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Scientists can now use skin samples from older patients to grow brain cells

For the first time, scientists can use skin samples from older patients to create brain cells without rolling back the youthfulness clock in the cells first. The new technique, which yields cells resembling those found in older people's brains, will be a boon to scientists studying age-related diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

9 Oct 2015

Scientists engineer stem cells to better understand mechanisms behind leukemia

Scientists engineered stem cells to better understand the mechanisms behind a form of leukemia caused by changes in a key gene, according to a study led by Mount Sinai researchers and published online today in the journal Cell Reports.

9 Oct 2015

Artificial lung model could provide better understanding of health risks associated with airborne pollution

A life-sized artificial human lung created at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is the first diagnostic tool for understanding in real time how tiny particles move and behave in the deepest part of the human lungs (alveolar tissue).

9 Oct 2015

Safety and immunogenicity clinical trial of Ebola vaccine regimen starts in Sierra Leone

Johnson & Johnson today announced the start of a safety and immunogenicity clinical trial in Sierra Leone of a preventive Ebola vaccine regimen in development at its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies.

9 Oct 2015

HDL not so good in protecting women against atherosclerosis, study shows

What has previously been known as good cholesterol--high density lipoprotein (HDL)--has now been shown to be not so good in protecting women against atherosclerosis while they are transitioning through menopause. That's according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health that was presented last week at the annual meeting of The North American Menopause Society in Las Vegas.

9 Oct 2015

FDA announces launch of new education campaign to prevent, reduce tobacco use among hip-hop youth

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the launch of a national public education campaign to prevent and reduce tobacco use among multicultural youth who identify with the hip-hop peer crowd ‒ a group that is often hard to reach and frequently exposed to pro-tobacco images and messages. While multicultural teens identify with more than one group, the FDA is focusing on those in the hip-hop peer crowd because research estimates that they are more likely to use tobacco than other youth.

9 Oct 2015

ASA member to teach perioperative anesthesia care to Rwandan physician anesthesiologists

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Global Humanitarian Outreach (GHO) volunteer Megan Olejniczak, M.D., will travel to Rwanda on Monday, October 19, to participate in a teaching program at the two teaching hospitals of the National University of Rwanda in the cities of Kigali and Butare.

9 Oct 2015

New partnership to deliver world-class healthcare through collaborative scientific research

A new partnership which harnesses world-class expertise will ensure patients benefit sooner from new treatments, diagnostics and prevention strategies.

9 Oct 2015

Research shows sex change hormonal treatment also changes brain chemistry

Hormonal treatments administered as part of the procedures for sex reassignment have well-known and well-documented effects on the secondary sexual characteristics of the adult body, shifting a recipient's physical appearance to that of the opposite sex.

9 Oct 2015

Pitt research team awarded NIH grant to study impact of substance abuse on adolescent brain development

A research team in the department of psychiatry, at the University of Pittsburgh, has been awarded a $5 Million National Institutes of Health grant to participate in a multi-site study focusing on the impact of adolescent marijuana, alcohol and other drug use on the developing brain.

9 Oct 2015

EpiPen autoinjectors save lives but can contribute to injuries in children

Epinephrine autoinjectors can be life-saving for patients experiencing anaphylaxis - a life-threatening emergency - but a new case series published online Tuesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine identifies design features of EpiPens, the most commonly used autoinjector, that appear to be contributing to injuries in children ("Lacerations and Embedded Needles Caused by Epinephrine Autoinjector Use in Children").

9 Oct 2015

New study examines factors that may protect transgender individuals from attempting suicide

The likelihood of a transgender person attempting suicide is very high, often because of the prejudice, transphobia and other stressors he or she may experience. A new study examined factors that may protect transgender adults from attempting suicide. Its conclusions also inform medical and mental health professionals who work with transgender clients.

9 Oct 2015

BMC awarded NIDDK grant to study outcomes of minority women receiving diabetes self-management education

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has awarded a $783,906 grant to Suzanne Mitchell, MD, a family physician at Boston Medical Center, to study health outcomes of minority women with type 2 diabetes who participate in group medical visits to help them manage their diabetes.

