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Medical News Poll: Some Parents Forgo Car Seats, Other Safety Measures While Traveling But what some parents may not plan for ahead of vacation: accidental poisoning risks, gun safety and Uber rides. – University of Michigan Health System Mott Poll Report Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2016 at 00:00 ET Surgical Ablation Found to Be Effective in Reducing Atrial Fibrillation and Improving Quality of Life New clinical practice guidelines have been issued by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) that include major recommendations for the use of surgical ablation when treating atrial fibrillation (Afib), the most common type of irregular heartbeat. – The Society of Thoracic Surgeons The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2016 at 00:00 ET Gut Bacteria May Hold Key to Treating Autoimmune Disease Defects in the body’s regulatory T cells cause inflammation and autoimmune disease by altering the type of bacteria living in the gut, researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have discovered. The study, which will ... – The Rockefeller University Press The Journal of Experimental Medicine, January, 2017; R01AT007083 Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2016 at 09:00 ET Newly Identified Pathway in Mitochondria Fuels Tumor Progression Across Cancer Types Wistar Scientists identified a novel protein pathway across several types of cancer that controls how tumor cells acquire the energy necessary for movement, invasion and metastasis. – Wistar Institute P01 CA140043; R01 CA78810; CA190027; R01 CA089720; R01 NS076709; F32 CA177018; T32 CA009171 Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2016 at 05:00 ET Huntsman Cancer Institute Leads International Colorectal Study Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah will head an international study to find out how lifestyle and other health factors impact colon and rectal cancer outcomes. HCI was awarded an $8.8 million grant from the National Institutes ... – Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah U01CA206110; P30CA042014 Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2016 at 08:00 ET Bai Jiu: Chinese Moonshine Has High Ethanol and Acetaldehyde Levels Bai jiu (白酒) are distilled spirits made and used throughout rural China for everyday use and special occasions. Distillation of bai jiu is regulated lightly or not at all and nearly every town or village has a distiller. Little is known about the... – Research Society on Alcoholism Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Embargo expired on 16-Dec-2016 at 17:00 ET Cardiac Imaging Detects Serious Residual Septal Defects During Child Open Heart Surgery Using cardiac imaging during heart surgery can detect serious residual holes in the heart that may occur when surgeons repair a child’s heart defect, and offers surgeons the opportunity to close those holes during the same operation. Pediatric card... – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sept. 2016; HL007915 The Strange Effects of Thinking Healthy Food Is Costlier Consumers believe healthy food must be more expensive than cheap eats and that higher-priced food is healthier – even when there is no supporting evidence, according to new research. – Ohio State University Journal of Consumer Research New Biomarker Predicts Alzheimer’s Disease and Link to Diabetes Iowa State University researchers say higher levels of the enzyme, autotaxin, significantly predict memory impairment and Type 2 diabetes. The research published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease emphasizes the link between physical and mental he... – Iowa State University Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Moving Toward Universal Health Care Coverage: Exploring Policy Trends in Countries Rich and Poor The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) announced today the publication of a series of articles exploring trends in policy and methods regarding the country-specific provision of universal health care coverage. T... – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Value in Health, Dec-2016 The 'Angelina Jolie' Effect, Chinese Herbal Treatment Shows Signs of Effectiveness in Bone Marrow Recovery, Nanoparticles Could Be Used to Overcome Treatment-Resistant Breast Cancer, and More in the Cancer News Source Click here to go directly to the Cancer News Source – Newswise Stem Cell ‘Living Bandage’ for Knee Injuries Trialled in Humans A ‘living bandage’ made from stem cells, which could revolutionise the treatment and prognosis of a common sporting knee injury, has been trialled in humans for the first time by scientists at the Universities of Liverpool and Bristol. – University of Bristol Stem Cells Translational Medicine AMP Issues New Joint Guidelines to Standardize Interpretation and Reporting of Sequence Variants in Cancer AMP has published guideline recommendations for both clinical laboratory professionals and oncologists that assess the status of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based cancer tests and establish standardized classification, annotation, interpretation... – Association for Molecular Pathology New Bioinformatics Tool Tests Methods for Finding Mutant Genes That ‘Drive’ Cancer Computational scientists and cancer experts have devised bioinformatics software to evaluate how well current strategies distinguish cancer-promoting mutations from benign mutations in cancer cells. – Johns Hopkins University Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, Dec-13--2016; CA200266; CA180956-03; CA204817-01 ; CA62924 Home Visits Uncover Fuller Picture of Multiple Challenges Among Low-Income Adults with Asthma Nationally, the