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Good Morning,

In one of todays’ articles an early trauma, chronic
fatigue link was found. Enjoy and Have A Good Day!

Until Tomorrow,
Erin

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        College training affects K-12 teaching

How science teachers are taught and how post-secondary
educators are retained on staff are affecting science
education in grades K-12, a U.S. study indicates. A
study of the California State University system indi-
cates nearly 40 percent of its science faculty with
education specialty positions was seriously considering
leaving the job, highlighting potential national trends,
Nancy Pelaez, a Purdue University associate professor of
biological sciences, said in a news release. A CSU and
Purdue research team that evaluated science faculty with
education specialties suggested job satisfaction could
improve with increased training opportunities, reduced
professional isolation and improved academic infrastruc-
ture. The findings were published in Science magazine.
“There are likely similarities in the career dynamics
for faculty with interests in education at institutions
throughout the nation,” Pelaez said. “Faculty members
who specialize in science education are a growing number.”
She said positions are particularly important as the nation
faces a shortage of students pursuing degrees in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics. “The model of
seeding university science departments with faculty who
are trained in educational methodology and approaches
shows promise for retaining more science majors,” Pelaez
said, “and developing approaches to reform science
education at the K-12 level.”

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        Mayo Clinic violated U.S. regs on research

The Mayo Clinic failed to follow federal regulations for
about 140 human research projects spanning two decades,
letters to the Minnesota facility indicated. Among the
violations of federal rules governing human health was
the failure to perform mandatory annual reviews for four
straight years, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported
Tuesday. The violations were outlined in two letters to
the Rochester, Minn., facility, which has until this
week to provide final responses. A Mayo spokesman said
the clinic has been working with Office of Human Re-
search Protection and resolved most of the issues, the
Pittsburgh newspaper said. He would not identify any of
the research studies cited by the agency, under the
umbrella of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Spokesman Robert Nellis said in an e-mail to the news-
paper no human subjects “were placed in jeopardy” be-
cause of the lapses. The first letter sent in July cit-
ed Mayo for failure to perform mandatory annual reviews
on 140 of 1,060 federally funded active research pro-
jects. The second letter in December said key records
involved in one study were not included in a file sub-
mitted to the agency and cited two other research pro-
jects for deficient records. “Mayo Clinic is committed
to protecting human subjects in research and has been
cooperating with the OHRP throughout its inquiry,”
Nellis wrote.  He said remaining issues about documen-
tation and conversion to an electronic recordkeeping
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       Early trauma, chronic fatigue link found

Trauma during childhood could predispose the sufferer
to chronic fatigue syndrome as an adult, researchers
at Emory University in Atlanta found. In a report in
Tuesday’s Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers
said they found 62 percent of adults with chronic
fatigue syndrome suffered a childhood trauma such as
neglect or abuse, compared with 24 percent of adults
who hadn’t experienced such trauma, USA Today report-
ed. Chronic fatigue syndrome is unexplained exhaustion,
aches and pains that last more than six months, said
Janet Squires, director of the Child Advocacy Center at
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, who wasn’t part of
the study. “It’s eye-opening to see that things that go
wrong in childhood might impact people for the rest of
their lives,” Squires told USA Today. Study author
Christine Heim said relatively few trauma survivors
develop chronic fatigue, which affects about 2.5 per-
cent of the adult population. Research also indicates
the syndrome could be caused by an infection or immune
system problem, she says. While the study linked trauma
and chronic fatigue, Heim said it wasn’t designed to
prove that trauma actually causes the condition. To bet-
ter prove the link, researchers must do a “forward-look-
ing” study in which they follow trauma survivors for
many years, she said. Heim said her study also found a
possible biological explanation. Adults with chronic
fatigue had lower levels of a stress hormone called cor-
tisol, as do many people with post-traumatic stress
disorder.