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Jersey Shore University Medical Center offers a non-surgical alternative to help prevent stroke for patients with atrial fibrillation.

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Employers are using Facebook to screen job applicants and weed out candidates they think have undesirable traits. But a new study shows that those companies may have a fundamental misunderstanding of online behavior and, as a result, may be eliminating desirable job candidates.

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In one of the few studies to provide information on eye screening of children, African American children with the greatest risk for disease of the retina as a complication of Type 1 diabetes are the least likely to have received an eye exam.

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Alexander Shifrin, M.D., FACS, FACE, Endocrine Surgeon at Jersey Shore, will present at the 2nd World Congress on Thyroid Cancer, taking place July 10 through July 14, 2013 in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Shifrin’s oral presentation, entitled Assessment of Molecular Markers on Preoperative FNA Biopsies of Metastatic Lymph Nodes from Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma and Correlation with the Primary Thyroid Tumor: The Feasibility Study, is scheduled to take place during the conference on Friday, July 12 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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Saad A. Saad, M.D., surgeon-in-chief and co-medical director at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, recently presented his abstract entitled Delayed Versus Immediate Appendectomy in Children with Acute Appendicitis: Experience with 526 patients in a Community Hospital at the 13th Congress of Pan Arab Association of Pediatric Surgeons & The 2nd International Congress of the Jordanian Association of Pediatric Surgeons.

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Canadian-led study will help scientists identify key genomic regions in canola, other food plants.

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For families with a child on the autism spectrum, early intervention is the mantra. But that depends on early evaluation and in many cities, there aren’t enough specialists to provide efficient diagnoses. Buffalo's autism center is working to provide faster diagnosis and comprehensive services.

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Using colorful world maps, a North Carolina State University study maps out priority areas for protection to save species and preserve biodiversity. The scale is 100 times finer than previous assessments.

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Researchers discover way to use iron as catalyst for widely used chemical process, replacing heavy metals.

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Live expert panel discussion today, June 19, 2013, from 3-4 p.m. EDT on Supreme Court Ruling on gene patents.

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On June 11, Meridian Health held Research Day – an annual event that showcases original medical research studies from Meridian Health’s physicians, medical residents, and clinical experts. Jersey Shore University Medical Center hosted the event, which attracted both health care professionals and the local community.

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A crowdsourcing project piloted by a Buffalo-based geologist calls on citizen scientists to help track water levels in Iowa, Michigan, New York and Wisconsin.

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A new paper in PLOS Biology this week shows that taking the unusual step of including parasites in ecological datasets does alter the structure of resulting food webs, but that's mostly due to an increase in diversity and complexity rather than the particular characteristics of parasites. The work answers some longstanding questions about the unique role parasites play in ecological networks.

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A McGill-led international research team has now completed the first global study of changes that occurred in a crucial component of ocean chemistry, the nitrogen cycle, at the end of the last ice age. The results of their study confirm that oceans are good at balancing the nitrogen cycle on a global scale. But the data also shows that it is a slow process that may take many centuries, or even millennia, raising worries about the effects of the scale and speed of current changes in the ocean.

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E. coli that produce a toxin dangerous to humans may survive longer in water than benign counterparts, a new study finds.The findings have implications for water quality testing, suggesting that a lake's overall E. coli population may be a poor indicator of danger.

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College of American Pathologists applauds U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gene patents.

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Reducing levels of nerve-growth factor may be a key to developing better pain treatments.

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Five graduate students and five postdoctoral researchers are recipients of the 2013 DeLill Nasser Awards for Professional Development in Genetics from the Genetics Society of America. Each researcher receives a $1,000 travel grant to attend any national or international meeting, conference or laboratory course that will enhance his or her career.

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Scientists at North Carolina State University have found the first example of how micro-RNA regulates wood formation inside plant cells and mapped out key relationships that control the process.

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Case study of Leavenworthia suggests that loss of complex traits may be reversed

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Research from North Carolina State University, the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and the University of South Florida shows that outpatient treatment of mental illness significantly reduces arrest rates for people with mental health problems and saves taxpayers money.

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McGill researchers use computer simulations to shed light on how immune cells may identify foreign antigens.

