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Released: 8-Apr-2015 4:00 PM EDT
Research Finds Commercial Diets Effective for Weight Loss, Tied to Better Health
Obesity Society

New research led by Kimberly A. Gudzune, MD, MPH, and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that commercial weight-loss programs can offer significant weight loss after one year of participation when compared to a control group, which could be medically significant for many people with obesity or excess weight. According to the authors, many commercial programs show promising weight-loss results, but additional research is needed to better understand the long-term outcomes. Further, given that the programs were not compared directly against one another using the same study and evaluation methods, this research should not be used to rank one program over another.

1-Apr-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Can Arts, Crafts and Computer Use Preserve Your Memory?
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

People who participate in arts and craft activities and who socialize in middle and old age may delay the development in very old age of the thinking and memory problems that often lead to dementia, according to a new study published in the April 8, 2015, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Released: 8-Apr-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Standard Nursing Assessments Greatly Improve Ability to Predict Survival in Cirrhosis Patients
Beth Israel Lahey Health

A new study from the Liver Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) suggests that standard assessments that nurses already use to care for patients can be mined for data that significantly improve the ability to predict survival following liver transplantation and may help improve patient outcomes.

Released: 8-Apr-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Researchers Clarify Impact of Permafrost Thaw
Northern Arizona University

Scientists know more about how climate change may be affected by the thawing of billions of tons of organic carbon in the Arctic permafrost. climate change happens

2-Apr-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Don’t Farm on Me: Northern Europeans to Neolithic Interlopers
New York University

Northern Europeans in the Neolithic period initially rejected the practice of farming, which was otherwise spreading throughout the continent, a team of researchers has found. Their findings offer a new wrinkle in the history of a major economic revolution that moved civilizations away from foraging and hunting as a means for survival.

Released: 8-Apr-2015 1:05 PM EDT
California’s Solar Incentive Program Has Had Only Modest Impact on Adoption Rates
Vanderbilt University

According to a new analysis, California's aggressive incentive program for installing rooftop solar-electric systems has not been as effective as generally believed.

8-Apr-2015 12:30 PM EDT
Recipe for Saving Coral Reefs: Add More Fish
Wildlife Conservation Society

Fish are the key ingredients in a new recipe to diagnose and restore degraded coral reef ecosystems, according to scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, WCS, James Cook University, and other organizations in a new study in the journal Nature.

7-Apr-2015 11:00 AM EDT
Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System: Hints that Prebiotic Chemistry Is Universal
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Astronomers using ALMA have detected the presence of complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in a protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star, suggesting once again that the conditions that spawned our Earth and Sun are not unique in the universe.

6-Apr-2015 9:00 AM EDT
Pesticide Exposure Contributes to Heightened Risk of Heart Disease
Endocrine Society

Pesticide exposure, not obesity alone, can contribute to increased cardiovascular disease risk and inflammation in premenopausal women, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Released: 8-Apr-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Nitrogen in a Mo Fo Lo Po World
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Managing nitrogen levels in soils has created debate over the decades. Recently, a group of scientists, industry representatives, farmers, and government and non-government organization members met to discuss managing nitrogen on farms with the goal of “Mo Fo Lo Po:” more food, low pollution.

Released: 8-Apr-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Increase in Inflammation Linked to High Traffic Pollution for People on Insulin
Tufts University

A two-year epidemiological study found that people on insulin living next to roads with heavy traffic had markedly increased concentration of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, compared to those living in lower traffic areas. Individuals taking oral diabetes medications did not experience increases in CRP concentration.

Released: 8-Apr-2015 10:35 AM EDT
When Health Risks Go Down, Worker Productivity Goes Up
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Changes in employee health risk factors have a significant impact on work productivity, reports a study in the April Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

Released: 8-Apr-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Don’t Blame Kids if They Do Not Enjoy School, Study Suggests
Ohio State University

When children are unmotivated at school, new research suggests their genes may be part of the equation.

Released: 8-Apr-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Unraveling Cystic Fibrosis Puzzle, Taking it Personally Matters
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

In the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis (CF), the most severe symptoms are recurring episodes of lung inflammation and bacterial infection (known as “exacerbations”) that happen from one to three times a year and cause ever-increasing amounts of lung damage through the course of a CF patient’s life. While it is well understood that CF lung problems are ultimately due to bacterial infections encouraged by a CF patient’s abnormally thick mucus, medical science has been unable to define specific causes that trigger the periodic flare-ups.

Released: 8-Apr-2015 9:00 AM EDT
Hidden Burden: Most People Carry Recessive Disease Mutations
Genetics Society of America

Humans carry an average of one to two mutations per person that can cause severe genetic disorders or prenatal death when two copies of the same mutation are inherited, according to estimates published today in the journal GENETICS. The new numbers were made possible by a long-term collaboration between medical researchers and a unique community that has maintained detailed family histories for many generations.

Released: 8-Apr-2015 8:00 AM EDT
Researchers Identify Subtype of Lethal Prostate Cancer
SUNY Upstate Medical University

Researchers at Upstate Medical University and Harvard University have linked the loss of key gene, WAVE1, to a lethal form of prostate cancer, according to a study published in the journal Oncotarget.

Released: 8-Apr-2015 7:00 AM EDT
Children with Autism Can Learn to Be Social, Trial Shows
University of Kansas, Life Span Institute

A joint University of Kansas and University of Washington randomized trial shows that teachers and speech therapists can teach children with autism how to be social with their peers.

6-Apr-2015 10:00 AM EDT
Nearly 1 in 10 Adults Has Impulsive Anger Issues and Access To Guns
Duke Health

An estimated 9 percent of adults in the U.S. have a history of impulsive, angry behavior and have access to guns, according to a study published this month in Behavioral Sciences and the Law. The study also found that an estimated 1.5 percent of adults report impulsive anger and carry firearms outside their homes.

7-Apr-2015 4:05 PM EDT
8 Reasons the U.S. Surgeon General Should Announce that UV Tanning Causes Skin Cancer
University of Colorado Cancer Center

"Tanning beds cause skin cancer. It is time to now more openly announce this causality," says Robert P. Dellavalle, MD, PhD, MSPH, investigator at the CU Cancer Center, in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Released: 7-Apr-2015 5:05 PM EDT
New Model Could Help Identify Root Cause of Swallowing Disorder
University of Missouri Health

Nearly 40 percent of Americans 60 and older are living with a swallowing disorder known as dysphagia. Although it is a major health problem associated with aging, it is unknown whether the condition is a natural part of healthy aging or if it is caused by an age-related disease that has yet to be diagnosed, such as Parkinson’s disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Following a recent study, researchers at the University of Missouri have established a model that identifies aging as a key factor in the development of dysphagia, which may lead to new therapeutic treatments.



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