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UrduEfforts to monitor and improve the health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) populations face unique challenges, including racial misclassification and underrepresentation in health research. The role of the Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs) in improving the public health infrastructure for the AIAN population is highlighted in a special September supplement to the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
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LI-COR Biosciences Introduces DigiWest to Accelerate Targeted Therapeutics Development
Researchers can identify therapeutic targets and functional effects of targeted therapeutics more quickly and efficiently as part of a complete solution now offered by LI-COR Biosciences in partnership with NMI TT Pharmaservices.
Heat Wave Tolerant
Samplla™, a family of specimen collection devices which are designed to provide ambient transportation for up to 21 days. Specimens applied to Samplla™ are immediately “dried and stabilized” within a local atmospheric condition using its Samplla Modified Atmosphere Packaging (sMAP), that provides an atmosphere separated from the ambient atmosphere and resistant to gas exchange – the result, stability. Samplla™ S device, the first product of this line of products was perfected to collect, transport and store bodily fluid specimens.
Randox QC unveils brand new multi-analyte commutable Acusera Infectious Disease Controls
Randox Quality Control is set to introduce its brand new Acusera Infectious Disease (Serology) Controls at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry 2019.
Global Heritage Fund Launches New Sustainable Travel Program to Discover the Lost Empires of Morocco
Global Heritage Fund will uncover the rich heritage of southern Morocco in an exclusive new travel program crafted to high standards of sustainability and community inclusion. Join this eye-opening and transformational journey to experience heritage through historic preservation beyond monuments®.
Tip Sheet: Making checkpoint inhibitors more effective; a new HIV vaccine trial; and how to deal with measles and cancer
Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutch research findings, with links for additional background and media contacts.
UCLA study links progenitor cells to age-related prostate growth
The prostates of older mice contain more luminal progenitor cells — cells capable of generating new prostate tissue — than the prostates of younger mice, UCLA researchers have discovered.
Sysmex America’s PS-10 Sample Preparation System Provides Clinical Labs New Level of Efficiency for Flow Cytometry
Sysmex America, Inc. announced the availability of its PS-10TM Sample Preparation System for use in flow cytometry. The highly automated and flexible PS-10, designed for complex laboratory tests and routine flow applications, provides clinical labs a new level of workflow efficiency and confidence in results.
On display at AACC 2019: How Advanced Instruments Gets – and Keeps – Your Lab Up and Running
Advanced Instruments,booth #1361, at the 71st AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo in Anaheim, CA, August 4-8, 2019.
Milk Does a (Baby and Adult) Body Good: August is National Breastfeeding Month
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends six months of exclusive breastfeeding, with continuing breastfeeding through the first year of life. August is National Breastfeeding Month. Pediatricians Lisa Stellwagen, MD, and Michelle Leff, MD, at UC San Diego Health are available…
STATEMENT OF APA CEO ON GUN VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH
Following is the statement of Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, CEO of the American Psychological Association, in reaction to President Trump’s statements today regarding gun violence and mental illness:
Seeking biomarkers that may predict suicide risk among women
A four-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health will help researchers determine how the stabilization of ovarian hormones estradiol and progesterone may help lower symptoms associated with suicidality among females with longstanding thoughts of suicide.While estradiol and progesterone rise and fall over the course of the menstrual cycle, the hormones plummet to their lowest levels just before and during menses.
Improving the magnetic bottle that controls fusion power on Earth
The exhaustive detection method that discovered the error field in the initial run of the NSTX-U tokamak could serve as a model for error-field detection in future tokamaks.
In the heat of the light
Scientists at Argonne and Oak Ridge national laboratories are drawing on decades of nuclear research on salts to advance a promising solar technology.
Under the Influence: Influencer Marketing
Influencer marketing is a key way to engage potential customers, build loyalty and drive a message to a larger market in an organic way. Darden marketing experts provide insights for aspiring influencers and marketers eager to analyze their effect.
UIC awarded $4.7 million NSF grant to enhance K-8 math instruction, professional development in south Cook County
UIC researchers will lead a five-year, $4.7 million project funded by the National Science Foundation to develop and implement a professional development program for K-8 math educators that spans across three levels — teacher, school and district.
