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Food science and technology professionals must be up to date on the latest developments in food science to address global food and consumer needs. To help them achieve this, Campden BRI has partnered with the US based Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) to bring the internationally recognized Certified Food Scientist (CFS) Preparatory Course to the UK and Europe for the first time.

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A minimally invasive spinal fusion back surgery results in less blood loss, less postoperative pain, smaller incisions, a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery and return to work.

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Although there is no universal standard definition of a super seed or superfruit, they are often described as providing a number of nutrients and health benefits all in one package. In the March issue of Food Technology published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), contributing editor Linda Milo Ohr writes about nine seeds and superfruits that fit the bill for consumers’ desire for natural, minimally processed foods.

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Celiac disease has increased in the last 50 years, but causes have not been fully determined. The research team found that einkorn wheat, an ancient wheat having one-grained spikelets and grown formerly in poor soils in central and southern Europe and southwest Asia, is promising for producing few or no immunotoxic effects in celiac trials. Without understanding why wheat sensitivity has increased in the population, the problem remains unsolved.

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Lesley Rhee, MD, a gastroenterologist who specializes in inflammatory bowel diseases has joined Loyola University Health System. Dr. Rhee has a special interest in treating Crohn’s Disease and colitis.

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Margaret Fitzpatrick, MD, an infectious diseases physician who specializes in public health, has joined Loyola University Health System.

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Evan Bradford Price, MD, an ophthalmologist who specializes in neuro-ophthalmology and cataract surgery, has joined Loyola University Health System. Dr. Price is board certified in ophthalmology.

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To encourage communities across the country to protect children and adolescents from the sun’s dangerous rays, the American Academy of Dermatology has awarded Shade Structure Grants to 19 schools and non-profit organizations.

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Storytelling energizes online social movements, but social media exposure does not equal political influence, a new-media scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago explains in her new book.

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Eric Marcotte, MD, MS, FACS, a gastrointestinal surgeon who specializes in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric procedures, has joined Loyola University Health System.

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Light can be used to activate normal, non-genetically modified neurons through the use of targeted gold nanoparticles. The new method represents a significant technological advance with potential advantages over current optogenetic methods, including possible use in the development of therapeutics.

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According to a study published in the Online First edition of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of ASA, an overwhelming majority of physician anesthesiologists who participated in the simulation program successfully implemented their practice improvements.

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Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine has announced a new, collaborative leadership model for four research institutes. Each institute will be led by two co-directors, a scientist and a physician.

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A recent study, co-authored by Paula Young, PhD, staff therapist and head of cognitive behavioral therapy services at The Family Institute at Northwestern University, suggests that one size may not fit all when it comes to treating depression. Individually-tailored treatment — a combination of medication and psychotherapy, or psychotherapy alone — may provide better results.

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The MacArthur Foundation has awarded $1 million over two years to Ci3’s Game Changer Chicago Design Lab at the University of Chicago to advance its work developing game-based learning experiences that promote sexual and reproductive health among urban youth.

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For many reasons, a child being home from school while sick can be stressful. Parents worry about the severity of their child’s illness and about the child missing school, all while trying to shuffle work schedules to be home.

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The Water Research Initiative of the Institute for Molecular Engineering has added a sixth research project to the original five that received funding last year.

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A research conference, to be held on April 7-8, 2015 in Washington DC, aims to explore how uncertainty manifests in fiscal policy, and exactly how that uncertainty can shape the real economy.

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r. Anna Spagnoli has been appointed as the Women’s Board Chair of the Department of Pediatrics. Spagnoli joined Rush in late February from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as professor and chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, director of the pediatric endocrinology fellowship program, and director of the Pediatric Bone Clinic. She also held appointments in the departments of biomedical engineering. Prior to her positions at the University of North Carolina, Spagnoli was on the faculty of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Tennessee.

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University of Illinois at Chicago poet Roger Reeves has been named a recipient of the Whiting Award, a prominent creative writing honor that annually recognizes 10 emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama.

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The University of Chicago’s partnership with the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has made possible a new educational opportunity for students studying environmental science.

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In an analysis of about 2,600 hospitalizations for severe sepsis, readmissions within 90 days were common, and approximately 40 percent occurred for diagnoses that could potentially be prevented or treated early to avoid hospitalization, according to a study in the March 10 issue of JAMA.

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The prevalence of type 2 diabetes among 25,000 patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (a genetic disorder characterized by high low-density lipoprotein [LDL] cholesterol levels) was significantly lower than among unaffected relatives, with the prevalence varying by the type of gene mutation, according to a study in the March 10 issue of JAMA.

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In an analysis of outcomes of about 12,000 patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, death rate after one year was nearly one in four; of those alive at 12 months, almost half had not been rehospitalized and approximately 25 percent had only one hospitalization, according to a study in the March 10 issue of JAMA.

