More Top Stories: Kanye West, Madonna
Kanye Recruits Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz for “Power” Remix For his long-awaited “Power” remix, Kanye West got buddies Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz into the studio to record fresh verses. The new “Power” also deviates away from its King Crimson sample in exchange for Snap!'s 1990 dance anthem “The Power.” [Kanye University] …
Video: Mike Posner’s Six Fraternity and Sorority Types
With the fall semester fast approaching, breakthrough summer star and recent Duke University graduate Mike Posner stopped by the Rolling Stone studios to provide our campus-bound readers with a tutorial on the three main fraternity and three main sorority archetypes. From the intramural flag-football captain to “Tiffany the Tease,” from …
Gene therapy improve survival rates among heart attack patients
Gene therapy could be an effective way to improve survival rates among heart attack patients, new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) suggests. Academics at the University of Bristol found that boosting levels of a natural growth factor in the heart could help the muscle to recover after a heart attack. The death rate from a heart attack was halved in mice that received the treatment.
Tour Tracker: The Black Keys, Jakob Dylan and Mountain Jam
The Black Keys set some spring dates in support of their upcoming album Brothers , including a slot opening for Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden. Plus, Jakob Dylan and Three Legs, co-starring Neko Case and Kelly Hogan, will embark on an April trek to showcase their new album Women and Country and this year’s Mountain Jam festival in Hunter, New York, will feature two nights of Gov’t Mule and a 70th birthday celebration for Levon Helm. Full tour dates and Mountain Jam lineup below. The Black Keys Apr. 8 – Iowa City, IA @ University of Iowa Apr. 10 – San Francisco, CA @ Yuri’s Night Bay Area Apr. 17 – Live Oak, FL @ Wanee Music Festival Apr. 18 – Miami, FL @ The Fillmore Apr. 19 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues May 20 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden June 2 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot June 3 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore June 4 – Kansas City, MO @ The Crossroads June 8, 9 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave June 10 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant June 11 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo July 27, 28 – New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage Jakob Dylan Apr. 9 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead Apr. 10 – Covington, KY @ Madison Theater Apr. 13 – Louisville, KY @ Brown Theatre Apr. 15 – Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theatre Apr. 16 – S. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Apr. 17 – Albany, NY @ The Egg Apr. 19 – Northhampton, MA @ Calvin Theatre Apr. 20 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre Apr. 21 – New York, NY @ Town Hall Apr. 22 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live Apr. 23 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club Apr. 25 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre Apr. 26 – Chicago, IL @ Park West Apr. 27 – St. Paul, MN @ Fitzgerald Theatre – Apr. 28 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Pabst Theatre May 12 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom May 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Mountain Jam June 4-6 – Hunter, NY FRIDAY Gov’t Mule The Avett Brothers Les Claypool Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Dr. Dog The New Mastersounds Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue The London Souls Gandalf Murphy & SCD Natural Breakdown Elmwood Tamarama Alabaster Brown Dean Batstone Kari Spieler Join the Jam Contest Winner SATURDAY Gov’t Mule Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band Yonder Mountain String Band Drive-By Truckers Toots and the Maytals Dark Star Orchestra Dave Mason The Whigs The Duke & The King Lettuce Sonya Kitchell Company Of Thieves Jerry Joseph & Wally Ingram Zach Deputy Tao Rodriguez-Seeger Band The Brew Simone Felice Van Ghost Bret Mosley Son Of Bill IS SUNDAY Levon Helm & Friends 70th Birthday Celebration (with very special guests) Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas Michael Franti & Spearhead Matisyahu Jay Farrar (of Son Volt) ALO One eskimO Justin Townes Earle Allison Moorer The Bridge Mojo Myles Mancuso These United States The McLovins Jamie McLean Band
Tackling Barriers To Minority Participation In Cancer Clinical Trials
The University of Minnesota Medical School today announced the details of a $3.8 million grant by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) for research focused on minority recruitment and retention in cancer clinical trials. Although much is known about cancer incidence rates in minority populations, little research exists to understand behavior and social environment – the barriers and biases that limit participation and access to clinical trials…
New York Times Profiles In Vitro Fertilization Pioneer Jones
The New York Times on Tuesday profiled surgeon Howard Jones, who, together with his wife, Georgeanna Seegar Jones, collaborated on the first U.S. in vitro fertilization procedure that led to the birth of an infant. Now 99 years old, Jones first began reproductive science work at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, where he performed sex change operations and worked with British scientist Robert Edwards to produce the first fertilized human oocyte in 1965. Jones opened an IVF clinic in 1979…
Sports And Medicine-Focused Story Ideas
Listed below are story ideas from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a partial focus on the upcoming NCAA basketball tournaments. NCAA Basketabll Tournament Coaches, Referees, Players And Fans: It’s Your Voice! From the first tip-off of March Madness to the championship’s final buzzer, thousands of people will relentlessly scream and shout, placing tremendous strain on the voice. While no one is recommending silence, the constant pressure on the vocal chords can cause great damage…
Research shows clove is the best antioxidant spice
Using spices eaten in the Mediterranean diet as natural antioxidants is a good way forward for the food industry, given the beneficial health effects of these products. This has been shown by researchers from the Miguel Hern-ndez University (UMH), who have put the clove in first place.
