Medical examiner identifies two in Marysville school shooting

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The Snohomish County Medical Examiners Office has formally identified the first victim killed by a classmate in the cafeteria of Marysville-Pilchuck High School on Friday morning as Zoe Galasso.

In a news release issued Monday morning, the medical examiners office said that Galasso, 14, died ofa handgun wound of the head. Her slaying has been classified as a homicide.

Medical examiners staff also identified the gunman, JaylenFryberg. Fryberg, 15, also died of a handgun wound to the head, the medical examiners office said. His death has been classified as a suicide.

On Sunday night, a second victim died from her injuries. GiaSoriano, 14, died at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, a hospital official said at a news conference. She had been hospitalized in critical condition since the shooting.

Three other teens wounded in the shooting remain hospitalized. Two are in critical condition, but one appears to be recovering.

ShayleeChuckulnaskit, 14, was in critical condition at Providence Regional Medical Center. Hospital officials said Sunday she was receiving ongoing, continual monitoring and care.

Andrew Fryberg, 15, was in critical condition in the intensive-care unit at Seattles Harborview Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg wrote in a news release.

The third injured teen, Nate Hatch, 14, was also in Harborviews intensive-care unit, but his condition has improved to satisfactory, according to Gregg. Hatch is awake and breathing on his own, Gregg said.

Dr. Joanne Roberts, chief medical officer for Providence Everett, read a short statement written by Sorianos family on Sunday night:

We are devastated by this senseless tragedy. Gia is our beautiful daughter and words cannot express how much we will miss her. Weve made the decision to donate Gias organs so that others may benefit. Our daughter was loving, kind and this gift honors her life.

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Stanley G. Schultz, Whose Rehydration Research Helped Save Millions, Has Died

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Newswise Stanley G. Schultz, M.D., a world-renowned investigator, educator and administrator at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, died Thursday, Oct. 23. He was 82 years old.

Schultz was a key contributor to the discovery, introduction and widespread use of oral rehydration therapy. This treatment for severe fluid loss caused by diarrheal diseases is estimated to have saved more than 40 million lives in the past 35 years.

Beloved as a teacher, mentor and a friend, he was also internationally known as a brilliant scientist whose work saved many lives, said Giuseppe Colasurdo, M.D., president of UTHealth. He was the heart of the UTHealth Medical School while he was here and long after he had ceased to have an active role. He will be deeply missed.

A native of New York City, Schultz graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1949, received his baccalaureate, summa cum laude, from Columbia University in 1952 and received his medical degree from New York University College of Medicine. He did postgraduate training at NYU-Bellevue Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

While at Harvard Medical School, Schultz took a two-year leave of absence for military service. In 1962, he was inducted into the U.S. Air Force as a captain in the medical corps and was stationed at the U.S. Air Force Aerospace School of Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio. Schultz taught radiation biology, monitored research contracts and conducted research on the biological effects of radiation. This sparked his lifelong interest in intestinal absorption.

Schultz returned to Harvard Medical School in 1964. Three years later, he joined the Department of Physiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as an associate professor and was promoted to the rank of professor in 1970. After developing a highly productive research program at Pittsburgh, which included a sabbatical at the University of Cambridge in England, he joined the UTHealth Medical School as professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology in 1979.

John H. Jack Byrne, Ph.D., chairman of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the UTHealth Medical School, first met Schultz in the early 1970s when they worked at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Schultz later recruited Byrne to join him at UTHealth.

Dr. Schultz was an outstanding scientist who made fundamental discoveries about the ways in which molecules cross membranes, said Byrne, noting that this information furthered the understanding of conditions such as cystic fibrosis.

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Rutgers and RWJ to Host Event for Women Impacted by Pelvic Floor Disorders

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Newswise NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. Its a subject that many women may find embarrassing and avoid discussingeven with their doctors. Maybe theyll start crossing their legs when they feel a cough or sneeze coming on, to try to prevent an accident. Or perhaps theyre experiencing some unexplained pain or discomfort in the pelvic area. And just what are Kegels anyway?