UNC Center for Aging and Health Receives $3.75 Million Grant to Integrate Geriatrics throughout NC Primary Care Practices
The UNC School of Medicine’s Center for Aging and Health has received a five-year, $3.75 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to provide geriatrics training throughout North Carolina.
PSYCHOLOGISTS AVAILABLE TO TALK ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, HATE CRIMES, RADICALIZATION
For reporters covering aspects of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, these psychologists are available to discuss issues associated with gun violence, domestic terrorism, radicalization, hate crimes and coping with trauma after a mass shooting.
Depression, suicides are occupational hazards, doctor writes
Medical schools’ efforts to reduce depression and burnout among trainees have focused on building their resilience. But putting this onus on clinicians has allowed schools to ignore the taxing training environments and policies that contribute to mental illness and suicide, a doctor’s commentary says.
UVA Darden Welcomes Seven New Professors to Start 2019–20 Academic Year
The new professors will enhance a number of academic areas at the School, including Strategy, Ethics and Entrepreneurship; Global Economies and Markets; Technology and Operations Management; Accounting; and Leadership and Organizational Behavior.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss How to Speak with Children About Mass Shootings
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss How to Speak with Children About Mass Shootings Kelly Moore, a Rutgers expert on the emotional health of children, is available to comment on how news reports and adult conversations about traumatic events such as…
Reverse engineering the fireworks of life
Princeton biologists reverse engineer the microtubules that make up cell walls and spindles
2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal damaged other German automakers’ reputations and profits, study shows
Rüdiger Bachmann at the University of Notre Dame and his co-authors studied the scandal and found that the fallout from Volkswagen’s wrongdoing cost other German car makers billions of dollars in sales.
Restoring forests means less fuel for wildfire and more storage for carbon
“With predictions of widespread mortality of western U.S. forests under climate change,” McCauley states, “our study addresses how large-scale restoration of overly-dense, fire-adapted forests is one of the few tools available to managers that could minimize the adverse effects of climate change and maintain forest cover.”
YOUNG TEENS OF COLOR MORE LIKELY TO AVOID PEERS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Students identifying as black or Latino are more likely to say they would socially distance themselves from peers with a mental illness, a key indicator of mental illness stigma, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. The findings reinforce how stigma may prevent teens who face prejudice and discrimination from seeking help for a mental health problem when they need it.
Department of Energy Announces $6.5 Million for Isotope R&D and Production
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $6.5 million in funding for 15 awards to advance isotope research, development, and production—part of a key federal program that produces critical isotopes otherwise unavailable or in short supply for U.S. science, medicine, and industry.
Study shows Maya civilization decimated by massive, fiery war
A Tulane University anthropologist helped uncover evidence of extreme warfare leading to the widespread destruction of a Maya civilization nearly 1,500 years ago.
New Zealand’s biodiversity will take millions of years to recover
The arrival of humans in New Zealand, some 700 years ago, triggered a wave of extinction among native bird species. Many more species are currently under threat. Recent calculations by scientists from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and Massey University in New Zealand show that it would take at least 50 million years of evolution to restore the biodiversity that has been lost. Their results were published on 5 August in the journal Current Biology.
Geoengineering versus a volcano
While it’s important to evaluate geoengineering proposals from an informed position, the best way to reduce climate risk is to reduce emissions
Department of Energy Selects 73 Scientists to Receive Early Career Research Program Funding
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has selected 73 scientists from across the nation – including 27 from DOE’s national laboratories and 46 from U.S. universities – to receive significant funding for research as part of DOE’s Early Career Research Program.
PixCell’s Viscoelastic Focusing Technology Shifts the Paradigm in Hematology Point of Care Accessibility
Pixcell’s HemoScreen™ is a portable cartridge-based platform. It is fast, simple to use, and a cost-effective means of providing crucial diagnostic information, near patient, where it is needed most.
Ultrasound Guidance Improves First-Attempt Success in IV Access in Children
When caregivers used ultrasound to guide placement of intravenous lines in children with presumed difficult access, they had higher success rates on their first attempt. Pediatric researchers report that this technique reduces the number of needle sticks in their young patients.
