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Released: 30-Jun-2015 1:05 PM EDT
UGA Researcher Leads Comprehensive International Study on Folate
University of Georgia

The University of Georgia's Lynn Bailey led a comprehensive study on folate, an essential B vitamin required for DNA synthesis and normal growth and development. The paper, published in the Journal of Nutrition, includes 18 authors and represents a consensus of the top folate scientists globally.

30-Jun-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Dr. Kevin Roth Named Chair of Pathology & Cell Biology and Pathologist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Kevin Roth, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the P&S Department of Pathology & Cell Biology and pathologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, effective September 1, 2015.

Released: 30-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Major Midwest Flood Risk Underestimated by as Much as Five Feet, Study Finds
Washington University in St. Louis

As floodwaters surge along major rivers in the midwestern United States, a new study from Washington University in St. Louis suggests federal agencies are underestimating historic 100-year flood levels on these rivers by as much as five feet, a miscalculation that has serious implications for future flood risks, flood insurance and business development in an expanding floodplain.

Released: 30-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Study Suggests Link between Eye Color and Alcohol Dependence
University of Vermont

People with blue eyes might have a greater chance of becoming alcoholics, according to a unique new study by genetic researchers at the University of Vermont.

   
25-Jun-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Repeated Courses of Antibiotics May Profoundly Alter Children’s Development
NYU Langone Health

A new animal study by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers adds to growing evidence that multiple courses of commonly used antibiotics may have a significant impact on children’s development.

Released: 30-Jun-2015 11:00 AM EDT
Alcohol Sensitizes Brain Response to Food Aromas and Increases Food Intake in Women, Research Shows
Obesity Society

The first study of its kind measuring the brain’s role in mediating caloric intake following alcohol consumption among women shows that alcohol exposure sensitizes the brain’s response to food aromas and increases caloric intake.

Released: 30-Jun-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Offering Healthier Options at Carryout Stores Improves Bottom Line
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A pilot program designed to encourage mom and pop carryout shops in Baltimore to promote and sell healthier menu items not only improved eating habits, but also increased the stores’ gross revenue by an average 25 percent, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research found.

   
Released: 30-Jun-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Athlete Safety, Smart Concrete, and the Dangers of Sugary Drinks; Top Stories for 30 June 2015
Newswise Trends

Other topics include; grape seed oil to reduce obesity, gender differences in chronic pain, workplace wellness, healthcare in rural Africa after Ebola, cancer treatment, and finding a cure for MERS.

       
Released: 30-Jun-2015 8:05 AM EDT
University of North Florida Physics Professor Awarded NSF Grant for Nanotechnology Research
University of North Florida

Researchers in the Department of Physics at the University of North Florida and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were recently awarded a three-year collaborative research grant totaling nearly $500,000 by the National Science Foundation to advance research in the fields of nanotechnology and nanoscience.

Released: 30-Jun-2015 8:00 AM EDT
Small RNAs Found to Play Important Roles in Memory Formation
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have found that a type of genetic material called “microRNA” plays surprisingly different roles in the formation of memory in animal models. In some cases, these RNAs increase memory, while others decrease it.

Released: 30-Jun-2015 7:05 AM EDT
What Effect Does Marijuana Really Have on Weight Gain?
Universite de Montreal

While cannabis alters the functions of neurobiological circuits controlling appetite, its effect on weight gain is complex since several factors appear to be involved, says Didier Jutras-Aswad, University of Montreal professor and researcher at the CHUM Research Centre.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Talk Is Cheap: New Study Finds Words Speak Louder Than Actions
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

When it comes to the art of persuasion, you can attract more followers if you turn conventional wisdom on its head and stress what you like, not what you do. A new study, to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, finds that people are more likely to conform to others' preferences than conform to others’ actions. In other words, people want to like what others like, but they want to have or do what others don’t have or don't do.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 4:05 PM EDT
After Ebola, Understanding Health Care Needs Among Rural Liberians
Georgetown University Medical Center

As Liberia rebuilds a health care system decimated by the 2014 Ebola outbreak, understanding precisely how far citizens live from health facilities and its impact on seeking care can help shape new strategies to improve health care delivery and reduce geographic disparities.

