf0981] How to Achieve Unconventional Superconductivity in a Heavy-Electron Metal Microscopic understanding offers fresh directions for discovering new materials to transmit energy without loss. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, 11663 (2014). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1409444111] Faculty to Share Helpful Information at UF/IFAS Urban Landscape Summit Water conservation will be one of many topics at this year’s UF/IFAS Urban Landscape Conference, scheduled for March 16-17 in Gainesville, Florida. Protecting the water Floridians will need for the 15 million additional residents projected to live ... – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Exploring the Evolution of Nuclear Deterrence Through Interviews, Historical Footage Sandia National Laboratories explores the evolution of nuclear deterrence in a new documentary that combines modern and historical footage with a wide range of interviews. On Deterrence features interviews with former secretaries of defense, gener... – Sandia National Laboratories Evaluating Nuclear Weapons: Sandia Labs Taking a Modern Approach Sandia National Laboratories is transforming how it assesses nuclear weapons in a stockpile made up of weapons at different stages in their lifecycles — some systems that have existed for decades alongside those that have undergone life extension p... – Sandia National Laboratories Ion–Electron Collisions Can Heal Material Defects Bombarding a material with high-energy charged atoms heals, rather than damages, the atomic structure, which could lead to longer-lasting components for extreme environments. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Nature Communications 6, 8049 (2015). [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9049] Professor Wins MIPS Award for Research Innovation Assistant Professor of Chemistry Troy Townsend will be working closely with Solar Tech Inc., a Maryland-based startup company, to develop a proof-of-concept process to print low-cost and lightweight solar modules. – St. Mary's College of Maryland Sugar Hitches a Ride on Sea Spray Sticky molecules hop aboard oily floaters and may influence the amount of sunlight reflected by marine clouds. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Geophysical Research Letters 43(15), 8306-8313 (2016). [DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069070] Professor Collaborates on Research of Dryland Mosses Assistant Professor of Biology Kirsten Deane-Coe investigates the drivers of diversity in an ecologically important clade of dryland mosses. – St. Mary's College of Maryland Argonne Hosts 15th Annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day IGED is a diversity outreach program designed to provide 8th-grade girls an opportunity to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers. Students are assigned to engineer and scientist mentors who accompany the girls th... – Argonne National Laboratory Wheat in the EU28 This infographic presents the latest numbers of wheat production, yield, cultivated area, value and consumption in the European Union. – International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium Khodakovskaya Co-Edits Book on Benefits of Nanotechnology for Crops University of Arkansas at Little Rock Biology Professor Mariya Khodakovskaya, her collaborators, and her graduate students are among a handful of scientists around the world pioneering research on the potential benefits of nanotechnology for crops. T... Expert Available – University of Arkansas at Little Rock Voice Technology Education at Johns Hopkins Gets a Boost From Amazon Amazon has named the Johns Hopkins University among the first four schools to receive support from the Alexa Fund Fellowship, a new program designed to encourage advances in voice communication between people andmachines. – Johns Hopkins University Amazon Blog Post about the The Alexa Fund Fellowship Lifestyle & Social Sciences To Improve Our Political Climate, Change the Questions We Ask Our fractured political climate in the United States might be made worse by how we approach difficult problems, researchers say in the journal Science.A team of political scientists suggests rather than asking citizens “What do you want,” questio... – Ohio State University Science Embargo expired on 02-Mar-2017 at 14:00 ET Dog Walkers Want Their Dogs to Enjoy the Chance to Be ‘Dog-Like’ and Free on Walks Dog walkers want their dogs to have fun, freedom and space to enact their ‘dog-ness’ when they go for a walk, a new study from Leeds Beckett University shows. – Leeds Beckett University New Study to Examine How Home Visits Can Improve Teacher Effectiveness and Student Outcomes Through a new study awarded by Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV), a national nonprofit, education researchers from RTI International will study how home visits affect teachers’ perceptions of their students’ families, and how these perceptions ma...

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