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Released: 10-May-2017 9:05 AM EDT
Experts Available to Discuss Screening Guidelines for Thyroid Cancer in Adults
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance experts are available to discuss new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines related to thyroid cancer screening for adults, risk factors and treatment options.

Released: 10-May-2017 9:00 AM EDT
Our Taste in Movies Is Highly Idiosyncratic—and at Odds with Critics’ Preferences
New York University

Our taste in movies is notably idiosyncratic, and not linked to the demographic traits that studios target, finds new study on film preferences. The work also shows that moviegoers’ ratings are not necessarily in line with those of critics.

Released: 10-May-2017 9:00 AM EDT
Helping Clinicians Through Traumatic Events Also Helps the Bottom Line, Cost-Benefit Analysis Shows
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A peer-support program launched six years ago at Johns Hopkins Medicine to help doctors and nurses recover after traumatic patient-care events such as a patient’s death probably saves the institution close to $2 million annually, according to a recent cost-benefit analysis.

5-May-2017 9:00 AM EDT
Tip Sheet: Johns Hopkins Researchers Present at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Johns Hopkins Medicine

What: The annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology When: May 7-11 Where: Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD (1 W. Pratt St. Baltimore, MD 21201)

Released: 10-May-2017 8:05 AM EDT
How Focusing on Parent-Child Relationships Can Prevent Child Maltreatment
University of Notre Dame

In order to help children facing maltreatment, the relationship between the parent and child is key, argues Kristin Valentino, William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame.

Released: 10-May-2017 8:00 AM EDT
Sugar or Protein? How Fruit Fly Brains Control What They Choose to Eat
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Using fruit flies, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have identified a specific and very small set of brain cells — dubbed dopamine wedge neurons — responsible for driving the insects’ food preferences toward what they need, rather than what they like.

Released: 10-May-2017 7:05 AM EDT
Manuel Zimmer Selected HHMI-Wellcome International Research Scholar
IMP - Research Institute of Molecular Pathology

Neuroscientist Manuel Zimmer, a group leader at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, has been selected as HHMI-Wellcome International Research Scholar. His work on C. elegans worms aims to uncover how the brain processes information to generate behaviour.

Released: 10-May-2017 6:05 AM EDT
The Dark Side of Helping Coworkers
Michigan State University

If you show up at work tired, you may want to focus strictly on your own tasks. New research suggests helping coworkers in the morning can lead to mental exhaustion and self-serving behavior in the afternoon that ultimately can create a toxic work environment.

9-May-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Dr. Peter M. Fleischut Appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at NewYork-Presbyterian
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Dr. Peter M. Fleischut has been named senior vice president and chief transformation officer at NewYork-Presbyterian, effective May 1.

Released: 10-May-2017 5:05 AM EDT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Could Help Stress in Sport
Leeds Beckett University

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could be a powerful tool to help elite sportspeople improve their performance by handling stress more effectively, new research has found.

Released: 10-May-2017 5:00 AM EDT
Happy Mother’s Day: Five Facts About Anesthesia for Labor and Delivery
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

A first-time mother-to-be gets a lot of advice from well-meaning friends and family members about everything from breastfeeding to which kind of diapers to buy. But when it comes to anesthesia, the nation’s 50,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) want all new moms to know their anesthesia options for labor and delivery.

9-May-2017 8:05 PM EDT
Scientists Help Thin-Film Ferroelectrics Go Extreme
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Scientists have created the first-ever polarization gradient in thin-film ferroelectrics, greatly expanding the range of functional temperatures for a key material used in a variety of everyday applications. The discovery could pave the way for developing devices capable of supporting wireless communications in extreme environments.

9-May-2017 6:05 PM EDT
Scientists Print Nanoscale Imaging Probe onto Tip of Optical Fiber
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Combining speed with incredible precision, a team of researchers has developed a way to print a nanoscale imaging probe onto the tip of a glass fiber as thin as a human hair, accelerating the production of the promising new device from several per month to several per day.

7-May-2017 7:05 PM EDT
Rising Temperatures Threaten Stability of Tibetan Alpine Grasslands
Georgia Institute of Technology

A warming climate could affect the stability of alpine grasslands in Asia’s Tibetan Plateau, threatening the ability of farmers and herders to maintain the animals that are key to their existence, and potentially upsetting the ecology of an area in which important regional river systems originate.

Released: 10-May-2017 12:05 AM EDT
Dr. Francis O’Connor Receives AMSSM’s Top Honor
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)

Col. Francis O’Connor, MD, MPH, received the Founders’ Award today, May 9, 2017 at the 26th American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif. The award is bestowed when AMSSM leadership determines that a member exemplifies the best that a sports medicine physician can be and do.

Released: 9-May-2017 6:05 PM EDT
Taming the Trouble with Inhalers: A New Way to Treat Asthma
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

What does asthma have in common with anxiety? New research shows that both can be treated with chemical compounds that exploit the calming effect of certain neurotransmitters. It could lead to fewer kids having to use an inhaler to take steroids.

Released: 9-May-2017 4:05 PM EDT
New York Seascape Marine Life Now Revealed at Brooklyn Bridge Park Photo Exhibition
Wildlife Conservation Society

New York - May 9, 2017 – Brooklyn residents and visitors can get close-up glimpses of the region’s most mysterious inhabitants at Underwater Wildlife New York, a photo exhibit now underway at Brooklyn Bridge Park that showcases the region’s most fascinating marine species.

Released: 9-May-2017 4:05 PM EDT
The CAP Strongly Supports Legislation to Improve Patient's Access to Care
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) commended the re-introduction of Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act of 2017.

Released: 9-May-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Shrubs, Grasses Planted Through Federal Program Crucial for Sage Grouse Survival in Eastern Washington
University of Washington

A federal program that pays farmers to plant agricultural land with environmentally beneficial vegetation is probably the reason that sage grouse still live in portions of Washington’s Columbia Basin, according to a new study by UW, state and federal researchers.



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