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MITRA-MANDAL                         NEWSWISE Medical News Six Years After USPSTF Childhood Obesity Treatment Recommendations, Most Children Still Do Not Get Evidence-Based Obesity Care Six years following the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation that clinicians screen and treat (or refer) children age six and older for obesity, most U.S. children still do not receive evidence-based care for obesity. – Obesity Society Obesity, Jan-2017 Embargo expired on 07-Dec-2016 at 00:00 ET UCLA Researchers Uncover New Evidence Linking Inflammation and Increased Prostate Cancer Risk UCLA researchers have discovered a previously unrecognized type of progenitor cell that, though rare in most regions of the human prostate, is found in uncommonly high numbers in inflamed areas of the gland. These progenitor cells have the ability to... – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences Embargo expired on 06-Dec-2016 at 12:00 ET Controlling Risk of C. Diff Saves Lives, Prevents Infection and Reduces Health Care Costs The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently awarded a $2.4 million grant to study a theory that could prevent thousands of C. difficile infections, relapses and deaths all over the world. Beaumont Health has developed a medical animation ... – Beaumont Health Embargo expired on 07-Dec-2016 at 08:00 ET Study Shows Blood Products Unaffected by Drone Trips In what is believed to be the first proof-of-concept study of its kind, Johns Hopkins researchers have determined that large bags of blood products, such as those transfused into patients every day, can maintain temperature and cellular integrity whi... – Johns Hopkins Medicine Transfusion Endocrine Society Mourns the Passing of Dr. P. Michael Conn The Endocrine Society leadership is saddened to announce that valued friend and colleague P. Michael Conn, PhD, MS, died on November 26, 2016. Conn served as President of the Endocrine Society from June 1996 to June 1997. – Endocrine Society "Pulling" Bacteria Out of Blood Magnets instead of antibiotics could provide a possible new treatment method for blood infection. This involves the blood of patients being mixed with magnetic iron particles, which bind the bacteria to them after which they are removed from the bloo... – Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Journal of Materials Chemistry B Price Point - Patients Who Choose Doctors with Low Office Visit Prices Save Hundreds of Dollars Per Year on Overall Health Care Patients who choose primary care doctors with low office visit prices can rack up considerable savings on overall health care costs according to new research from Harvard Medical School. The report, published Dec. 5 in the December issue of the journ... – Harvard Medical School Inactive Lifestyle Linked to Ozone-Related Lung Disease An inactive lifestyle may increase the risk of environmentally induced asthma symptoms. In a new study, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency researchers found that sedentary rats exposed to varying degrees of ozone, a type of air pollution, had highe... – American Physiological Society (APS) Hispanic Adults with Diabetes Could Benefit From Peer Support Interventions Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine examined the effectiveness of peer support interventions and found that the interventions were effective at improving the blood sugar levels of participants from minority groups, especially... – University of Missouri Health How to Turn White Fat Brown Researchers found that the browning program in white fat cells is normally suppressed by a protein called FLCN. It performs this function in cooperation with a major cellular signaling hub, a protein complex known as mTOR. Harnessing this knowledge m... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania T32GM007592, GM51405, HL121266, DK098656, AG043483, DK107667, HL094499 Nomads No More, Leatherback Turtles Find Permanent Coastal Home – Endangered leatherback sea turtles are known for their open-ocean migratory nature and nomadic foraging habits – traveling thousands of miles. But a Cornell University naturalist and his colleagues have discovered an area along the Mozambique c... – Cornell University Researchers Find New Biomarker for Brain Cancer Prognosis Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a new biomarker for glioma, a common type of brain cancer, that can help doctors determine how aggressive a cancer is and that could eventually help determine the best course of treatment. – UT Southwestern Medical Center EBiomedicine, Oct-2016 Blood-Brain Barrier on a Chip Sheds New Light on “Silent Killer” The blood-brain barrier is a network of specialized cells that surrounds the arteries and veins within the brain. It forms a unique gateway that both provides brain cells with the nutrients they require and protects them from potentially harmful comp... – Vanderbilt University Journal of Neuroinflammation (in press) Researchers Study Watermelon's Effect on Blood Vessels University of Alabama researchers are recruiting for a 10-week study to see how watermelon impacts blood vessel function. – University of Alabama UC San Diego Health Prioritizes Patient Experience with iPad and Apple TV Patients at the newly opened Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health can be in command of their own experience by controlling room temperature, lighting, accessing their personal medical information, details on their patient care team and entert... – University of California San Diego Health Sciences Don’t Let Stress Make a Mess of Your Holidays Dr. Jennifer Caudle offers tips to beat holiday stress and a reminder of the only two things you absolutely need to remember to do this season. – Rowan University Mayo Clinic announces 2016 Distinguished Alumni Awards Kai-Nan An, Ph.D., Albert Czaja, M.D., James Eisenach, M.D., and David Feliciano, M.D., have been named recipients of the 2016 Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni Award. The award honors individuals who exemplify Mayo Clinic’s ideals and mission. The ... – Mayo Clinic Mount Sinai’s The Arnhold Institute for Global Health and United Nations Office Release Joint Report on the Essential Role of Community Health Workers in the United States The Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Health in Agenda 2030 and for Malaria today released a special report detailing why co... – Mount Sinai School of Medicine Medical Ethicists Urge Caution in Teaching High Value Care Writing in JAMA, medical ethics Matthew DeCamp, MD PhD, and Kevin Riggs, MD, MPH, call for an “unwavering focus on the primacy of patient welfare,” in integrating the concept of high-value care (HVC) in medical education curricula. – Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics JAMA. 2016;316(21):2189-2190. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.17488 Judge Barbara S. Jones Joins Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Board of Directors The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research extends a warm welcome to Barbara S. Jones, the newest member of our Board of Directors. – Ludwig Cancer Research Queen’s University Belfast Expert Leading €4m Bid to Reduce Impact of Chemicals on Long-Term Health A Queen’s University Belfast expert is leading a €4m international initiative to investigate whether natural toxins and manmade chemicals are creating potentially dangerous mixtures that affect our natural hormones and cause major illnesses such ... – Queen's University Belfast Mount Sinai and CityMD Announce New Partnership Innovative collaboration will enhance quality and access to urgent care services and specialty care – Mount Sinai Health System Streck Announces European Patent for Blood Collection Tubes The patent relates to the use of Streck’s proprietary Cell-Free DNA BCT CE product for the collection of samples to analyze fetal nucleic acid for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). – Streck Virginia Mason Named a Top U.S. Hospital for 11th Straight Year SEATTLE – (Dec. 6, 2016) – For the 11th consecutive year, The Leapfrog Group today named Virginia Mason a Top Hospital based on its evaluation of quality and safety at medical centers across the nation. – Virginia Mason Medical Center Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Faculty Sarah Szanton Receives Gerontological Society of America Award Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing professor, has been awarded the 2016 Senior Service American Senior Scholar Award for Research Related to Disadvantaged Older Adults, given by the Gerontological Society of America (GS... – Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Mount Sinai Establishes 3D Printing Services for Clinicians and Researchers 3D printing team will cater to unique modeling requests with quick turnaround times and costs far below market levels. – Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai Launches First Ever HPV-Associated Oral and Throat Cancer Course on Coursera Platform CME-Accredited Course Addresses the Growing Epidemic, Diagnosis, and Treatment – Mount Sinai Health System UTHealth Launches Nutrition Education Program with $1 Million Gift Laura Moore, M.Ed., R.D., L.D., and her husband Don Sanders have donated $1 million to support a first-of-its-kind nutrition education program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). UTHealth fully matched the gift as... – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to Expand Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Evaluation of Cardiac Cell Therapy After Winning $7.3 Million California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Grant Researchers from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and the Cedars-Sinai Department of Medicine are expanding their ongoing evaluation of a novel cell-based therapeutic candidate into the area of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This work will be... – Cedars-Sinai Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, FACP, Named Chair of American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer PHILADELPHIA—Internationally recognized oncologist Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, FACP, a professor of Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine and deputy director for clinical services of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, ... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Science News Improving the Resolution of Lithography A team of researchers in Korea has demonstrated the use of a wobulation technique to enhance the resolution of flow lithography produced nanostructures. – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Applied Physics Letters Embargo expired on 06-Dec-2016 at 11:00 ET Uncovering the Secrets of Water and Ice as Materials Water is vital to life on Earth, yet from a scientific point of view, much remains unknown about water and its many solid phases, which display a plethora of unusual properties and so-called anomalies that, while central to water’s chemical and bio... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Detailed crystallographic analysis of the ice VI to ice XV hydrogen ordering phase transition; The Journal of Chemical Physics The Fast Neutron Spectrometer Now Aboard the ISS; Timing the Shadow of a Potentially Habitable Extrasolar Planet; Researchers Propose Low-Mass Supernova Triggered Formation of Our Solar System, and More in the Space News Source The latest in space and astronomy in the Space News Source – Newswise Ban on Triclosan Shows Need for New Chemicals to Demonstrate Efficacy and Safety A new commentary cautions that the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on triclosan and 18 other biocidal chemicals that promote antibiotic resistance is only a starting point. Triclosan’s long-term impact, as well the risks substitute chemicals ... – Tufts University Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy NDSU Researcher Awarded $1.89 Million Grant for Alzheimer’s Study Jagdish Singh, chair and professor of pharmaceutical sciences at North Dakota State University, is receiving a $1.89 million grant award for his research to develop a nanotechnology-based system that effectively delivers Nerve Growth Factor across th... – North Dakota State University Iowa State Scientist Uses Clam Shells to Help Build 1,000-Year Record of Ocean Climate Scientists -- including Iowa State's Alan Wanamaker -- have sorted and studied thousands of clam shells to build a 1,000-year record of ocean conditions and climate changes at a spot just off North Iceland. – Iowa State University Nature Communications, Dec. 6 Global Habitat Loss Still Rampant Across Much of the Earth As 196 signatory nations of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) meet this week in Cancun, Mexico, to discuss their progress towards averting the current biodiversity crisis, researchers from a range of universities and NGOs report in the int... – Wildlife