26-Jun-2015 10:00 AM EDT
Sugary Drinks Linked to High Death Tolls Worldwide
Tufts University

Consumption of sugary drinks may lead to an estimated 184,000 adult deaths each year worldwide, according to research published today in the journal Circulation and previously presented as an abstract at the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention in 2013.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 3:20 PM EDT
First-Ever Possible Treatments For MERS; Researchers Identify Two Promising Candidates
University of Maryland Medical Center

As the South Korean MERS outbreak continues, researchers have discovered and validated two therapeutics that show early promise in preventing and treating the disease, which can cause severe respiratory symptoms, and has a death rate of 40 percent.

26-Jun-2015 11:00 AM EDT
Treatment With PI3K Inhibitors May Cause Cancers to Become More Aggressive and Metastatic
Wistar Institute

The enzyme PI3K appears to be exploited in almost every type of human cancer, making it the focus of considerable interest as a therapeutic target. However, PI3K inhibitors have only shown modest clinical activity. Now, new research The Wistar Institute shows that treatment with PI3K inhibitors alone may actually make a patient’s cancer even worse by promoting more aggressive tumor cell behavior and increasing the cancer’s potential of spreading to other organs.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 3:00 PM EDT
The Academy for Eating Disorders Opposes Mandatory Employee Participation in Workplace Wellness Programs
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

The Academy for Eating Disorders has joined with significant national and international medical associations opposing a proposed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) policy interpretation that would allow employers to inquire about employees’ private genetic or medical data. Such requested information is unrelated to an employee’s ability to do his or her job and penalizes the employee who chooses to keep this information private. A letter expressing grave concern about the interpretation, and signed by 68 organizations, was sent to the EEOC.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Athletes Should Drink Only WhenThirsty, According to New Guidelines
Loyola Medicine

At least 14 deaths of endurance athletes have been attributed to exercise-associated hyponatremia, which results from drinking too much water. But there’s an easy way to prevent hyponatremia, according to new expert guidelines: Simply put, drink only when you’re thirsty.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 2:05 PM EDT
UChicago to Offer Free Online Course on Technology and Law
University of Chicago

the University of Chicago will launch a free online course this summer for its alumni and the public. Randal C. Picker, AB’80, AM’82, JD’85, the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law and senior fellow at the Computation Institute, will lead a course that explores the complex and sometimes adversarial relations between law and modern technology.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Experts Cover MERS Outbreak in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

An overview and analysis of the factors underlying the recent Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in Korea has been published online ahead of print in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 12:45 PM EDT
New Role for Twitter: Early Warning System for Bad Drug Interactions
University of Vermont

Vermont scientists have invented a new technique for discovering potentially dangerous drug interactions--before they show up in medical databases like PubMed--by searching millions of tweets on Twitter.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Research Finds Males and Females Process Chronic Pain Differently
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Male and female mice use different immune cells to process chronic pain, indicating that different therapies for different genders could better target the problem.

25-Jun-2015 9:00 AM EDT
Earthquake Not to Blame for Indonesian Mud Volcano
University of Adelaide

New research led by the University of Adelaide hopes to close the debate on whether a major mud volcano disaster in Indonesia was triggered by an earthquake or had man-made origins.