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Among patients with a displaced fracture in the upper arm near the shoulder (proximal humeral), there was no significant difference between surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment in patient-reported outcomes over two years following the fracture, results that do not support the trend of increased surgery for patients with this type of fracture, according to a study in the March 10 issue of JAMA.

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The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine moved up a notch to regain its top 10 status as one of the country’s best medical schools and its primary care program scored its strongest rating since 2010, according to the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”

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The University of Chicago is creating a new network of five Urban Labs to address some of the world’s most daunting urban problems and help realize the promise of cities in an era of global urbanization.

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Although the work of UChicago Urban Labs is global, its inaugural competition for partners seeks promising ideas that can be implemented in the city of Chicago. The Urban Labs Innovation Challenge seeks to generate evidence on what urban policy interventions work, for whom, and why. Urban Labs are seeking letters of interest from organizations or agencies with promising strategies for addressing one of the focus areas of the three newly created Urban Labs: energy and the environment, health, and poverty. The labs also welcome interventions that span multiple focus areas.

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If you have ever had chickenpox, or been vaccinated for it, you are at risk for getting shingles – a painful, blistering rash. This is because after the chickenpox clears, the virus stays in the body. If the virus reactivates, or wakes up, you could get shingles.

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Scientists on two continents have independently discovered a set of celestial objects that seem to belong to the rare category of dwarf satellite galaxies orbiting our home galaxy, the Milky Way.

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Adding to an extensive list of honors, Rush University Medical Center has been named one of the 100 Top Hospitals in the country by Truven Health Analytics for the second time. The hospitals included in the list were chosen out of the nearly 2,800 non-federal hospitals nationwide that Truven analyzed.

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A hospital stay is not necessary for many surgical patients today, as nearly two-thirds of procedures are performed at outpatient facilities. But as with in-hospital surgeries, most outpatient procedures require anesthesia, and planning ahead can help patients have a safe and successful experience.

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The American Heart Association awarded Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine $735,516 in 2014 in new and continuing grants for cardiac research.

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The Array of Things, The Internet of Things, ultimately, “smart” cities have to feature hundreds, maybe thousands, of strategically placed sensors. These devices would record everything from air pressure and temperature to microbial content. The newly developed Waggle platform is the system on a chip that will enable this to happen.

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The CAP will offer educational resources during National Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 8-14) to help patients and their loved ones understand their pathology reports and diagnoses and engage with their physicians.

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Next generation sequencing enables researchers to sequence DNA and RNA much more quickly and cheaply than an older technology called Sanger sequencing. The technology is revolutionizing genomics (the study of genes and their functions) and molecular biology.

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“Half of all home fire deaths happen between 11 pm and 7 am when people are sleeping,” says Sanford. “One-quarter start in the bedroom, another quarter in the family room and 16 percent in the kitchen.”

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Julie Fitzgerald, MD, brings her expertise in caring for critically ill children to the Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital at Loyola University Medical Center where she is the division director for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. She also is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

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Sam Marzo, MD, FACS, who for almost 20 years has helped Loyola University Medical Center’s Otolaryngology Department become an internationally known center for patient care, research and education, has been named chair of the department, effective July 1, 2015.

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Human milk provides the best nutrition for most babies and breastfeeding provides the best nutrition for infants and very young children, according to an updated position paper from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The paper also outlines the health risks of not breastfeeding, which include increased rates of infant and maternal morbidity and mortality, increased health care costs and significant economic losses to families and employers.

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It's not too early to begin adjusting to Daylight Saving Time, which begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. A sleep expert explains why you should begin going to bed earlier in the days leading up to the time change. Also, expose yourself to sunlight in the morning to advance your circadian rhythm.

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Early menopause can be prevented and fertility may be preserved in young women with early stage breast cancer, according to a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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In collaboration with Australian researchers, Argonne National Laboratory’s scientists are using decades of experience analyzing vehicle fuel injectors to study medical inhalers, hoping to unlock the secrets of the devices that are so well known to asthma sufferers everywhere.

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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a genetic variation that in women significantly increases their risk of developing multiple sclerosis. The variant occurs almost twice as often among women with MS as in women without the disease, making it "one of the strongest genetic risk factors for MS discovered to date,” said senior author Doug Feinstein, professor of anesthesiology at UIC and research biologist at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. The report is published in the journal ASN NEURO.

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At age 12, Rachael Fellers developed a debilitating form of pelvic pain that at times prevented her from standing, walking or going to the bathroom. Mrs. Fellers saw several doctors who determined that she had endometriosis. They unsuccessfully tried to alleviate her pain through medication and surgery.

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The American Academy of Pain Medicine's Annual Meeting Keynote Address will focus on the National Pain Strategy Task Force.

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AAPM is offering a full day of free education at its Annual Meeting that includes a neuromodulation course, two commercially-supported symposia, and entrance to the meeting's Welcome Reception.