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Released: 22-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST
Study Offers Promise for Preventing Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preemies
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Researchers at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and colleagues, discovered a promising direction toward understanding the development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating intestinal disease commonly affecting premature infants, in order to treat it.

17-Jan-2019 3:45 PM EST
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Neonatal abstinence syndrome describes symptoms (including jitteriness, high-pitched crying, sweating and diarrhea) that primarily occur in newborns exposed to opioids during pregnancy. Finding an optimal drug therapy to treat newborns for neonatal abstinence syndrome may reduce the length of treatment and hospital stay.

17-Jan-2019 3:10 PM EST
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

This study analyzed combined results from 13 randomized clinical trials with more than 164,000 participants to assess aspirin use with the prevention of cardiovascular events and bleeding in people without cardiovascular disease. Results suggest aspirin use was associated with lower risk (absolute risk reduction of 0.38 percent) for cardiovascular events (a composite of cardiovascular death, nonfatal heart attack and nonfatal stroke) and increased risk of major bleeding (absolute risk increase of 0.47 percent).

17-Jan-2019 3:05 PM EST
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

The proportion of liver transplants in the United States for alcohol-associated liver disease increased between 2002 and 2016, with much of the increase associated with a decrease in liver transplant for hepatitis C virus infection because of antiviral therapy. This observational study used data from the United Network for Organ Sharing for all liver transplants during the 15-year period and the national study group consisted of nearly 33,000 patients, including 9,438 patients with a diagnosis of alcohol-associated liver disease. Study findings suggest five-year survival after transplant was lower in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease.

Released: 22-Jan-2019 12:05 AM EST
Widely available food in US workplaces: Perk or hazard?
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Philadelphia, January 22, 2019 – Nearly a quarter of employed adults obtain foods and beverages at work at least once a week, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Foods obtained at work are often high in calories, refined grains, added sugars, and sodium.

Released: 21-Jan-2019 3:05 PM EST
Loyola Medicine to Offer Fellowship In Liver and Kidney Transplant Surgery
Loyola Medicine

The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) has accredited Loyola Medicine to offer a prestigious two-year fellowship in liver and kidney transplant surgery.

16-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
Fossilized Slime of 100-Million-Year-Old Hagfish Shakes Up Vertebrate Family Tree
University of Chicago Medical Center

Paleontologists at the University of Chicago have discovered the first detailed fossil of a hagfish, the slimy, eel-like carrion feeders of the ocean. The 100-million-year-old fossil helps answer questions about when these ancient, jawless fish branched off the evolutionary tree from the lineage that gave rise to modern-day jawed vertebrates, including bony fish and humans.

Released: 21-Jan-2019 12:05 PM EST
Palos Health and Loyola Medicine Announce Letter of Intent
Loyola Medicine

Palos Health and Loyola Medicine have signed a non—binding letter of intent to explore opportunities to build upon their strategic partnership that began in 2015.

Released: 21-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST
Surprise Your Valentine While Keeping Them Allergy and Asthma Free
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

Valentine's Day tips for keeping loved ones with allergies and asthma sneeze and wheeze free

Released: 18-Jan-2019 5:05 PM EST
Stronger, lighter, greener
Argonne National Laboratory

A new award-winning magnet technology invented at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory could help drive the nation’s transition from gas-powered vehicles to electric and hybrid power more rapidly, at lower cost, and in a more environmentally friendly way.

Released: 18-Jan-2019 5:05 PM EST
Argonne scientist elected as SAE Fellow
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientist Michael Wang from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory was recently inducted as a Fellow of the professional engineering organization SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers). The organization reserves this prestigious grade of membership for thosewho have made significant contributions to mobility technology and have demonstrated leadership in their field.

Released: 18-Jan-2019 5:05 PM EST
Chemistry intern inspired by Argonne’s real-world science
Argonne National Laboratory

etmarie Matos Vazquez came to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory seeking a more in-depth understanding of science beyond what her university could provide. Almost as soon as she stumbled upon a DOE website about internship opportunities, she knew that DOE’s laboratory system, and Argonne specifically, had exactly what she needed.Currently, she is workingon a projectthat offers the potential toimprove the aspect resolution of a wide array of microscopes.Vazquez’s internship was sponsored by the Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program, within the DOE’s Office of Environmental Management.

   
Released: 18-Jan-2019 4:05 PM EST
Chasing a supernova
Argonne National Laboratory

Alec Lancaster, a theoretical physics and applied mathematics major at Loyola University Chicago, is part of the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program, funded by DOE’s Office of Science. He spent the summer looking for a specific kind of supernova in the data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), an intensive five-year probe of the southern sky. The ultimate goal of the research is to use known properties of those supernovae to determine the accelerated rate of expansion of the universe.

   
Released: 18-Jan-2019 1:05 PM EST
EAT-Lancet Report’s Recommendations Are Achievable if Nutrition Education Is Included, Says Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Many dietary recommendations in a report released January 16 by the EAT-Lancet Commission are achievable if people around the world also receive guidance in nutrition and meal planning, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.