highest rates of asthma-related deaths and hospitalizations are among low-income minority adults, but most existing research doesn’t focus on these patients. In particular, studies may not investigate patients where they live, in co... – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Dec. 2016 New Glasses May Help Minimize Peripheral Vision Loss Vision scientists may have discovered how to reduce pedestrian collisions in crowded and chaotic open space environments like bus terminals, shopping malls and city plazas involving individuals with partial blindness. Researchers have determined from... – Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Journal of Vision December 2016, Vol.16, 5. doi:10.1167/16.15.5 Early Surgery Increases Risk of Death for Some Uterine Cancer Patients, Penn Study Finds Delaying surgery after a diagnosis of uterine cancer can increase a women’s risk of death, but operating too soon can be just as detrimental for some, Penn Medicine physicians report in a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics an... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology December 2016 Health and Wellness Tips Health and wellness tips about preventing blood shortages, cardiorespiratory fitness check-up, and avoid holiday heart syndrome. – UT Southwestern Medical Center Blood Flow Modeling Sparks Passion for Biomedical Engineering Modeling blood flow through a stent graft put graduate student John Asiruwa on the path to a career in biomedical engineering, doing work that “can be life changing for patients.” – South Dakota State University Mental Health a La Mode: Student Podcast Emphasizes Emotional Well Being Mental health awareness and French vanilla ice cream are two passions of senior television-radio major Michayla Savitt, creator and host of “The Scoop on Mental Health,” a podcast where Savitt and guests discuss mental health issues over ice crea... – Ithaca College New Trial Hopes to Increase Survival for Kids With Cancer, Reduce Risk of Long Term Cardiac Damage Imagine conquering childhood cancer, only to find out that years down the road your heart may fail. Unfortunately, many children who have battled cancer face this reality. While often lifesaving, the effects of chemotherapy treatment (drugs that kill... – Seattle Children's Hospital Keeping the Holidays Healthy The holidays are a time for family, fun and happiness. They are usually spent with the ones we love reflecting on the past year and feeling grateful. However, even with all the joy, the holidays can cause quite a large amount of stress. Whether it be... Expert Available – Johns Hopkins Medicine Pinnaclehealth Breast Care Center Re-Accredited by National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) The PinnacleHealth Breast Care Center has received three-year re-accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. The NAPBC represents a consortium of national... – PinnacleHealth High Nursing Engagement Scores at Mount Sinai Queens Demonstrate Commitment to High Quality, Safety Nursing staff at Mount Sinai Queens scored higher than the national average in a nursing engagement study of 245 nurses conducted by Press Ganey, an organization that uses data to improve the patient experience. Mount Sinai Queens earned superior sco... – Mount Sinai Health System Providence Medical Technology Announces New Equity Financing of $10.5 Million /PRNewswire/ -- Providence Medical Technology, Inc., an innovator in tissue-sparing, cervical-fusion technology, today announced the closing of $10.5 million in new equity financing for the company. The proceeds will be used to further commercialize... – Providence Medical Technology Research Team Led by BIDMC’s Robert Gerszten, MD, Receives $11 Million NIH Grant to Study Molecular Changes Linked to Exercise and Physical Activity A research team led by Robert Gerszten, MD, Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and a Senior Associate Member of the Broad Institute, has received an award of more than $11 million as part of the Molecula... – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Science News Space Telescope Science Institute to Host Data from World’s Largest Digital Sky Survey Data from the world's largest digital sky survey, Pan-STARRS1, is being publicly released today by the Space Telescope Science Institute, in conjunction with the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. The four years of data comprise 3 billion ... – Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) STScI's Pan-STARRS1 Public Archive Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2016 at 08:00 ET Early Life Social Stress Has Long-Term Impact on Brain Networks in Rats Investigators in veterinary and human medicine have uncovered long-term changes in the brains of adult female rats exposed to social stresses early in life, with the biggest impact on regions of the brain linked to social behavior, stress, emotion an... – Tufts University Behavioural Brain Research, Jan-2017; NICHD R00 HD059943; NIH S10 OD018132-01 New Approach to Water Splitting Could Improve Hydrogen Production A team of researchers from Missouri University of Science and Technology and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece have demonstrated a more efficient, less cost-prohibitive way to split water into its elements of hydrogen and oxyge... – Missouri University of Science and Technology ChemSusChem 2016, 9, 3128 Switching of Quantum Bits, Lunar Sonic Booms, A New Way to Trap Dangerous Gases, and MORE in the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIP Click here to go directly to the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIP. – Newswise Observations of 2015 India/Pakistan Heat Waves, Warming Could Slow Upslope Migration of