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will host an educational event Nov. 13 as part of a public awareness campaign to help women impacted by pelvic floor disorders (PFDs). Ranging from the mild to the more severe, pelvic floor disorders comprise a variety of gynecologic and bladder conditions that include incontinence, a continuous urge to urinate (interstitial cystitis), painful bladder conditions and pelvic organ prolapse.

Take the Floor Tonight: Break Free from Pelvic Floor Disorders will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Arline and Henry Schwartzman Courtyard at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick. Topics will include expert advice about signs, symptoms and treatment options for these distressing conditions; demonstrations of quick and easy exercises and tips to strengthen the pelvic floor; and anecdotes from women who have overcome a pelvic floor disorder and regained their quality of life.

Topics like urinary incontinence often dont get discussed, but the problem is much more common than people realize, says urogynecologist Dr. Saya Segal, assistant professor of urology and obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. In fact, pelvic floor disorders affect about one in three women at some point in their lives. And while many women may view these problems as a part of the normal aging process that simply cant be cured, that fortunately isnt the case. With this event, were hoping to get people talking, and let women know what they can do to improve their quality of life.

Because of embarrassment or unawareness of treatment options, many women with pelvic floor disorders may suffer in silence. Our goal is to minimize any discomfort around having conversations about and seeking treatment for these conditions that negatively affect quality of life, adds Dr. Juana Hutchinson-Colas, chief of the division of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the medical school. Dr. Hutchinson-Colas, who also is the RWJUH chief of gynecology, with Dr. Segal and urologist Dr. Hari Tunuguntla, associate professor of urology, will present an expert panel at the event, which is co-sponsored by the medical schools Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and Division of Urology.

Obstetrician/gynecologists and urologists from the medical school also will be on hand throughout the evening to answer any questions about pelvic floor problems or other related services. In addition to the opportunity for discussion, refreshments will be served.

This event is part of a campaign launched this fall by the PFD Alliance, which issued new research showing nine out of 10 Americans underestimate or are unsure about the prevalence of these conditions. The Break Free from PFDs campaign aims to help women understand the facts about pelvic floor disorders and empower them with information on how to pursue individualized solutions for improved quality of life.

Online registration for Take the Floor Tonight is available at http://www.breakfreefrompfds.org/events. For more information, contact Nithalina Duncan at 732-235-7755.

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Libertarian NC Senate candidate smokes marijuana

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina says he smokes marijuana and receives therapeutic benefits from using a drug still considered unlawful in the state.

Sean Haugh of Durham acknowledged marijuana use during a recent video interview posted on the website of a Washington-based reporter who looks at beer and politics. Haugh is running against Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan and Republican nominee Thom Tillis.

Haugh made the comments after reporter Matt Laslo asked him if he had smoked marijuana during the campaign. Haugh says "I actually do" and that the use eases arthritis and carpal tunnel pain.

Haugh didn't immediately respond to a phone call seeking comment late Monday. The liberalization of drug laws is part of his platform, as other Libertarians support.

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Libertarian donors fund new research center at UM's business school

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A foundation led by the owner of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team and the Charles Koch Foundation have pledged $6 million to create a new center that will study enterprise and markets at the University of Maryland's business school.

The center will be dubbed the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets after a $5 million donation by Ed Snider, a Maryland alumni and chairman of Comcast-Spectacor, which owns the Flyers.

With another $1 million from the Koch Foundation, the university can hire three professors and a managing director, in addition to support staff, five doctoral candidates and four post-doctoral fellows.

Koch and his brother David run Koch Industries, an oil, gas, and chemical conglomerate that is the country's second-largest privately held company.

The Koch brothers are known for financially backing libertarian and free-market organizations, supporting conservative political causes, and helping to found other economic and policy think tanks like the conservative Cato Institute.

