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16-Nov-2018 12:05 AM EST
Sucking Your Baby’s Pacifier May Benefit Their Health
Henry Ford Health

Many parents probably think nothing of sucking on their baby’s pacifier to clean it after it falls to the ground. Turns out, doing so may benefit their child’s health. A Henry Ford Health System study found that babies whose parents sucked on their pacifier to clean it had a lower level of the antibody that is linked to the development of allergies and asthma.

8-Nov-2018 8:00 AM EST
Sucking Your Baby’s Pacifier to Clean It May Prevent Allergies
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

New research suggests a link between parental sucking on a pacifier and a lower allergic response among young children.

8-Nov-2018 8:00 AM EST
Milk Allergy Affects Half of U.S. Food-Allergic Kids Under Age One
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

New research found that over two percent of all U.S. children under the age of 5 have a milk allergy, and 53 percent of food-allergic infants under age 1 have a cow’s milk allergy.

8-Nov-2018 8:00 AM EST
Secondhand Marijuana Smoke Causes Asthma Symptoms in Child Allergic to Cannabis
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

New research shows it’s possible for both children and adults with uncontrolled asthma to find their symptoms worsening due to cannabis allergy and exposure to marijuana smoke.

8-Nov-2018 8:00 AM EST
Caregiver’s Poor Knowledge of Asthma Means Longer Hospital Stay for Child
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

New research shows children of caregivers with poor asthma knowledge were four times more likely to have a prolonged hospital stay. A “prolonged” stay was defined as more than two days.

8-Nov-2018 8:00 AM EST
Your Severe Eczema May Best be Treated by Allergy Shots
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

New research found allergy shots provided significant benefits to the eczema symptoms suffered by a 48-year-old man.

8-Nov-2018 8:00 AM EST
Will Your Epinephrine Auto Injector Still Work if it Gets Frozen?
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

What happens if you leave your epinephrine auto injector in your car in winter and it freezes? More than likely it will still work, according to new research.

8-Nov-2018 8:00 AM EST
Safest Way to Dine Out for Those with Food Allergies is Using up to 15 Strategies
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

New research examined what tools people who have food allergies use to prevent allergic reactions at restaurants.

9-Nov-2018 2:05 PM EST
Home-Based Visits Benefit Rural Patients with Kidney Disease
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

• A pilot program delivered by community health representatives in the homes of patients with chronic kidney disease in Zuni Pueblo in rural New Mexico promoted patients’ active involvement in their own care. • The program also led to modest improvements in several clinical measures, including decreases in body mass index, blood glucose levels, and inflammation, and improved mental health quality of life.

14-Nov-2018 3:00 PM EST
Beneath the surface: Geography students cave in Cuba
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Maria Perez, an assistant professor of geography in West Virginia University’s Department of Geology and Geography, led members of the student caving club, WVU Student Grotto, on a new study abroad trip to Cuba in May 2018.

15-Nov-2018 11:00 AM EST
New maps hint at how electric fish got their big brains
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers have mapped the regions of the brain in mormyrid fish in extremely high detail. Their new measurements can help illuminate longstanding questions in neuroanatomy. As brains get bigger, do all regions of the brain scale up in a predictable way? Or does natural selection act independently on separate regions of the brain — such that certain parts of the brain become enlarged in animals that have extra reasons to use them?

12-Nov-2018 11:05 AM EST
Twitter use influenced by social schedules, not changing seasons and daylight
University of Chicago Medical Center

An analysis of Twitter data from the U.S. shows that social media usage largely mirrors daily work schedules and school calendars. The data reflect the amount of “social jet lag” caused when social demands make people wake up much earlier than their biological rhythms would prefer.

13-Nov-2018 11:05 AM EST
Brain, muscle cells found lurking in kidney organoids grown in lab
Washington University in St. Louis

New research has identified rogue cells – namely brain and muscle cells – lurking within kidney organoids. The presence of such cells indicates that the “recipes” used to coax stem cells into becoming kidney cells inadvertently are churning out other cell types.

12-Nov-2018 12:05 PM EST
DICE: Immune cell atlas goes live
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

For more than four years, a team of LJI scientists led by Associate Professor Pandurangan Vijayanand, M.D., Ph.D., has been undertaking a massive immunoprofiling effort, detailing how variations in DNA sequence impact gene activity in different types of immune cells.

13-Nov-2018 12:05 PM EST
Anti-Malaria Drugs Have Shown Promise in Treating Cancer, and Now Researchers Know Why
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Anti-malaria drugs known as chloroquines have been repurposed to treat cancer for decades, but until now no one knew exactly what the chloroquines were targeting when they attack a tumor. Now, researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania say they have identified that target – an enzyme called PPT1.

12-Nov-2018 11:05 AM EST
Social Support Networks Help Motivate Changes among Alcohol-Impaired Drivers
Research Society on Alcoholism

Automobile crashes related to driving while intoxicated (DWI) account for approximately 30 percent of fatal crashes, and 10,000 deaths annually. Social support – defined as emotional, informational, or instrumental help from individuals' social networks – can be helpful to individuals recovering from alcohol use disorders (AUDs). However, it is unclear what impact social support may have on reducing the risk of recidivism of alcohol-impaired driving. This study examined the role of social support in motivating individuals with histories of DWI arrests to reduce their alcohol use.

14-Nov-2018 4:45 PM EST
Latino Men are Much Less Likely to Receive Optimal Treatment for High Risk Prostate Cancer than White Men, According to New Research in JNCCN
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

New research published in JNCCN-Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network found Latino men were 21% less likely to receive definitive treatment compared to non-Latino white men, with significant differences for younger patients, the uninsured, and those treated at NCI-designated centers.

13-Nov-2018 4:15 PM EST
Killer Whales Share Personality Traits with Humans, Chimpanzees
American Psychological Association (APA)

Killer whales display personality traits similar to those of humans and chimpanzees, such as playfulness, cheerfulness and affection, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

7-Nov-2018 3:05 PM EST
Studies Examine Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Women in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda are often pressured by family and through societal expectations to have more children, but commonly resort to covert or indirect means of contraception to maintain some reproductive autonomy. This is a central finding from a cross-country study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

7-Nov-2018 3:05 PM EST
News Brief: 2018 International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali, Rwanda
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

At the fifth International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Kigali, Rwanda, taking place Nov. 12 to 15, 2018, there will be four new research findings presented. The 2018 ICFP is co-hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, which is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Rwanda.



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