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Diligence Encouraged to Minimize PVAD-Related Complications Peripheral venous access devices are considered safer and easier to manage than central lines, but safer doesn’t mean without risk, and PVADs still require diligence to prevent complications, according to an article in Critical Care Nurse. – American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Critical Care Nurse, April 2017 Embargo expired on 03-Apr-2017 at 07:00 ET Patients with Lung Cancers Responsive to Immunotherapy Drug Beat Standard Odds of Survival More than seven years after the start of one of the first clinical trials of the immunotherapy drug nivolumab, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center report that the five-year survival estimate for a limited subset of people with advan... – Johns Hopkins Medicine Journal of Clinical Oncology Embargo expired on 03-Apr-2017 at 08:30 ET New Gene-Based Blood Tests Identify More Skin Cancers Genetic testing of tumor and blood fluid samples from people with and without one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer has shown that two new blood tests can reliably detect previously unidentifiable forms of the disease. – NYU Langone Medical Center Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 13:00 ET Memorial Sloan Kettering Expertise on Precision Medicine Highlighted in American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting Press Program Research findings from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) will be featured in this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting press program. The AACR is the oldest and largest professional organization dedicated... – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 11:00 ET New Measurement Technique Lowers Estimated Vitamin D Recommended Daily Allowance After re-measurement of vitamin D by improved technology, the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin D intake drops from 800 to 400 International Units (IU) per day, new research reports. The results of the study will be presented Sunday, Ap... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 11:15 ET Patients with Heart Failure, Subclinical Hypothyroidism Have Worse Outcomes Patients with more severe heart failure have higher levels of the thyroid hormones TSH and T4 and lower T3 levels, and those with higher T4 levels may be more likely to have atrial fibrillation, new research reports. The study results will be present... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 11:15 ET Alcohol Abuse Even Before Pregnancy May Harm Offspring Mothers who binge drink before they become pregnant may be more likely to have children with high blood sugar and other changes in glucose function that increase their risk of developing diabetes as adults, according to a new study conducted in rats.... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 13:00 ET Many Transgender Individuals Consider Their Fertility Important, Survey Shows Nearly one-fourth of transgender individuals in Toronto, Canada, regard their own fertility as important, but most lack knowledge regarding and access to reproductive options, a new survey finds. Results of the survey will be presented Sunday at the ... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 13:00 ET Exposure to BPA Substitute, BPS, Multiplies Breast Cancer Cells Bisphenol S (BPS), a substitute for the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in the plastic industry, shows the potential for increasing the aggressiveness of breast cancer through its behavior as an endocrine-disrupting chemical, a new study finds. The result... – Endocrine Society Endocrine Society's 99th Annual Meeting & Expo, April-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 10:00 ET Pyrethroid Pesticide Exposure Appears to Speed Puberty in Boys Environmental exposure to common pesticides may cause boys to reach sexual maturity earlier, researchers have found. They will present their study results Saturday at the Endocrine Society’s 99th annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 10:00 ET Exposure to Common Flame Retardants May Raise the Risk of Papillary Thyroid Cancer Some flame retardants used in many home products appear to be associated with the most common type of thyroid cancer, papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), according to a new study being presented Saturday at the Endocrine Society’s 99th annual meeting, ... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 10:00 ET Early-Life BPA Exposure Reprograms Gene Expression Linked to Fatty Liver Disease Exposure during infancy to the common plasticizer bisphenol A (BPA) “hijacks” and reprograms genes in the liver of newborn rats, leading to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in adulthood. A new study has found how this process occurs, and ... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 10:00 ET People with Higher Thyroid Hormone Levels May Be at Greater Risk for Atherosclerosis Middle-aged and elderly people with higher free thyroxine levels may be more likely to develop atherosclerotic diseases, new research from the Netherlands reports. The results of the study will be presented Sunday, April 2, at ENDO 2017, the annual m... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 11:00 ET Cow’s Milk Interferes with Absorption of Thyroid Supplement Levothyroxine Taking the common oral thyroid hormone medication levothyroxine with a glass of cow’s milk significantly decreases the body’s ability to absorb the drug, a preliminary study finds. Results will be presented Sunday at ENDO 2017, the Endocrine Soci... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 11:00 ET Recent Thyroid Cancer Trends in the United States Suggest Age, Racial Disparities In the United States, thyroid cancer incidence is rising among young people as well as Hispanics and African Americans, a new study reports. Results of this research will be presented in a poster Monday, April 3, at ENDO 2017, the annual scientific m... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 11:00 ET New Molecules May Offer Treatment Option for Some Aggressive Prostate Cancers Novel molecules called selective androgen receptor degraders (SARDs) may offer the next generation of treatment options for advanced prostate cancer, a new industry-sponsored study reports. The results of this research will be presented Saturday, Apr... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 11:30 ET Late Sleep-Wake Time Preference Linked to Depression in Individuals with Diabetes People with type 2 diabetes who are “night owls” and prefer the evening for activity report having more symptoms of depression than those who are early to bed and early to rise, regardless of the quality of their sleep, a new study finds. Study r... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 11:30 ET Prolonged Sleep Disturbance Can Lead to Lower Bone Formation Insufficient sleep, a common problem that has been linked to chronic disease risk, might also be an unrecognized risk factor for bone loss. Results of a new study will be presented Saturday at the Endocrine Society’s 99th annual meeting in Orlando... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 11:30 ET Decision-Tree Tool Can Help Screen Women with Gestational Diabetes for Sleep Apnea Healthcare providers can use a decision-tree tool to screen women who have gestational diabetes (GDM) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), new research from Thailand reports. The results of the study will be presented in a poster Saturday, April 1, at ... – Endocrine Society ENDO 2017, Apr-2017 Embargo expired on 01-Apr-2017 at 13:00 ET Time Delays in Vending Machines Prompt Healthier Snack Choices Preventive medicine experts at Rush University Medical Center have discovered that delaying access to tempting, high-calorie foods and snacks in vending machines potentially can shift people’s choices to purchase less desired, but healthier snack o... – Rush University Medical Center Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions Embargo expired on 31-Mar-2017 at 10:00 ET NewYork-Presbyterian to Phase Out Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Healthy Beverage Initiative NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations, is phasing out the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages through its new Healthy Beverage Initiative. – New York-Presbyterian Hospital Embargo expired on 03-Apr-2017 at 06:00 ET Cellular Jetlag Seems to Favor the Development of Diabetes Like almost all light-sensitive living beings, human beings follow biological rhythms set on a period of about 24 hours. The circadian clock (from Latin “circa” and “dies”, which means “about a day”) therefore describes the internal syste... – Université de Genève (University of Geneva) Genes and Development Penn Researchers Use New Imaging to Show Key Enzyme in Ovarian Cancer A new imaging test may provide the ability to identify ovarian cancer patients who are candidates for an emerging treatment that targets a key enzyme cancer cells need to survive. – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania AACR 2017 Annual Meeting ; DE-SE0012476 Study Examines Public Understanding of Drug Rationing Amid AIDS Epidemic A new study examines what young adults in Balaka, Malawi think about how anti-retroviral drugs are distributed amid an AIDS epidemic in the African nation. – University of Chicago E-Cigarette Flavors Linked to Use in Youth and Young Adults Flavored e-cigarettes and e-cigarette marketing could be increasing e-cigarette use among youth and young adults, according to researchers from the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Hou... – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Tobacco Regulatory Science Nanoparticle Treatment Could Improve Immunotherapy Against Cancer In preliminary findings that will be presented Sunday, April 2, at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers report on a preclinical study into the use of nanoparticles to... – University of North Carolina Health Care System AACR Annual Meeting, April-2017 New Study: Aggressive Breast Cancer Grows Faster in Obese Environment In an abstract that will be presented at a poster session to be held from 1 to 5 p.m. April 3 at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers will report their preliminary fi... – University of North Carolina Health Care System AACR Annual Meeting, April-2017 New Study to Explore the Health and Socio-Economic Factors Impacting Cancer Patient Outcomes How do health and socio-economic factors impact the nearly 1.7 million people diagnosed with cancer each year? RTI International plans to explore this through a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant. – RTI International Experimental Small Molecule Shows Potential in Preventing Meth Relapse New research from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) suggests that the reason methamphetamine users find it so hard to quit—88 percent of them relapse, even after rehab—is that meth takes advantage of the brain’s natural learning process. – Scripps Research Institute DGE-1144086; DA034140; AA020098; AA06420 Chemical Disinfectants and Sanitizers Linked to Thyroid Cancer Workers exposed to chemicals like deodorizers, sanitizers, disinfectants and sterilizers on the job may be more likely than other people to develop thyroid cancer, a recent study suggests. – Yale Cancer Center Two Genes Identify a Subset of HPV+ Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas with Improved Prognosis A Yale Cancer Center team analyzed HNSCC data from The Cancer Genome Atlas to identify molecular characteristics of HPV+ HNSCC and correlated them with patient outcomes. – Yale Cancer Center Beyond Genomics: Using Proteomics to Target