Charles Koch also is a board member at the George Mason University's Mercatus Center, a market-oriented think tank that some left-leaning critics argue is partisan and favors viewpoints held by the Kochs. The brothers have drawn criticism for similar donations to other universities.

University of Maryland officials said the center will conduct its hiring and research independently of the donors. The $5 million gift from the Snider Foundation is the second-largest in the business school's history after the $15 million naming grant from Robert H. Smith in 1997.

The center will draw on the expertise of academics outside of the business school and study "business as transactions among people within firms and markets" and "the history and philosophy of enterprise, markets and institutions," said Alexander Triantis, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Snider, who recently recovered from cancer, also is known for his libertarian views. He helped found the Ayn Rand Institute and was executive producer of the film "Atlas Shrugged: Part I," based on one of the libertarian author's books.

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Libertarian Senate candidate Sean Haugh gets unexpected help from blunt ads

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Its tough running as a Libertarian political candidate in the United States.

The plurality system hurts the chances of third-party candidates, and they rarely receive the financial support major parties enjoy.

That is why it is surprising to see ads popping up on Twitter and other outlets supporting North Carolinas Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate, Sean Haugh.

The American Futures Fund, a conservative advocacy group,started running $225,000 worth of ads targeting younger voters with blunt messaging, including Get Haugh, get high and More weed, less war.

The ads are noticeably campy, with young people holding the cutout signs and cheesy camera work throughout.

The ads came as a surprise to Haugh, who has spent most of his time campaigning on YouTube instead of TV or print.

Though Haugh clearly welcomes more awareness of his Libertarian platform, the ads appear to have an ulterior motive, as some of the group's other spots are critical of Sen. Kay Hagan, yet none mention Republican candidate Thom Tillis.

In one ad, a woman rhetorically asks, Does Kay Hagan support progressive values? Others paint Hagan as pro-war and out of touch.

The reason these ads are getting a cynical glace from observers is because Tilliss positions on military use is also different from Haughs. Tillis hasn't taken a stance on marijuana legalization.

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Team proposes benchmark to better replicate natural stem cell development in the laboratory environment

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In a study that will provide the foundation for scientists to better replicate natural stem cell development in an artificial environment, UCLA researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research led by Dr. Guoping Fan, professor of human genetics, have established a benchmarking standard to assess how culture conditions used to procure stem cells in the lab compare to those found in the human embryo.

The study was published online ahead of print in the journal Cell Stem Cell.

Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are cells that can transform into almost any cell in the human body. Scientists have long cultured PSCs in the laboratory (in vitro) using many different methods and under a variety of conditions. Though it has been known that culture techniques can affect what kind of cells PSCs eventually become, no "gold standard" has yet been established to help scientists determine how the artificial environment can better replicate that found in a natural state (in vivo).

Dr. Kevin Huang, postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Fan and a lead author of the study, analyzed data from multiple existing research studies conducted over the past year. These previously published studies used different culture methods newly developed in vitro in the hopes of coaxing human stem cells into a type of pluripotency that is in a primitive or ground-zero state.

Utilizing recently-published gene expression profiles of human preimplantation embryos as the benchmark to analyze the data, Dr. Huang and colleagues found that culture conditions do affect how genes are expressed in PSCs, and that the newer generation culture methods appear to better resemble those found in the natural environment of developing embryos. This work lays the foundation on the adoption of standardized protocol amongst the scientific community.

"By making an objective assessment of these different laboratory techniques, we found that some may have more of an edge over others in better replicating a natural state," said Dr. Huang. "When you have culture conditions that more consistently match a non-artificial environment, you have the potential for a much better reflection of what is going on in actual human development."

With these findings, Dr. Fan's lab hopes to encourage further investigation into other cell characteristics and molecular markers that determine the effectiveness of culture conditions on the proliferation and self-renewal of PSCs.

"We hope this work will help the research community to reach a consensus to quality-control human pluripotent stem cells," said Dr. Fan.

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