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Argonne computer scientist Raj Kettimuthu recently was named a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery for his development of tools to analyze and enhance end-to-end data transfer performance.

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Loyola Medicine is participating in a clinical trial of a new catheter ablation system intended to improve treatment outcomes for a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder called ventricular tachycardia. The treatment can reach deeper into heart muscle where errant electrical signals often originate.

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Loyola Medicine has announced that Shawn P. Vincent is the new president & chief executive officer of the regional system. He also is a member of the Loyola Medicine board of directors.

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The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology warns those with asthma not to stop using their prescription medications in favor of Primatene Mist.

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Collaboration aims to improve outcomes for the community’s youngest children, from their first day of life

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Political leaders must be alert to these trends ahead of the presidential election cycle in 2020, scholar says

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This summer, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory educated a group of college interns on how to use robotic systems to advance manufacturing.

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Argonne scientists have invented a membrane that, when exposed to sunlight, can clean itself and also actively degrade pollutants.

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The University of Illinois at Chicago's Great Cities Institute and Native American Support Program will present Natives in Chicago, a discussion on the impact of policies and the work of community organizations to provide services and programs that contribute to the city's thriving native communities.

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Barbara Ransby, a University of Illinois at Chicago historian, writer and activist, is the recipient of the American Studies Association's 2018 Angela Y. Davis Prize for Public Scholarship, which recognizes scholars who have applied or used their scholarship for the betterment of society.

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A new study by scientists from the University of Chicago shows how cyanobacteria, or bacteria that produce energy through photosynthesis like plants, change the way they grow and divide in response to different levels of light.

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Argonne’s expertise and leadership in extreme-scale computing will again be on display at the annual International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC18).

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Adolescent marijuana use may alter how neurons function in brain areas engaged in decision-making, planning and self-control, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The findings are the result of an animal model study focused on the structural development of the prefrontal cortex, or PFC, which controls high-level cognitive functions.

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By combining the experimental anti-cancer antibody known as 5F9 with the anti-cancer antibody rituximab, researchers managing a phase 1b clinical trial were able to induce a positive response in 11 out of 22 people with relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Eight of the 22 patients went into complete remission from their cancers.

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The $50,000 MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics and Health Outcomes, the largest in clinical medical ethics, was awarded this year to Emory University's William Foege, MD, MPH.

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UIC’s “Something Other Press,” is inspired by the independent spirit of Dick Higgins whose small imprint, “Something Else Press,” was based in New York City between 1964 and 1974.

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Proton therapy treatment for pediatric brain tumor patients is associated with better neurocognitive outcomes compared to x-ray radiation therapy according to a study by Northwestern Medicine

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The holidays can be extra stressful for people with diabetes. But with a little extra planning and help from family and friends, anyone can manage their diabetes at a healthy level. AADE has tips to make diabetes management during the holidays a family (and friends) affair.

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Researchers have uncovered a new material that can produce both magnetism and superconductivity.

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A new study highlights the positive effect of a web-based depression prevention intervention, called CATCH-IT, among adolescents most at risk.

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The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Complete Food & Nutrition Guide was recently honored as one of the nation’s best consumer health information materials in 2018 with the Best of Show Award among all Gold Awards during the National Health Information Awards.

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Argonne was recently named a historic physics site by the American Physical Society in recognition of the groundbreaking work of former Argonne physicist and Nobel laureate Maria Goeppert Mayer.

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Head of UIC choral and vocal studies tapped to lead children's choir

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The American Academy of Dermatology’s “Guidelines of care for the management of primary cutaneous melanoma" outline best practices for treatment of the disease. Developed by an expert work group, the guidelines are based on the latest available evidence.

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In a new study published in Nature, scientists from the University of Chicago show how a common RNA modification plays an important role in the process of learning and memory formation.

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The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program has recognized 83 of an eligible 568 hospitals participating in its adult program for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2017.

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AAE salutes its members who served with online tribute throughout month of November.

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Industry and academia come together to explore research opportunities in quantum information sciences

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Sherine E. Gabriel, MD, MSc, has been named as the new president of Rush University. She is currently is the dean of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and former dean of Mayo Medical School. She will succeed Dr. Larry Goodman, who remains CEO of Rush, an academic health system comprising Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital.

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Argonne celebrates National Cat Day by highlighting the scientific prowess of the laboratory’s CATS — Collaborative Access Teams, that is. These teams rely on hard X-ray beams generated by the Advanced Photon Source to investigate materials that are difficult to observe and measure.

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ACCSIS-Chicago—led by University of Chicago cancer specialists Karen Kim, MD, MS, and Blase Polite, MD, MPP—has been awarded nearly $6 million over five years to test novel ways to improve CRC screening and follow-up among groups that have not been screened.

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It ought to be easier to raise pro-social children — kids who are helpful and kind and empathic — since the impulse toward pro-social behavior is something we’re born with. Yet so many youngsters seem to miss the mark. Two aspects of how we raise our children may be getting in the way.

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Stroke specialists often see conditions known as stroke "mimics" and "chameleons" that can complicate accurate diagnoses, Loyola neurologists report in Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. Stroke mimics look like strokes, while chameleons are strokes that look like other medical conditions.

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A novel new way to keep oil from clogging filters and equipment

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In our primary relationship, we all want to be understood. We want our partners to "get" us. Whether we're upset or joyful or sad, whether we're disappointed, excited, or discouraged, we want our partner to accept and understand what it is we're feeling.

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Glyn R. Morgan, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, one of the nation's leading liver and kidney transplant surgeons, has been named director of Loyola Medicine's division of intra-abdominal transplant.

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The Children’s Hospital University of Illinois will host a trick-or-treating parade, costume contest and party for pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients and their families on Halloween.

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New research by scientists from the University of Chicago shows that just one gene controls whether a certain species of butterfly has white or yellow spots on its wings.

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Loyola Medicine's Julie Fitzgerald, MD, FAAP, division director, pediatric critical care, medical director, pediatric intensive care unit, was recognized as a Lifesaving Partner by Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network.

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Scientists are creating a network in the Chicago area that taps the principles of quantum physics to send information. Such a link could one day form the basis for a truly secure network, which would have wide-ranging impact on communications, computing and national security. Stretching between Argonne and Fermi national laboratories, the connection will "teleport" information across 30 miles and is expected to be among the longest in the world to send secure information using quantum physics.

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In her new book, “A Political Education: Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago Since the 1960s,” UIC historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland details the city’s transformations in black politics, shifts in modes of education organizing, and the racial politics of education reform spanning the past 60 years.

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Today, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) commended President Donald Trump for signing into law, H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, legislation to address the nation’s opioid crisis. The new law includes provisions developed by ASA to advance opioid reducing initiatives in the surgical setting.

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Digital audio research summaries reporting on a variety of contemporary surgical topics have been released from the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2018, which concludes October 25 in Boston.

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It has long been understood that there is a connection between long-term relationships and health. There is also a reciprocal relationship between marriage and health, where not only is marriage affected by illness, but the quality of marriage can actually influence the course of an illness.