25-Jun-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor May Take Smartphone Security to New Level
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

A new ultrasonic fingerprint sensor measures 3-D image of your finger’s surface and the tissue beneath it—enhancing biometrics and information security for smartphones and other devices

Released: 29-Jun-2015 10:05 AM EDT
New Nanogenerator Harvests Power From Rolling Tires
University of Wisconsin–Madison

A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car's rolling tire friction.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 10:00 AM EDT
'Drink When Thirsty' to Avoid Fatal Drops in Blood Sodium Levels During Exercise
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

For hikers, football players, endurance athletes, and a growing range of elite and recreational exercisers, the best approach to preventing potentially serious reductions in blood sodium level is to drink when thirsty, according to an updated consensus statement on exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH). The recommendations appear in the June issue of the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, published by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Getting High in Senior Year: NYU Researchers Examine Whether Reasons for Smoking Pot are Associated
New York University

A new study, published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse by researchers affiliated with New York University's Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR), examines how reasons for illicit marijuana use relates to the use of other drugs individually, rather than grouping them into a single “illicit drug” group.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Muscadine Grape Seed Oil May Help Reduce Obesity
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Most of the seeds and skin from grapes used for wine production winds up in waste streams. But UF/IFAS scientists have found that the oil extracted from Muscadine grape seeds produces a form of Vitamin E, which can help reduce fat.

   
15-Jun-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Concrete Cracks Heal Themselves
American Concrete Institute (ACI)

In the human body, small wounds are easily treated by the body itself, requiring no further care. For bigger wounds to be healed, the body may need outside assistance. Concrete is like a living body, in that it can self-heal its own small wounds (cracks) as an intrinsic characteristic.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 5:05 AM EDT
Osteoporosis Linked with Heart Disease in Older People
University of Southampton

University of Southampton scientists have discovered a link between coronary heart disease and osteoporosis, suggesting both conditions could have similar causes.

23-Jun-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Study: Even Fraud-Savvy Investors Often Look for the Wrong Red Flags
North Carolina State University

New research identifies the types of investors who are vigilant about corporate fraud, but finds that most of those investors are tracking the wrong red flags – meaning the warning signs they look for are clear only after it’s too late to protect their investment.

Released: 26-Jun-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Having a Stroke? Where You Are Makes a Huge Difference in Your Treatment
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A new map of emergency stroke care in America shows just how much of a patchwork system we still have for delivering the most effective stroke treatment. And thousands of people a year may end up unnecessarily disabled as a result.

Released: 26-Jun-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Experts on SCOTUS ACA Ruling, Fewer Side Effects for Breast Cancer Treatment, Glacial Earthquakes, and More Top Stories 26 June 2015
Newswise Trends

Other topics include resurgence of whales off southern California, treating chronic kidney disease, and a breakthrough in a heart-specific type of stem cell.

       
Released: 25-Jun-2015 5:05 PM EDT
Studying the Canadian Oil Sands
Argonne National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory this week released a study that shows gasoline and diesel refined from Canadian oil sands has a higher carbon impact than fuels derived from conventional domestic crude sources.

25-Jun-2015 5:00 PM EDT
Researchers Outline New Strategies for Combatting Chronic Kidney Disease and Other Long-Term Conditions
Duke Clinical Research Institute

Experts have identified new strategies for using electronic health records (EHRs) to treat patients with chronic kidney disease. These recommendations may help clinicians and hospitals better manage individual patients with chronic conditions and identify groups of patients most likely to benefit from different treatment strategies.

Released: 25-Jun-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Seven-Year Study Indicates Steady and Upward Trends for Blue and Fin Whales in Southern California
University of California San Diego

A new study led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego indicates a steady population trend for blue whales and an upward population trend for fin whales in Southern California.

Released: 25-Jun-2015 3:05 PM EDT
A Person’s Diet, Acidity of Urine May Affect Susceptibility to UTIs
Washington University in St. Louis

The acidity of urine — as well as the presence of small molecules related to diet — may influence how well bacteria can grow in the urinary tract, a new study shows. The research, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, may have implications for treating urinary tract infections, which are among the most common bacterial infections worldwide.