Tumors Dr. Amanda Paulovich, whose lab has a leading role in the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot, will speak April 5 at the AACR annual meeting about her lab’s pioneering methods to measure proteins that serve as tumor markers. – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center American Association for Cancer Research, April 1-5 How People who are Visually Impaired Can Walk the Monday Mile In honor of AHA’s National Walking Day on April 5, Dr. Laura Sperazza, Director of Low Vision Services at Lighthouse Guild in NY, offers tips for walking a Monday Mile for individuals with low vision. The Monday Mile, an initiative of The Monday Ca... – Monday Campaigns UVA Tests Online Program to Help People with HIV Live Longer, Healthier Lives Researchers at the School of Medicine are hoping that the power of the internet – and compelling personal experiences – will help reach people with HIV who are neglecting their health because of fear, stigma or substance abuse. The researchers ar... – University of Virginia Health System 5R34DA039011 Helping the Retina Regenerate A new report gives recommendations for regenerating retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), crucial neurons in the back of the eye that carry visual information to the brain. – NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI) Autism Expert at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Is Available to Discuss Tips You Need to Know After Your Child Is Diagnosed with Autism In recognition of Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Catherine Lord, director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and a national authority on autism spectrum disorders (ASD), offers families guidance and tips ... Expert Available – New York-Presbyterian Hospital ACR 2017 Health Policy Priorities Target Healthcare Reform, Doctor Shortage, and Biosimilars Among Other Issues The American College of Rheumatology today announced its 2017 health policy priorities, providing detailed policy recommendations to improve access to rheumatology care and address the national rheumatology workforce shortage. The policy prescription... – American College of Rheumatology (ACR) AAPM Issues Statement Urging Congress to Oppose NIH Cuts The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), a professional nonprofit organization supporting medical physicists, has released a statement calling on Congress to reverse President Trump’s proposed cuts to FY 2018 funding for the Natio... – American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) American Pain Society Urges Congress to Oppose Steep Budget Cuts for National Institutes of Health The American Pain Society (APS), www.americanpainsociety.org, today condemned the Trump Administration’s proposed 19 percent cut in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and warned that such a draconian budget reduction would devastat... – American Pain Society Generous Foundation Grant to Help Start New Global Technology Development Program at Henry Ford Health System Henry Ford Innovation Institute receives nearly $2 million to build global technology development program; will collaborate with Israeli entrepreneurs and tech companies to bring new healthcare technology solutions to the U.S. – Henry Ford Health System RNA Biologist Kristen Lynch Appointed Chair of Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Penn Kristen W. Lynch, PhD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, following eight years as a tenured faculty member in the department. – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania UChicago Medicine Earns ‘Leader’ Designation for LGBTQ Health Equality The University of Chicago Medicine earned the top “leader” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for the academic medical center’s inclusive policies and practices related to LGBTQ patients, visitors and employees. – University of Chicago Medical Center Case Western Reserve Embarks on Innovative Path to Treat Infections of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Such as MRSA Without Antibiotics Case Western Reserve University and Q2 Pharma Ltd., an Israeli biopharmaceutical company, have signed a two-year option to license small molecule, antivirulence technology to potentially treat bacterial infections such as methicillin-resistant staphy... – Case Western Reserve University Science News ‘Sniffing’ Urine to Detect Prostate Cancer Could Prevent Unnecessary Biopsies On the list of dreaded medical tests, a prostate biopsy probably ranks fairly high. The common procedure requires sticking a needle into the prostate gland to remove tissue for assessment. Thousands of men who undergo the uncomfortable procedure, pro... – American Chemical Society (ACS) 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society Embargo expired on 03-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET Altering the Immune System to Reverse Paralysis (Video) In the ultimate betrayal, one’s own immune system can turn against the protective sheath that envelops neurons in the brain, leaving the body paralyzed. Researchers have developed an experimental treatment that tames the wayward immune system in ro... – American Chemical Society (ACS) 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society Embargo expired on 03-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET A ‘Bionic Leaf’ Could Help Feed the World In the second half of the 20th century, the mass use of fertilizer was part of an agricultural boom called the “green revolution” that was largely credited with averting a global food crisis. – American Chemical Society (ACS) 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society Embargo expired on 03-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET Ridding the Oceans of Plastics by Turning the Waste Into Valuable Fuel Billions of pounds of plastic waste are littering the world’s