15-Jan-2019 2:55 PM EST
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Media advisory: To contact corresponding study author Madeline Penn, B.S., B.A., email Michelle Spivak at [email protected]. The full study, invited commentary and a summary podcast are linked to this news release.

15-Jan-2019 2:50 PM EST
Is Marketing of Opioids to Physicians Associated With Overdose Deaths?
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Media advisory: To contact corresponding study author Scott E. Hadland, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., email Jenny Eriksen at [email protected]. The full study, invited commentary and a summary podcast are linked to this news release and a visual abstract is below.

Released: 18-Jan-2019 10:05 AM EST
Loyola Medicine Names Regional Chief Financial Officer
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine has announced that Daniel P. Isacksen, Jr. has been named regional chief financial officer, a promotion from his post as regional senior vice president of finance and assistant treasurer.

Released: 17-Jan-2019 6:05 PM EST
During National Nutrition Month® 2019, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Promotes Healthful Eating, Physical Activity
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Choosing nutritious foods and getting enough physical activity can make a real difference in your health. For National Nutrition Month® 2019, in March, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages people to make informed food choices and develop sound eating and activity habits.

Released: 17-Jan-2019 4:05 PM EST
Loyola Medicine to Offer Fellowship in Liver and Kidney Transplant Surgery
Loyola Medicine

The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) has accredited Loyola Medicine to offer a prestigious two-year fellowship in liver and kidney transplant surgery. The first fellow will begin in July, 2020.

Released: 17-Jan-2019 3:05 PM EST
Five Things to Know about Who’s Providing Your Anesthesia Care
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

For patients undergoing surgery, having a baby, or needing emergency treatment following a traumatic incident, odds are the hands-on anesthesia care essential to their comfort and safety will be provided by a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).

Released: 17-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
Jimmy Ren ’19 Named Regeneron Science Talent Search High School Scholar
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)

IMSA’s Jimmy Ren ’19 is among 300 high school seniors that have been named scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. Scholars represent 177 high schools in 35 states. Each of the 300 scholars and their schools will be awarded $2,000.

Released: 17-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
NCI awards $1.7 million to UIC for research on Southeast Asian fruit
University of Illinois Chicago

A new $1.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute will enable researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago to study the fruit and its potential as a treatment for prostate cancer.

Released: 17-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
Argonne’s multidisciplinary teams strengthen and secure America’s complex electrical grid
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists from multiple disciplines are leveraging their collective expertise and world-class facilities to solve complex grid-related problems.

15-Jan-2019 6:05 PM EST
First Clinical Study Shows Mavoglurant Improves Eye Gaze Behavior in Fragile X Syndrome Patients
RUSH

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and the MIND Institute at UC Davis have found that mavoglurant, an experimental drug known as an mGluR5 negative modulator, can positively modify a key characteristic behavior in individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS).

Released: 17-Jan-2019 9:40 AM EST
New Pathology Guideline Advances Accuracy in Breast Cancer Testing
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) today published the first-ever evidence-based clinical practice guideline to help laboratories use quantitative image analysis (QIA) in HER2 immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing for breast cancer. The guideline was published in an early online edition of the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.

Released: 17-Jan-2019 3:05 AM EST
Advances in 3D and Organoid Cell Culture
SLAS

A new collection of reviews and original research illustrate how new technologies and advanced cell culture are accelerating basic research, drug discovery and drug development.

   
11-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST
Protecting oligodendrocytes may reduce the impact of multiple sclerosis
University of Chicago Medical Center

Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating inflammatory disorder in which autoreactive T cells migrate into the central nervous tissue and damage oligodendrocytes and myelin, which protect nerve cells. Sephin1 prolongs a cytoprotective response in oligodendrocytes, protecting those cells and myelin from this inflammatory attack. It dampens central nervous system inflammation, limits myelin damage and reduces the reactivation of T cells.

Released: 16-Jan-2019 4:05 PM EST
Loyola Medicine Awarded $10,000 Grant from Huggies®
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from Huggies® as part of the company's No Baby Unhugged initiative.

11-Jan-2019 4:45 PM EST
Moving More in Old Age May Protect Brain from Dementia
RUSH

Older adults who move more than average, either in the form of daily exercise or just routine physical activity such as housework, may maintain more of their memory and thinking skills than people who are less active than average, even if they have brain lesions or biomarkers linked to dementia, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center published in the January 16, 2019, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Released: 16-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
Michiko Itatani’s cosmic paintings focus of online exhibition
DePaul University

DePaul University professor Laura Kina considers Michiko Itatani an ‘artistic mother’ and recently curated an online exhibition that explores Itatani’s work through essays, audio interviews and dynamic visual displays.