Trees, Exciting New Creatures Discovered on Ocean Floor, and More in the Environmental Science News Source The latest research on the environment in the Environmental Science News Source – Newswise The Hidden Side of Sulfur Synthetic organic chemistry consists of transforming existing molecules into new molecular structures or assemblies. These new molecular systems are then used in a myriad of ways in everyday life - in a wide range of sectors, such as public health, e... – Université de Genève (University of Geneva) Angewandte Chemie Scientists Boost Catalytic Activity for Key Chemical Reaction in Fuel Cells New catalysts containing platinum and lead could improve the efficiency of fuel cells—a promising technology for producing clean energy. – Brookhaven National Laboratory Science, Science Vol 354, Issue 6318 16 December 2016 What Makes Influential Science? Telling a Good Story Researchers from the University of Washington have found that scientific papers written in a more narrative style were more influential among peer-reviewed studies in the climate change literature. Their results were published Dec. 15 in the journal ... – University of Washington PLOS ONE, Dec-2016 Many Muons: Imaging the Underground with Help From the Cosmos Alain Bonneville, a geophysicist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will present details on the muon detector and the comparative field tests at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco. His talk is Thursday, December 15, 2... – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Brookhaven Lab's Yimei Zhu Named AAAS Fellow Brookhaven senior physicist and group leader Yimei Zhu uses electron microscopy to understand the structure and properties of functional materials. His work has led to major contributions in condensed matter physics, materials science, and chemistry.... – Brookhaven National Laboratory Pacific Northwest Researchers to Play Key Role in New Manufacturing USA Institute PNNL and Oregon State University are part of the newest institute under the Manufacturing USA Initiative. PNNL and OSU will co-lead the Module and Component Manufacturing Focus Area for the institute. – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Lifestyle & Social Sciences Businesses Shape International Law Through ‘Astroturf Activism,’ Paper Finds A new paper by a University of Washington assistant professor of law finds that corporate interests play a powerful role in international legal processes, sometimes by covertly co-opting non-governmental organizations to lobby lawmakers on their beha... – University of Washington A Cure for Social Anxiety Disorders A team of doctors and psychologists examined the effects of structured talk therapy and medication on patients with social anxiety disorders. In doing so they set a new world record in effectively treating social anxiety disorder. – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics WIU GIS Students Participate in Building Tri-County 911 Network This story outlines the role of WIU students in helping create a 911 network to cover some of the handful of counties in Illinois without 911 services. – Western Illinois University Journalists: Apply by January 9, 2017 for a Reporting Project on Unpaid Work Issues Around the World We are seeking to support experienced international journalists with a fellowship to tell the stories of the often invisible and devalued labor that quietly powers the global economy: unpaid care work. In particular, we are interested in unpaid work ... – New America MTSU Experts Weigh in on Election, Obama Legacy MTSU faculty experts recently expressed themselves for national media outlets on several hot button topics, including various election-related issues and Russian perspectives on American politics. Expert Available – Middle Tennessee State University European Commission Proposal Leaves Public Exposed to Harmful 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 President Obama Honored by Berkeley-Haas for Global Leadership in Open Innovation The University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business honored US President Barack Obama with the Award for Outstanding Global Leadership in Open Innovation at the World Open Innovation Conference held at ESADE Business School, Ramon Llul... – University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Business News Crisis Communication Experts Debate Samsung Galaxy Note7 Global Response As holiday shoppers scurry to buy the newest electronic gadgets, crisis communication experts from the University of Georgia weighed in on the communication tactics of one of the most well-known global electronics brands-Samsung. – University of Georgia Glaucoma Research Foundation to Host 6th Annual Glaucoma 360 This unique three-day event dedicated to highlighting innovation in glaucoma kicks off with a fundraising Gala, followed by the New Horizons Forum and educational symposia for Clinicians. – Glaucoma Research Foundation Glaucoma Research Foundation to Honor Renowned Ophthalmologist Eugene De Juan, Jr., MD and Opera Singer Janette MáRquez at 11th Annual Gala The Catalyst Award, Glaucoma Research Foundation’s highest honor, will be presented to Eugene de Juan, Jr., MD, Founder and Vice-Chairman of ForSight Labs and the Jean Kelly Stock Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Califo... – Glaucoma Research Foundation Energy Secretary Moniz., Senator Durbin to Announce Selected Innovators Tuesday Please join us for a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 20, in Chicago to announce Argonne National Laboratory's first cohort of entrepreneurs from our Chain Reaction Innovations program. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin are ... – Argonne National Laboratory