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The military has for decades used sonar for underwater communication. Now, researchers at the University at Buffalo are developing a miniaturized version of the same technology to be applied inside the human body to treat diseases such as diabetes and heart failure in real time.

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Children of women who did not finish high school were twice as likely to experience a major episode of depression in early adulthood as children whose mothers obtained a high school diploma, according to a new study by researchers at McGill University.

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Astronomers led by McGill research group discover new phenomenon in neutron star.

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Expert in vascular surgery joins region’s top-ranked cardiovascular surgery program.

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An Alzheimer’s disease protein controls the speed at which materials move through brain cells, and defects could lead to deadly pileups of the kind seen in neurodegenerative disease, a new publication finds.

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UNC Wilmington announced today that Trask Land Company, led by President Raiford Trask III, has established a merit scholarship at the university to benefit active-duty U.S. Marines and members of their families.

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To help increase the chances of long-term success, Quit & Stay Quit Monday offers free and unique tools and materials to help smokers kick the habit and stay quit for good. Quitters and tobacco cessation groups can now access six months of stop-smoking tips as well as promotional posters at mondaycampaigns.org/stay-quit/.

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Sugar isn’t always sweet to German cockroaches. In a new NC State study published in Science, researchers show that glucose sets off bitter receptors in roach taste buds, causing roaches to avoid foods that bring on this taste-bud reaction.

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The recent discovery by a McGill University led team of scientists of a bacterium that is able to thrive at –15ºC, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, is exciting because it offers clues about some of the necessary preconditions for microbial life on Mars.

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Experts in pediatric sports medicine and concussion to provide free care for young athletes.

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Calcium-rich diet and supplements provide similar benefits.

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Scientists hope to learn more about how life thrives in these harsh environments

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Recognizing Edgerton’s international prominence in his respective field, the professorship will begin in the 2013 fall semester and is appointed for a five-year term.

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Literary agent James Fitzgerald joins acclaimed faculty for three days of fiction, poetry and nonfiction workshops.

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Jersey Shore University Medical Center supports breastfeeding by opening a center solely dedicated to providing education, guidance and resources for new mothers

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Alexander Shifrin, M.D., FACS, FACE, Endocrine Surgeon at Jersey Shore, recently presented at The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) 34th Annual Meeting, which took place April 14 – 16 in Chicago, IL. Dr. Shifrin’s presentation, entitled Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Metastic to the Parathyroid Gland Re-Implanted into the forearm of a Patient with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Syndrome: A Challenging Management Dilemma, highlighted the case of a patient suffering from Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1 syndrome).

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Team of pharmacists from St. Louis College of Pharmacy to begin a year-long relationship with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Interview available before noon, May 21.

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Meridian Health’s annual Research Day will take place at Jersey Shore University Medical Center on Tuesday, June 11, from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in Jersey Shore’s Lance Auditorium.

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Team made up of students from St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Washington University in St. Louis.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics NJ Chapter bestows prestigious honor.

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Because information about climate change is ubiquitous in the media, researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Texas, Austin, looked at why many Americans know so little about its causes and why many are not interested in finding out more. The study, “What, Me Worry? The Role of Affect in Information Seeking and Avoidance” was conducted by Z. Janet Yang, PhD, assistant professor of communication at UB, and Lee Ann Kahlor, PhD, associate professor of public relations and advertising at UT Austin. It was published in the April 2013 issue of the journal Science Communication.

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Most consumers who are shopping for a new car depend on good crash safety ratings as an indicator of how well the car will perform in a crash. But a new University at Buffalo study of crashes involving cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) has found those crash ratings are a lot less relevant than vehicle type.

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Researchers are helping develop a new generation of photovoltaic cells that produce more power and cost less to manufacture than what’s available today.

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The newly sequenced genome of the carnivorous bladderwort contradicts the notion that vast quantities of noncoding 'junk' DNA are crucial for complex life.

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Meridian Health takes part in important research studies examining early development breast cancer.

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The courts may have weighed in (no pun intended) on New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on supersized soft drinks, but science has not. That’s why University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, has established a large-scale, Internet-based experimental grocery store to develop evidence-based science about how people decide what to buy.

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St. Louis College of Pharmacy, the city of St. Louis, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration collaborate to collect unwanted and expired medicine. This year, the result was more than 16,000 pounds collected.