24 Hours of Booty Charity Cycling Event to Partner with IU Simon Cancer Center
May 16, 2012 -- 24 Hours of Booty, the Official 24-Hour Cycling Event of the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the premier national 24-hour road cycling charity event in the country, is coming to Indianapolis in June and funds raised will benefit the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center. read more...
Researchers identify key genes and prototype predictive test for schizophrenia
May 15, 2012 -- An Indiana University-led research team, along with a group of national and international collaborators, has identified and prioritized a comprehensive group of genes most associated with schizophrenia that together can generate a score indicating whether an individual is at higher or lower risk of developing the disease. read more...
Colon cancer risk when a first-degree relative has precancerous polyps is not clear
May 14, 2012 -- Current colorectal cancer screening guidelines for individuals with first-degree relatives with precancerous colon polyps are based on studies that were not properly designed or were too limited to shape those guidelines, according to a new systemic review of research on the topic. The review authors call for new studies to measure the risk and identify the factors that modify it. read more...
Individuals With Dementia More Likely to Die at Home Than in Nursing Homes
May 14, 2012 -- A new study from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University has found that, at time of death, individuals with dementia are more likely to be living at home than in a nursing home. This contradicts the commonly held view that most individuals with dementia in the United States eventually move to nursing homes and die there. read more...
Bacteria study of male adolescents reveals new insights into urinary tract health
May 11, 2012 -- The first study using cultivation independent sequencing of the microorganisms in the adolescent male urinary tract has revealed that the composition of microbial communities colonizing the penis in young men depends upon their circumcision status and patterns of sexual activity. read more...
Spray-on skin, aging eyes, PTSD and other topics discussed this week on 'Sound Medicine'
May 10, 2012 -- “Sound Medicine,” recently awarded first place by the Society of Professional Journalists for its documentary on body donation, announces its programming for the week of May 7. Please check local listings for broadcast dates, times and stations. read more...
Bioethics experts announce global research platform to tackle ethical, legal and social issues in genomics
May 10, 2012 -- Just as the sequencing of the human genome is having a pervasive and global impact on medicine, work on the societal impact of the genomic revolution must also move to an international stage, a team of bioethics experts said today. read more...
Anantha Shekhar elected president of Association for Clinical and Translational Science
May 10, 2012 -- Anantha Shekhar, M.D., Ph.D., associate dean for translational research and Raymond E. Houk Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Neurobiology and Pharmacology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has been named president of the Association for Clinical and Translational Science at the group’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., April 18 to 20. read more...
Indiana University School of Medicine graduates 289 doctors Saturday
May 10, 2012 -- Indiana University School of Medicine will contribute 289 new physicians from the Class of 2012 during commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 12, in the Indiana Convention Center Sagamore Ballroom. read more...
IU research nurse receives 2012 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing
May 4, 2012 -- Sheila Dropcho, RN, BSN, a renal research nurse coordinator at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, is the recipient of the 2012 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing. The presentation was made May 3 at the Oncology Nursing Society’s 37th Annual Congress in New Orleans. read more...