Conservation Society Days of Record-Breaking Heat Ahead U.S. record high temps could outpace record lows by 15 to 1 before century's end – National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Predicting Unpredictability: Information Theory Offers New Way to Read Ice Cores A new technique based in information theory promises to improve researchers' ability to interpret ice core samples and our understanding of the earth's climate history. – Santa Fe Institute Put People at the Center of Conservation, New Study Advises People must be part of the equation in conservation projects to increase local support and effectiveness, according to a new study by the University of Washington and other institutions. – University of Washington Biological Conservation, Nov-2016 Bacterial Mechanism Converts Nitrogen to Greenhouse Gas Cornell Unviersity researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that helps convert nitrogen-based fertilizer into nitrous oxide, an ozone-depleting greenhouse gas. – Cornell University Wild Horse Overpopulation Is Causing Environmental Damage Most Americans envision healthy mustangs galloping free on the range when they think about the country's wild horse population. But UC Cooperative Extension rangeland advisor Laura Snell sees another image. – University of California - Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Are Barley Sprouts Good for Dairy Cattle? Dairy scientists are evaluating integrating sprouted barley grown indoors without soil, known are hydroponic feed, into the diets of dairy heifers and lactating cows. – South Dakota State University Second-Generation Stars Identified, Giving Clues About Their Predecessors University of Notre Dame astronomers have identified what they believe to be the second generation of stars, shedding light on the nature of the universe’s first stars. – University of Notre Dame NUS Scientist Prof Barry Halliwell to Chair Singapore's Biomedical Research Council Prominent research leader and biomedical scientist Professor Barry Halliwell will help to steer biomedical research efforts in Singapore at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) from 1 January 2017. – National University of Singapore Tulane Announces Five Finalists for $1 Million Dead Zone Challenge The National Advisory Committee for the Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge has selected five finalists for its $1 million cash prize, which will be awarded to the team that presents the best solution to combat hypoxia – the deadly deficiency of ox... – Tulane University Robotic Bridge Inspection, Preservation Is Focus of New Transportation Center Your commute to work may be smoother in the future, thanks to new federally funded research at Missouri University of Science and Technology. – Missouri University of Science and Technology Shreeve to Lead Science Education at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Evangelina Galvan Shreeve has been named PNNL’s new director of STEM Education and Outreach. – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory In a National First, UCI Injects Renewable Hydrogen Into Campus Power Supply Irvine, Calif., Dec. 6, 2016 — University of California, Irvine engineers have successfully implemented the first power-to-gas hydrogen pipeline injection project in the United States, demonstrating the use of excess clean electricity that would ot... – University of California, Irvine Lifestyle & Social Sciences New GW Battleground Poll: Public Opinion of Trump Improves; Voters Don’t Think He’ll Build a Wall at Mexican Border Donald Trump’s public image has notably improved since winning the presidency in November, according to the latest George Washington University Battleground Poll. – George Washington University Let Your Kids Lose When children are falsely successful at games and other challenges, it can lead them to ignore important information in and about the world around them, according to a new study by an Amherst College professor. – Amherst College Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Dec-2016 ‘I Find Peace There’: The Role of Spirituality in Treating Postpartum Depression in Mothers of Color Churches and other faith-based communities are an untapped resource that health-care providers should consider when suggesting treatment options for African-American and Latina mothers who have histories of postpartum depression (PPD), according to ... – University at Buffalo Mental Health, Religion & Culture Installation of 9-Foot-Tall Statue of American Indian Leonard Peltier at American University Museum Raises Awareness and Engagement Around Peltier’s Plight As part of a major clemency push by supporters in the final days of President Barack Obama’s presidency, a 9-foot-tall statue of American Indian Leonard Peltier will be installed at American University Museum to raise awareness for Peltier’s plig... – American University UNF Ranks Top 20 Nationally for Online Master’s in Nutrition Program The University of North Florida has been identified as having one of the top online Master’s in Nutrition programs in the nation by the Top Masters in Healthcare Administration, placing No. 7 in the Top 20 ranking. – University of North Florida Prof. Michael Greenstone to Lead Becker Friedman Institute Michael Greenstone, a leading economist and the Milton Friedman Professor at the University of Chicago, has been appointed director of the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics. – University of Chicago New Partnership to Connect Arabic Teachers From Across Chicago Northwestern University and Qatar Foundation International (QFI) are partnering in an Arabic teachers’ council that connects university-level educators with K-12 and private school teachers through a community of support and collaboration. – Northwestern University Body Unbound by Professor Jean-Paul Bourdier to Release in December Professor of Architecture Jean-Paul Bourdier is set to release his latest book of photography this month, the third in a series of books exploring natural landscapes joined with the human form. – UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design Ronald Rael to Publish New Book, Borderwall as Architecture Part biographical account of the physical barrier dividing the United States of America from the United Mexican States, Borderwall as Architecture is also a protest against the wall and a projection about its future through a series of propositions. ... – UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design