9 Oct 2015

Study finds link between poor infant sleep and behavioral problems at toddler stage

A study recently published in Developmental Neuropsychology finds a definite link between poor infant sleep and compromised attention and behavior at the toddler stage. The research discovered that one-year-olds who experienced fragmented sleep were more likely to have difficulties concentrating and to exhibit behavioral problems at three and four years of age.

9 Oct 2015

UNC researchers identify a type of vaginal bacteria that can protect women from HIV

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a type of vaginal bacteria within the mucus of the female reproductive system that can protect women from HIV as well as other sexually transmitted infections.

9 Oct 2015

Up to 1 billion people could be at risk of going blind by 2050, say researchers

Up to 1 billion people could be at risk of blindness by the middle of the century if an emerging short-sightedness (myopia) epidemic is ignored say researchers at the Brien Holden Vision Institute.

8 Oct 2015

Immune-molecule-based mop-up therapy reduces specific type of breast tumor in mice

Disabling a cancer-causing pathway and administering an immune-molecule-based mop-up therapy eradicated a specific type of breast tumor in mice, according to researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

8 Oct 2015

Poll: Americans across political spectrum support presidential debate on science-based challenges

An overwhelming majority of Americans (87%) say it is important that candidates for President and Congress have a basic understanding of the science informing public policy issues, including majorities across the political spectrum (92% of Democrats, 90% of Republicans and 79% of Independents).

8 Oct 2015

Cultural practices could help increase sweetpotato production in semiarid Pacific Northwest

Sweetpotato, a warm-season root crop grown across the world, needs heat and humidity to flourish. In the United States, commercial sweetpotato production occurs predominantly in the southeastern states and California, while production farther north is limited. Recently, Oregon State University researchers discovered cultural practices that could help to increase sweetpotato production in the semiarid Pacific Northwest.

8 Oct 2015

Limiting consumption of sugary drinks helps combat childhood and adolescent obesity

More than one-third of children in the United States ages 6 to 19 years old are overweight or obese. Over the past 30 years, the number of obese adolescents has more than quadrupled, which also has led to an increase in children diagnosed with diabetes. To combat this trend, Aneesh Tosh, M.D., adolescent medicine physician at University of Missouri Health Care and associate professor of clinical child health at the MU School of Medicine, recommends that sugary drinks be removed from adolescents' diets.

8 Oct 2015

Education News and Research

Scientists can now use skin samples from older patients to grow brain cells

Scientists engineer stem cells to better understand mechanisms behind leukemia

Artificial lung model could provide better understanding of health risks associated with airborne pollution

Safety and immunogenicity clinical trial of Ebola vaccine regimen starts in Sierra Leone

HDL not so good in protecting women against atherosclerosis, study shows

FDA announces launch of new education campaign to prevent, reduce tobacco use among hip-hop youth

ASA member to teach perioperative anesthesia care to Rwandan physician anesthesiologists

New partnership to deliver world-class healthcare through collaborative scientific research

Research shows sex change hormonal treatment also changes brain chemistry

Pitt research team awarded NIH grant to study impact of substance abuse on adolescent brain development

EpiPen autoinjectors save lives but can contribute to injuries in children

New study examines factors that may protect transgender individuals from attempting suicide

BMC awarded NIDDK grant to study outcomes of minority women receiving diabetes self-management education

Study finds link between poor infant sleep and behavioral problems at toddler stage

UNC researchers identify a type of vaginal bacteria that can protect women from HIV

Up to 1 billion people could be at risk of going blind by 2050, say researchers

Immune-molecule-based mop-up therapy reduces specific type of breast tumor in mice

Poll: Americans across political spectrum support presidential debate on science-based challenges

Cultural practices could help increase sweetpotato production in semiarid Pacific Northwest

Limiting consumption of sugary drinks helps combat childhood and adolescent obesity

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