oceans. Now, a Ph.D. organic chemist and a sailboat captain report that they are developing a process to reuse certain plastics, transforming them from worthless trash into a valuable di... – American Chemical Society (ACS) 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society Embargo expired on 03-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET How to Clamp Down on Cyanide Fishing Spraying cyanide near coral reefs teeming with tropical creatures can quickly and cheaply stun ornamental fish that can then be scooped up and sold around the world. The practice supplies pet stores but often leaves behind damaged coral and dead fish... – American Chemical Society (ACS) 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society Embargo expired on 03-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET Android Apps Can Conspire to Mine Information From Your Smartphone Virginia Tech researchers have recently discovered that the same apps we use on our phones to organize lunch dates, make online purchases, and communicate the most intimate details of our existence have secretly been colluding to mine our information... – Virginia Tech Computing Machinery Asia Computer and Communications Security Conference, April-2017 Embargo expired on 03-Apr-2017 at 06:00 ET Babies Cry Most in UK, Canada, Italy & Netherlands Babies cry more in Britain, Canada and Italy, than the rest of the world – according to new research by the University of Warwick. – University of Warwick The Journal of Pediatrics Embargo expired on 03-Apr-2017 at 00:05 ET No More ‘Superbugs’? Maple Syrup Extract Enhances Antibiotic Action Antibiotics save lives every day, but there is a downside to their ubiquity. High doses can kill healthy cells along with infection-causing bacteria, while also spurring the creation of “superbugs” that no longer respond to known antibiotics. Now... – American Chemical Society (ACS) 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET A Beach Lover’s Dream: A Step Toward Long-Lasting Sunscreen In a perfect world, people would diligently reapply sunscreen every couple of hours to protect their delicate skin from damaging solar radiation. But in reality, few people actually adhere to reapplication guidelines, and those who do hardly relish t... – American Chemical Society (ACS) 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET Making a ‘Beeline’ Past the Blood-Brain Barrier for Drug Delivery Most medicines can’t get through the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a highly selective membrane that separates the circulatory system from the fluid bathing the brain. Certain peptides in animal venoms, however, can navigate across it to inflict damage... – American Chemical Society (ACS) 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET ‘Peeling the Onion’ to Get Rid of Odors Near Wastewater Treatment Plants Powerful nuisance odors from sewage and wastewater treatment facilities are a worldwide problem, but finding and eliminating the sources of such unpleasant aromas can be difficult. – American Chemical Society (ACS) 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET Upcycling ‘Fast Fashion’ to Reduce Waste and Pollution Pollution created by making and dyeing clothes has pitted the fashion industry and environmentalists against each other. Now, the advent of “fast fashion” — trendy clothing affordable enough to be disposable — has strained that relationship e... – American Chemical Society (ACS) 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society Embargo expired on 02-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET A Badger Can Bury a Cow by Itself While studying scavenger behavior in Utah’s Great Basin Desert, University of Utah biologists observed an American badger do something that no other scientists had documented before: bury an entire calf carcass by itself. – University of Utah Western North American Naturalist Embargo expired on 31-Mar-2017 at 11:00 ET Copper-Bottomed Deposits The world’s most valuable copper deposits, known as porphyry deposits, originate from cooling magma. But how can we predict the size of these deposits? What factors govern the amount of copper present? – Université de Genève (University of Geneva) Scientific Reports When Writing Interferes with Hearing Using data from brain imaging techniques that enable visualising the brain’s activity, a neuroscientist at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and a Parisian ENT surgeon have managed to decipher brain reorganisation processes at work when people start... – Université de Genève (University of Geneva) Nature Communications Do Smart Songbirds Always Get the Girl? Compelling evidence shows females prefer mates with better cognitive abilities in a number of animals and even humans. For male songbirds, their ability to sing complex songs has been suggested to signal cognitive ability and is vital for attracting ... – Florida Atlantic University Animal Cognition PPPL and Max Planck Physicists Reveal Experimental Verification of a Key Source of Fast Reconnection of Magnetic Fields Feature describes source of acceleration of common type magnetic reconnection. – Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC0204CH11466 and NASA under Agreements No. NNH15AB29I and No. NNH14AX631. How Plants Are Grown Beyond Earth? History and overview of agriculture in space. – De Gruyter Open WCS Scientists Release Rare Footage From “Rooftop of the World” WCS field staff and local government partners from Tibet produced an incredible video showing an ongoing study of snow leopards and Tibetan antelope that offers a rare glimpse of Tibet’s wildlife. – Wildlife Conservation Society New Device Produces Hydrogen Peroxide for Water Purification Producing and distributing hydrogen peroxide is a challenge in many parts of the world. Now scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have created a small device for hydrogen peroxide prod...