Improvements Needed In Genomic Test Result Discussions
One in three early stage breast cancer patients who received genomic testing when deciding about treatment options felt they did not fully understand their discussions with physicians about their test results and their risk of the disease recurring, a new study has found. The research, conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill investigators, also revealed about one in four women experienced distress when receiving their test results…
NIH Student Award Winner Exploring How Couples Cope With Breast Cancer
Amber J. Belcher, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Delaware, has won the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The fellowship will support Belcher’s research on how couples cope with breast cancer. Breast cancer is second only to skin cancer as the most common cancer among women in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, every year nearly 200,000 women are diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the United States and over 40,000 die from the disease…
Exhibit of Grateful Dead Artifacts Arrives in New York City
Photo: Courtesy of the New York Historical Society On March 5th, New York City’s oldest museum will open its doors to the first large-scale exhibition of materials from the Grateful Dead Archive for The Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New York Historical Society . Although the band formed in California and the Archive itself is located at the University of California Santa Cruz, this exhibit — which runs through July 4th — has come to the Big Apple to celebrate the band’s special relationship to the city. At a preview yesterday, the museum’s CEO Louise Mirrer explained, “The Grateful Dead first played New York in 1967 at the Cafe Au Go Go and Central Park and continued to play concerts in New York City every year from the late 1970s up until 1995.” Test pressings, album covers, backstage passes, guest lists, performance contract riders and band merchandise are all featured in the show, along with decorated ticket lottery envelopes, fan surveys, letters, and Dick Latvala’s (the Dead’s tape archivist) own notebooks and original tape boxes. Other items of interest include sketches, budgets, and equipment lists for the Wall of Sound and marionette skeletons of Jerry Garcia, Bill Kruetzman, and Brent Mydland used in the band’s 1987 “Touch of Grey” video. While most of the items were loaned from the Grateful Dead Archive in Santa Cruz, a few came directly from band members and private collectors. Jerry Garcia’s custom made Rosebud guitar, which he used throughout the Nineties until his death, is on loan from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The exhibit also features a variety of concert posters designed by artist Dennis Larkins. Larkins, a former stage designer for Bill Graham Presents, was asked by Graham himself to make a poster for the band’s fall 1980 shows at San Francisco’s Warfield Theater in just four days. The resulting poster, which features two giant skeletons resting on the sides of the famous theater, would later go one to be one of the group’s most iconic images. Now a full time artist in California, Larkins admits the exhibit is a bizarre thrill: “I never thought this would be the work [of mine] that would be showcased in a museum.” At an earlier preview of the exhibit last October, the bandmembers shared similar sentiments. “Who knew we would ever be historic?” Phil Lesh said. Related Stories: • Lesh, Weir Turn Out Short Set to Preview Grateful Dead Exhibit
Detecting Brain Tumors Earlier With One Scan
Next generation technology is set to revolutionize medical imaging by enabling earlier detection of brain tumors with one scan, improving the diagnosis and therapy of cancer, and increasing patient throughput in hospitals, according to news of a pioneering UK project. ProSPECTus is a project led by a team at the University of Liverpool working with the Nuclear Physics Group and Technology departments at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) situated about 20 miles away at the Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington, Cheshire…
Dangers Of Doctors’ Shorthand And Bad Writing – Diabetes UK
Inappropriate use of abbreviations and illegible writing on hospital prescription charts are leading to prescription errors, according to findings presented this week at Diabetes UK’s Annual Professional Conference in Liverpool. Researchers from the Royal Liverpool University Hospital looked at 75 prescription charts of people with diabetes and found that in 5 per cent of cases, the use of doctors’ own abbreviations and hastily written notes could easily be misread by the nursing staff. The audit also reveals that one in six charts had prescription errors…
Researchers develop sensitive measuring system for cGVHD
Researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new assessment tool to measure the severity of symptoms that can complicate stem cell transplantation. The tool assesses symptoms resulting from chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), and was presented with supporting research at the 2010 Bone and Marrow Transplant Tandem Meeting.
Small Dogs May Have Evolved From Middle Eastern Grey Wolves
Geneticists who compared the genes of large dogs, small dogs and wild relatives, found a version of a gene that is carried by all small dogs and very few of the others, apart from grey wolves in the Middle East, suggesting that today’s small domesticated dogs evolved from them. The study was led by evolutionary geneticist Melissa Gray of the University of California, Los Angeles, and a paper on it appeared online in the journal BMC Biology on 24 February. Previous studies on the origins of the domestic dog have used mitochondrial DNA, which is passed on only through the mother…