Cornell to house nation’s only industrial hemp seed bank
Cornell University will house the nation’s only industrial hemp germplasm repository – a seed bank – co-located at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York.
Four ways binge-watching hurts your brain
Binge-watching your favorite television show might seem like a great way to relax after a long week, but spending hours on the couch can actually hurt your brain.
$1.5M Awarded from ORIEN New Oncologic Visionary Awards Program Supports Research by Rutgers Cancer Institute Investigators
A pair of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey physician-scientists are collaborating on national research projects that received $1.5 million in combined funding from the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network® (ORIEN) New Oncologic Visionary Awards (NOVA) program.
El Paso and Dayton mass shootings: How Trump is using civil religious rhetoric in attempt to bring country together
In an effort to bring America together following the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, Donald Trump is deploying civil religious rhetoric: sacred, quasi-religious symbols that lean on and reinforce the country’s values. Professor Flavio Hickel Jr.,…
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Completes Acquisition of Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon
Leaders of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) today announced completion of the acquisition of Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon, a two-campus facility licensed for 245 beds, from subsidiaries of Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS). Terms of the transaction will remain confidential.
Descubrimiento de diferenciación en vías del cáncer pulmonar puede llevar a tratamientos más dirigidos
Al adenocarcinoma pulmonar no solo se lo conoce por su mal pronóstico sino por ser el tipo más común de cáncer del pulmón, con 4 de cada 10 diagnósticos, dice el Instituto Nacional del Cáncer. Sin embargo, los investigadores de la sede de Mayo Clinic en Florida ahora pueden diferenciar entre dos vías por las que este mortífero cáncer se desarrolla y creen que su descubrimiento ayudará a los pacientes en el futuro. Los resultados se publican en Cancer Cell.
Building a Network for Long-Distance Quantum Communication
Brookhaven & SBU hope to create the world’s first true quantum internet, which would enhance information transfer and help us solve complex problems.
38th Annual New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2019 Begins September 13
The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies, is proud to present the 38th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2019. Showcasing new international films, American independent features, animation, experimental and short subjects, and cutting-edge documentaries, the New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2019 will feature 29 film screenings.
$3.3M grant seeks to improve health care in under-resourced communities
The University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Nursing is partnering with Erie Family Health Centers on a $3.3 million grant for health care improvements in underserved communities.
Notre Dame announces significant growth in research funding
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have received $180.6 million in research funding for fiscal year 2019 — $100 million more than 10 years ago and a more than 27 percent increase from last year.
What Breastfeeding Parents Need to Know
New and expectant parents have so many questions. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing experts discussed how to become a lactation consultant and a host of tips for expectant parents-to-be.
JHU Study Explains How Some Older Brains Decline Before People Realize It
Some older adults without noticeable cognitive problems have a harder time than younger people in separating irrelevant information from what they need to know at a given time, and a new Johns Hopkins University study could explain why.
Ins. For Renascence to Exhibit at AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo 2019 at Booth #672
Ins. For Renascence, a big data company focusing on insurance risk control, is committed to creating industry-level intelligence solutions, will exhibit their plans to attend the upcoming 71st American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo in Anaheim, California from August 6-8. The company will use the time at the show to highlight its research developments.
Seven Myths About Children’s Eyes
There are a lot of myths and misinformation out there about children’s eye health. The American Academy of Ophthalmology debunks seven common myths about children’s eye health.
Seven Myths About Children’s Eyes
There are a lot of myths and misinformation out there about children’s eye health. The American Academy of Ophthalmology debunks seven common myths about children’s eye health.
Researchers Find Proteins That Might Restore Damaged Sound-Detecting Cells in The Ear
Using genetic tools in mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have identified a pair of proteins that precisely control when sound-detecting cells, known as hair cells, are born in the mammalian inner ear. The proteins, described in a report published June 12 in eLife, may hold a key to future therapies to restore hearing in people with irreversible deafness.
iTHRIV, Community Groups Partner to Improve Health of Virginians
Four biomedical research projects to improve the health of Virginians will be funded by the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), a Clinical Translational Science Award Hub.
StaffReady® Offers Document Control Software for the Healthcare Industry
StaffReady Offers Document Control Software for the Healthcare Industry