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Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
Pitt part of $100 million NHLBI 'Bench to Bassinet' effort in congenital heart disease
Developmental biologists at the University of Pittsburgh have been chosen to participate in a $100 million federal "Bench to Bassinet" network that is dedicated to learning about the formation of the cardiovascular system and applying that knowledge to create new diagnostic and intervention strategies for congenital heart disease. The Pitt team's aim is to identify and describe the core set of genes that play an essential role in producing structural heart defects.
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Contact: Anita Srikameswaran
SrikamAV@upmc.edu
412-578-9193
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences

Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Cancer patients and doctors report drug side effects differently
In clinical trials for cancer, it is standard for clinicians rather than patients to report adverse symptom side effects from treatments, such as nausea and fatigue. At present, patient self-reporting, although important, is not a well studied source of this information. A new longitudinal study from researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center finds that while clinicians' and patients' reporting of treatment side effects are very different from each other, together they provide a more complete, clinically meaningful picture of the treatment experience.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Contact: Jeanne D’Agostino
dagostij@mskcc.org
212-639-3573
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
Journal of Neuroscience
Duke researchers find explanation for rapid maturation of neurons at birth
So a baby can detect outside signals, the brain cells use a a "pump" that drains chloride out of newborn neurons, making these highly chaotic, developing cells quiet down. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have figured out the genetic control of the pump in rodents.
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strok, NIH/National Institute on Aging, Mathers Foundation, Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Duke University

Contact: Mary Jane Gore
mary.gore@duke.edu
919-660-1309
Duke University Medical Center

Public Release: 17-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009
Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association
Motivational 'women-only' cardiac rehab improves symptoms of depression
Women who participated in a motivational cardiac rehab program designed for women experienced less symptoms of depression. The positive impact of the women-centered program remained six months after the 12-week study ended. Other research shows that positive emotions in men and women may protect from heart disease.
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research

Contact: News Media Staff Dallas
bridgette.mcneill@heart.org
214-706-1396
American Heart Association

Public Release: 16-Nov-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Penn study finds that antioxidant found in vegetables has implications for treating cystic fibrosis
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body's inflammatory response to infection and injury. The finding has implications for such inflammation-based disorders as cystic fibrosis, diabetes, heart disease and neurodegeneration.
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Contact: Karen Kreeger
karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu
215-349-5658
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Public Release: 16-Nov-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Analyzing structural brain changes in Alzheimer's disease
In a study that promises to improve diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle, sub-regional brain volume loss using magnetic resonance imaging. The study will be published the week of Nov. 16 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Contact: Debra Kain
ddkain@ucsd.edu
619-543-6163
University of California - San Diego

Public Release: 16-Nov-2009
Indiana University receives NIH grant to improve health care in East Africa
A $1.3 million NIH grant connects expertise of one of world's foremost informatics programs at IU and the Regenstrief Institute with one of leading academic medical centers in East Africa at Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital to increase the capacity for electronic health records in one of the worlds' poorest regions.
NIH/Fogarty International Center

Contact: Cindy Fox Aisen
caisen@iupui.edu
317-274-7722
Indiana University School of Medicine

Public Release: 16-Nov-2009
Journal of Clinical Investigation
UTMB researchers find inflammation critical in aortic dissection
UTMB researchers find biochemical processes that chip away at the aorta causing aortic dissection.
NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, James W. McLaughlin Fellowship Fund

Contact: UTMB Media Relations
k.hensley@utmb.edu
409-772-6397
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Public Release: 16-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009
Exercise-linked ventricular tachycardia is not a risk to healthy older adults
Healthy, older adults free of heart disease need not fear that bouts of rapid, irregular heartbeats brought on by vigorous exercise might increase short- or long-term risk of dying or having a heart attack, according to a report by heart experts at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging.
NIH/National Insitute on Aging

Contact: David March
dmarch1@jhmi.edu
410-955-1534
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Public Release: 16-Nov-2009
Journal of American College of Cardiology
Women suffering sudden cardiac arrest have lower prevalence of structural heart disease than men
A woman who suffers sudden cardiac arrest is significantly less likely than a man to exhibit the decrease in the heart's pumping ability that is widely recognized as a precursor, says a new study in the Nov. 24 Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Contact: Sally Stewart
sally.stewart@cshs.org
310-248-6566
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Public Release: 16-Nov-2009
Annals of Internal Medicine
For many, mammography every other year has benefits of annual screening, but less harm
A comprehensive analysis of various mammography screening schedules suggests that biennial (every two years) screening of average risk women between the ages of 50 and 74 achieves most of the benefits of annual screening, but with less harm. The results represent a unanimous consensus of six independent research groups from various academic institutions. Their findings are published in the Nov. 17, 2009, Annals of Internal Medicine.
NIH/National Cancer Institute

Contact: Karen Mallet
km463@georgetown.edu
215-514-9751
Georgetown University Medical Center

Public Release: 16-Nov-2009
Transcendental Meditation helped heart disease patients lower cardiac disease risks by 50 percent
Patients with coronary heart disease who practiced the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique had nearly 50 percent lower rates of heart attack, stroke and death compared to nonmeditating controls, according to the results of a first-ever study presented during the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Fla., on Nov.16, 2009.
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Contact: Toranj Marphetia
toranj@mcw.edu
414-955-4744
Medical College of Wisconsin

Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009
Elevated biomarkers lead to diminished quality of life in heart attack patients post-discharge
Many heart attack patients have high levels of cardiac biomarkers in the blood for several months after leaving the hospital, with more shortness of breath and chest pain, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Contact: David Olejarz
Dolejar1@hfhs.org
313-303-0606
Henry Ford Health System

Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009
Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association
Study finds mixed results comparing 2 surgical strategies for infant heart defect
Researchers found mixed results in the first head-to-head comparison of two surgeries for infants born with severely underdeveloped hearts -- the most common severe heart birth defect. One surgery worked better initially but was associated with more complications, and by two years of age the survival advantage had disappeared. It remains to be seen which will prove better over the long term.
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Contact: Karen Astle
karen.astle@heart.org
214-706-1396
American Heart Association

Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009
Protein changes in heart strengthen link between Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure
A team of US, Canadian and Italian scientists led by researchers at Johns Hopkins report evidence from studies in animals and humans supporting a link between Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure, two of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States.
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Compagnia San Paolo di Torino

Contact: David March
dmarch1@jhmi.edu
410-955-1534
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Public Release: 13-Nov-2009
Cell
Chromosomes dance and pair up on the nuclear membrane
During meiosis the pairing, recombination and segregation of half the chromosomes to egg and sperm the cytoskeleton plays a key role. Abby Dernburg and UC Berkeley colleagues have found that the cytoskeleton facilitates movement of the chromosomes in search of a partner and, once the chromosomes come together, check whether the chromosomes are homologous. If yes, it then allows formation of a zipper-like synptonemal complex between the two.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, ACS, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Contact: Robert Sanders
rsanders@berkeley.edu
510-643-6998
University of California - Berkeley

Public Release: 13-Nov-2009
Blood
U of M researchers find 2 units of umbilical cord blood reduce risk of leukemia recurrence
A new study from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota shows that patients who have acute leukemia and are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB) have significantly reduced risk of the disease returning. This finding has the potential to change the current medical practice of using one unit of UCB for treatment of patients who are at high risk for recurrence of leukemia and other cancers of the blood and bone marrow.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, Children's Cancer Research Fund

Contact: Emily Jensen
jense888@umn.edu
612-624-9163
University of Minnesota

Public Release: 13-Nov-2009
Child Development
When preschoolers ask questions, they want explanations
Two new studies explore why young children ask so many "why" questions and conclude that children are motivated by a desire for explanation. In the first study, researchers examined longitudinal transcripts of children's everyday conversations and in the second study, they looked at laboratory-based conversations. Results indicate that when preschoolers ask "why" questions, they're not merely trying to prolong conversation, they're trying to get to the bottom of things.
National Science Foundation, NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Contact: Sarah Hutcheon
shutcheon@srcd.org
202-289-7905
Society for Research in Child Development

Public Release: 12-Nov-2009
LA BioMed to launch study of testosterone in older men
LA BioMed is one of 12 research sites chosen to participate in a large national study of testosterone in older men.
NIH/National Institute on Aging

Contact: Laura Mecoy
Lmecoy@issuesmanagement.com
310-546-5860
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed)

Public Release: 12-Nov-2009
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Penn study provides first clear idea of how rare bone disease progresses
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), in which the body's skeletal muscles and soft connective tissue turns to bone, immobilizing patients over a lifetime with a second skeleton.
NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Center for Research in FOP and Related Disorders, International FOP Association, Rita Allen Foundation, Ian Cali Endowment, Weldon Family Endowment

Contact: Karen Kreeger
karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu
215-349-5658
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Public Release: 12-Nov-2009
American Journal of Public Health
People entering their 60s may have more disabilities today than in prior generations
A new study suggests that people now beginning to enter their 60s -- the Baby Boomer generation -- have more disabilities than their counterparts did in prior generations. The researchers analyzed two sets of data from surveys 10 years apart and found that disabilities among 60- to 69-year-olds had increased between 40 and 70 percent over that period.
NIH/National Institute on Aging

Contact: Enrique Rivero
erivero@mednet.ucla.edu
310-794-2273
University of California - Los Angeles

Public Release: 11-Nov-2009
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Athletes on performance enhancers more likely to abuse alcohol, other drugs
College athletes who use performance-enhancing substances may be at heightened risk of misusing alcohol and using recreational drugs as well, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Contact: Stephanie Smith Peeters
snsmith@rci.rutgers.edu
732-445-2518
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Public Release: 11-Nov-2009
Nature
Why can't chimps speak?
If humans are genetically related to chimps, why did our brains develop the innate ability for language and speech while theirs did not? Scientists suspect that part of the answer to the mystery lies in a gene called FOXP2. When mutated, FOXP2 can disrupt speech and language in humans. Now, a UCLA/Emory study reveals major differences between how the human and chimp versions of FOXP2 work, perhaps explaining why language is unique to humans.
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, A.P. Giannini Foundation, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression

Contact: Elaine Schmidt
eschmidt@mednet.ucla.edu
310-794-2272
University of California - Los Angeles

Public Release: 10-Nov-2009
CWRU to develop technologies for virtual coaching to help patient-doctor communications
Sometimes patients find it uncomfortable asking a doctor of another age, gender or race for information. Hopefully virtual coaching under development through the Center of Excellence for Self-Management Advancement through Research and Translation, a National Institutes of Health-funded Center of Research Excellence in Self-management Research at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, will improve communications.
NIH/National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Contact: Susan Griffith
susan.griffith@case.edu
216-368-1004
Case Western Reserve University

Public Release: 10-Nov-2009
JAMA
Health care accounts for 8 percent of US carbon footprint
The American health-care sector accounts for nearly a tenth of the country's carbon dioxide emissions, according to a first-of-its-kind calculation of health care's carbon footprint. Published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, University of Chicago researchers used expenditures from different parts of the health care sector to measure the industry's potential effect upon global warming through the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Hospital Medicine and Economics Center for Education and Research in Therapeutics, NIH/National Institute of Aging

Contact: Robert Mitchum
robert.mitchum@uchospitals.edu
773-702-6241
University of Chicago Medical Center

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