Released: 16-Jan-2019 8:30 AM EST
UIC ranked among top 5 in the nation for online degree programs
University of Illinois Chicago

The University of Illinois at Chicago’s online bachelor’s degree program rankings continue to rise. According to the latest rankings in U.S. News & World Report, UIC’s online programs — in health information management, business administration and nursing — are fifth in the nation, up from 15th last year. UIC tied with Pennsylvania State University – World Campus and University of Florida.

Released: 15-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST
Dr. Frederick L. Grover Receives Prestigious John P. McGovern Compleat Physician Award
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Surgeon and researcher Frederick L. Grover, MD, of the University of Colorado, was awarded the 2019 John P. McGovern Compleat Physician Award by the Houston Academy of Medicine and Harris County Medical Society.

11-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST
Small Preliminary Study Examines Blood Stem Cell Transplant to Delay MS Progression
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

In a randomized clinical trial, researchers compared the effect of a stem cell transplant using a non-myeloablative regimen (a lower-dose, short course of more tolerable immune specific chemotherapy and antibodies to suppress the immune system) versus continuing disease-modifying therapy in 110 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Released: 15-Jan-2019 10:05 AM EST
Architectural teams named finalists in design competition for new performing arts center at UIC
University of Illinois Chicago

Three finalists chosen to compete to design a proposed $94.5M performing arts center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Released: 14-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
Citizen scientists help discover new exoplanet in ‘habitable zone’
University of Chicago

A new planet roughly twice the size of Earth has been discovered located within the “habitable zone”—the range of distances from a star where liquid water may exist on the planet’s surface. A research team that included a UChicago graduate student confirmed the finding after volunteer citizens flagged a crucial piece of evidence in data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft.

9-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
Intestinal Bacteria From Healthy Infants Prevent Food Allergy
University of Chicago Medical Center

New research from the University of Chicago shows that healthy infants have intestinal bacteria that prevent the development of food allergies.

11-Jan-2019 10:30 AM EST
Emergency and Urgent Hospitalizations Linked to Accelerated Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
RUSH

Emergency and urgent hospitalizations are associated with an increased rate of cognitive decline in older adults, report researchers at Rush University Medical Center. Results of their study, published in the Jan. 11, 2019, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, shows that hospitalization may be a more of a major risk factor for long-term cognitive decline in older adults than previously recognized.

Released: 10-Jan-2019 7:05 PM EST
New Leukemia Drug is More Effective and Easier to Use
Loyola Medicine

A landmark study has found that a newer targeted drug is significantly more effective than standard therapy for treating elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The drug, ibrutinib, attacks cancer cells without damaging normal cells, thus causing fewer side effects.

Released: 10-Jan-2019 4:05 PM EST
Discovery adapts natural membrane to make hydrogen fuel from water
Argonne National Laboratory

In a recent study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, scientists have combined two membrane-bound protein complexes to perform a complete conversion of water molecules to hydrogen and oxygen.

Released: 10-Jan-2019 10:05 AM EST
2D materials may enable electric vehicles to get 500 miles on a single charge
University of Illinois Chicago

Lithium-air batteries are poised to become the next revolutionary replacement for currently used lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles, cell phones and computers.Lithium-air batteries, which currently are still in the experimental stages of development, can store 10 times more energy than lithium-ion batteries, and they are much lighter.

Released: 9-Jan-2019 4:50 PM EST
Texas School District Risks Children’s Lives by Using Benadryl Instead of Stock Epinephrine
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology strongly urges the Weatherford Independent School District to reconsider their decision to use Benadryl in place of epinephrine for allergic reactions.

Released: 9-Jan-2019 4:40 PM EST
Rush Just 3rd Hospital to Achieve “Pinnacle” of Predictive Analytics Functionality
RUSH

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society recognizes Rush University Medical Center for reaching Stage 7 on the Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity

Released: 8-Jan-2019 6:05 PM EST
Liver Transplant Patients Have Higher Prevalenceof Colon Cancer and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Loyola Medicine

Liver transplant patients over time experience an increasing trend toward colon cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to a study led by a Loyola Medicine gastroenterologist. The study also found that lung and heart transplant patients have a higher trend toward non-melanoma skin cancer.

Released: 8-Jan-2019 5:05 PM EST
American Society of Anesthesiologists Hosts PRACTICE MANAGEMENT™ 2019
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) will host PRACTICE MANAGEMENT™ 2019, Jan. 18-20, in Las Vegas. The three-day meeting will bring together leaders and subject-matter experts in anesthesia to share new research, knowledge and critical skills needed to optimize an anesthesiology practice’s performance.

Released: 8-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
Argonne intern streamlines the beamline
Argonne National Laboratory

With the help of his advisor, an APS intern worked to develop an automated system at the 1-ID beamline that can collect X-ray data and reduce the need for human intervention.

   
Released: 8-Jan-2019 12:05 PM EST
Dark Energy Survey completes six-year mission
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)

After scanning in depth about a quarter of the southern skies for six years and cataloguing hundreds of millions of distant galaxies, the Dark Energy Survey will finish taking data on Jan. 9.



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