Ohio State and Nationwide Children's Hospital researchers report in Human Heredity that child prodigies in their sample share genetic variations on chromosome 1 with family members who have autism. They have not identified the mutations, only the shared region.
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Miscellaneous
Medtronic Begins Enrollment in Feasibility Study of Valiant 'Mona LSA' Branch Thoracic Stent Graft System
Medtronic began a feasibility study of its investigational Valiant Mona LSA branch thoracic stent graft, meant to repair aortic aneurysms encroaching on the left subclavian artery without routine surgical bypass. It will enroll 24 patients at up to seven US sites and assess them at 30 days.
Miscellaneous
Thomson Reuters Launches Checkpoint Learning Health Care Reform Certificate Program for Tax and Accounting Professionals
Thomson Reuters launched a Checkpoint Learning certificate program teaching tax and accounting practitioners the legislative and tax implications of the Affordable Care Act, including employer coverage mandates, employee counts, penalties and the related tax forms.
Disease
Induced abortion linked to breast cancer risk
The American College of Pediatricians issued an April 7 release urging women, especially adolescents, to weigh its claimed link between induced abortion and later breast cancer, citing dose-response studies from China, India and Romania. It says miscarriage carries no such association.
Environment
Flame Retardants Cause Chemical-Induced Insulin Resistance, Studies Find
Mercola writes that flame retardants have been linked to infertility, birth defects, neurodevelopmental delays, reduced IQ, hormone disruption and cancers, that 90 percent of Americans carry them, and that a coalition has petitioned the CPSC to ban organohalogens.
Miscellaneous
Crawford & Company Announces New Leadership for Global Markets
Crawford & Company Global Markets named senior vice president Benedict Burke head of the unit, restructuring it around strategic relationship management, multinational clients and its Lloyd's and London market operations after the merger with GAB Robins.
Environment
Three out of four Key Haven residents oppose release of genetically modified mosquitoes
Volunteers surveyed 283 Key Haven households, about 63 percent of the neighborhood, and found 74.9 percent opposed releasing genetically modified mosquitoes and 21.2 percent in favour. That reverses a 2014 Mosquito Control survey which reported nearly 60 percent in support.
Knowledgebase
Risk Sciences Group Launches DMITRI 8.0
Risk Sciences Group released version 8.0 of its DMITRI risk management information system, adding a shortcut bar for favorites and task history, a collapsible display that fits more data on screen, and search the company says improves efficiency by 50 percent.
Drug
Baxter Recalls Select Lots of IV Solutions
Baxter is voluntarily recalling select lots of intravenous solutions to the hospital level after particulate matter from a solution transmission system pump turned up during routine maintenance. No adverse events or product complaints tied to the issue have been reported to the company.
Miscellaneous
ETC Contracted for Seven BARA-MED Select Hyperbaric Chambers for U.S. Installations
Environmental Tectonics Corporation says it won contracts for seven BARA-MED Select monoplace hyperbaric chambers over the past four months. It credits its BARA-PRESS control software, a curvilinear compression profile the company says cuts barotrauma by 67 percent, and gurney storage space.
Miscellaneous
Zip-Pak® to Showcase Resealable Solutions
Zip-Pak will show resealable zipper closures for pet food packaging at PetFood Forum 2015 in Kansas City, April 27-29. The line includes Sensus Sensory Feedback Fasteners, shaped to give a tactile bump and an audible click when the package is opened or resealed.
Government
Preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon - email from President Obama
An email from President Obama describing the framework reached with Iran: the Arak reactor core dismantled and replaced, spent fuel shipped out, installed centrifuges cut by two-thirds, and no more enrichment at Fordow.
Miscellaneous
walkers shortbread partners w/ starz series outlander
Walkers Shortbread and the STARZ series Outlander put a promotion on 325,000 specially marked packages of shortbread fingers, offering one winner a 10-day Country Roads of Scotland tour for two and 25 others Outlander prize packs, timed to the April 4 premiere.
Drug
End to Arsenic in Animal Drugs Long Overdue
Food & Water Watch's Wenonah Hauter welcomed Zoetis's plan to stop selling Nitarsone, the last arsenic-based drug used in poultry production, but called the step long overdue, noting the FDA took until 2014 to withdraw approvals for roxarsone and two other arsenicals.
Miscellaneous
Mark Your Calendars, The Greatest Show (& Tell) on Earth Hits Denver in June
Colorado Maker Hub's second Denver Mini Maker Faire runs June 13-14, 2015, at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, with more than 100 makers showing electronics, crafts, music and new technology, from a drone obstacle course to a synthesizer petting zoo.
Environment
As of Oct, 2014, 243 substances have been recognized as human carcinogens or probable carcinogens
The HHS 13th Report on Carcinogens adds four substances, bringing the list to 243. Ortho-toluidine, used in rubber chemicals, pesticides and dyes, is reclassified as a known human carcinogen; 1-bromopropane, cumene and pentachlorophenol join as reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens.
Drug
Feraheme potentially triggers life-threatening allergic reactions - FDA
FDA added a Boxed Warning and a new contraindication to the anemia drug Feraheme after serious, sometimes fatal allergic reactions. Patients should seek emergency care for breathing problems, low blood pressure, dizziness, swelling, rash or itching.
Environment
Cell phones may lower male fertility
Mice whose testes were exposed to 2G or 3G phone radiation 48 minutes a day had significantly lower testosterone than controls, plus smaller testes and fewer Sertoli and Leydig cells. The authors suggest such radiation may lower fertility in men.
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