22-Jun-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Stem-Like Progenitor Cell That Exclusively Forms Heart Muscle
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Future therapies for failing hearts are likely to include stem-like cells and associated growth factors that regenerate heart muscle. Scientists have just taken an important step towards that future by identifying a stem-like “progenitor” cell that produces only heart muscle cells.

25-Jun-2015 9:50 AM EDT
Backward-Moving Glacier Helps Scientists Explain Glacial Earthquakes
University of Michigan

The relentless flow of a glacier may seem unstoppable, but a team of researchers from the United Kingdom and the U.S. has shown that during some calving events—when an iceberg breaks off into the ocean—the glacier moves rapidly backward and downward, causing the characteristic glacial earthquakes which until now have been poorly understood.

Released: 25-Jun-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Breast Cancer Treatment with Fewer Potential Side Effects has Equally Good Patient Outcomes
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A new study by UCLA scientists has found that women diagnosed with breast cancer and treated with a one-week regimen of partial breast radiation after the surgical removal of the tumor, or lumpectomy, saw no increase in cancer recurrence or difference in cosmetic outcomes compared to women who received radiation of the entire breast for a period of up to six weeks after surgery. The study is one of the largest ever done on partial breast irradiation.

Released: 25-Jun-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Supreme Court Ruling on King v. Burwell Paves the Way to Fix Affordable Care Act
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

While today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in King. V. Burwell settles the legal debate on the lawfulness of federal tax subsidies for individuals enrolled in federal health insurance exchanges, many problems with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remain. Far from the last word on healthcare reform, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) are redoubling their efforts to work with Congress to move forward and fix the shortcomings of the health reform law.

Released: 25-Jun-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Low Scores on Memory and Thinking Tests May Signal Alzheimer’s Earlier than Thought
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

A new study suggests that errors on memory and thinking tests may signal Alzheimer’s up to 18 years before the disease can be diagnosed. The research is published in the June 24, 2015, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Released: 25-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Who Claims The Past?
American University

American University History Professor Lisa Leff’s new nonfiction book “The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust” tells the story of controversial Jewish historian Zosa Szajkowski (Shy-KOV-ski).

Released: 25-Jun-2015 10:05 AM EDT
SCOTUS Experts, New Species in Antarctica, Genetics, Cancer, and More Top Stories 25 June 2015
Newswise Trends

Other topics include weight loss, medical marijuana, smart traffic lights, diabetes, heart disease, and more.

       
19-Jun-2015 5:05 PM EDT
As Smoking Declines, More Are Likely to Quit
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Smokeless tobacco and, more recently, e-cigarettes have been promoted as a harm reduction strategy for smokers who are “unable or unwilling to quit.” The strategy, embraced by both industry and some public health advocates, is based on the assumption that as smoking declines overall, only those who cannot quit will remain. A new study by researchers at UC San Francisco has found just the opposite.

22-Jun-2015 5:05 AM EDT
First Species of Yeti Crab Found in Antarctica Named After Renowned British Deep-Sea Biologist
University of Southampton

The first species of Yeti Crab from hydrothermal vent systems of the East Scotia Ridge in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, has been described by a team of British scientists.

Released: 24-Jun-2015 2:00 PM EDT
Rainbow of Glowing Corals Discovered in Depths of the Red Sea
University of Southampton

Glowing corals that display a surprising array of colours have been discovered in the deep water reefs of the Red Sea by scientists from the University of Southampton, UK, Tel Aviv University and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences (IUI), Israel, together with an international team of researchers.

24-Jun-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Red Dwarf Burns Off Planet’s Hydrogen Giving It Massive Comet-Like Tail
University of Warwick

A giant cloud escaping from a warm, Neptune-mass exoplanet is reported in this week’s Nature. Depicted in an image by Mark Garlick and issued by the University of Warwick, it has been suggested that low-mass exoplanets orbiting close to their parent stars could have had some fraction of their atmospheres ‘burnt off’ by extreme irradiation from the star, but confident measures of such losses have been lacking until now.



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