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NIH OKs First Stem Cell Lines On Tax-Paid Research

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Francis Collins, Children's Hospital, Stem Cell Research, Nih, Embryonic Stem Cells, National Institutes of Health, Stem Cell Lines, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens m...

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The Real Red Flag Raised By Fort Hood

David A. Love | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: US Military, Persian Gulf, War on Terror, Trauma, War in Afghanistan, Timothy McVeigh, Muslim Americans, Afghan War, Violence, Psychology, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Gun Violence, Politics News, Politics, Iraq PTSD, Iraq Veterans, Military, Vietnam War, Nidal Malik Hasan, Muslims, Ptsd, Us Troops Afghanistan, National Institutes of Health, Psychiatry, Depression, Fort Hood, Mental Health, Crime, Terrorism, War, Suicide, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Texas, Army, Anti-Muslim Bias, Muslim, Oklahoma City Bombing, Fort Hood Shootings, Living News
David A. Love

As a repository for violence, the military is not dealing with untreated mental illness among its ranks. The fact that Hasan was a mental health professional underscores the problem.

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For the Gun Lobby, Ignorance is Bliss

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, Gun Control, Todd Tiahrt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nra, Barack Obama, National Institutes of Health, Illegal Guns, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

The gun lobby insists that "the people should be trusted to have guns." But it is unwilling to trust the people with the truth about guns.

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The Ultimate Health Care Solution, and What You Can and Must Do

Lou Weisbach | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cures Council, Cancer, American Center for Cures, Darpa, Nih, Health Reform, National Institutes of Health, Politics News
Lou Weisbach

Americans spend at least a trillion dollars treating the effects of diseases and less than five percent of that preventing and finding cures to those diseases. It is not rational.

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Life Isn't "House" But Can We Be Patients Like Those on TV?

Margaret Anderson | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: House, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Faster Cures, Health Industry, National Institutes of Health, Living News
Margaret Anderson

The kind of medicine practiced by Dr. House on and his colleagues on TV is actually the kind of medicine seriously ill patients need. But, that would never work in the real world.

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President Obama's New $5 Billion Investment Is a Welcome Boost for HIV/AIDS Research

Kevin Robert Frost | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Politics, HIV Vaccine, Economic Stimulus Package, Medical Research, President Obama, Nih, Amfar, National Institutes of Health, Politics News
Kevin Robert Frost

Time and again we have seen our investments in AIDS research pay off with the development and testing of prevention interventions and the discovery of powerful new treatments for people living with HIV.

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Young Science USA

James M. Gentile | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Department of Energy, Steven Chu, National Institutes of Health, Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, Competitiveness, Doe, Us-China-Economy, Education Budget, India Economy, Stimulus Higher Education, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, China Tech, National Institute of Health, Education Policy, U.S. Department of Energy, Relativity, Higher Education, Nih, China Economy, Cambridge University, Scientists, Politics News
James M. Gentile

If the future of our nation is not continually renewed by young Americans well supported in their advanced scientific research, we likely will have a very dim future indeed.

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Cancer Research and the Stimulus

Susan Sawyers | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harold Varmus, War on Cancer, National Cancer Institute, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Economic Stimulus Package, Funmi Olopade, Funding, Cancer Research, Daniel Catenacci, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Robert Weinberg, National Institutes of Health, Politics News
Susan Sawyers

Rsearchers, although grateful for the TARP money, say what's needed is a long-term financial commitment without the shackles of spending deadlines and separate accounting for federal funding.

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Francis Collins, Obama's Pick For NIH Chief

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Francis Collins NIH, Francis Collins NIH Chief, Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health, NIH Chief, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is choosing an influential scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code _ and is known for finding co...

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Common Ground on Abortion

Aspen Baker | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Counseling, Melissa Harris Lacewell, Mental Health, Abortion, Mike Huckabee, Pro-Voice, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, Common Ground, John Stewart, Barack Obama, National Institutes of Health, Politics News
Aspen Baker

The desire for the emotional well-being of women doesn't require compromise of human rights or moral values and it doesn't require the sacrifice of dearly held beliefs.

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Federal Government Spends Half A Million Dollars For Study On Why Men Hate Condoms

ABC News | EMILY FRIEDMAN | Posted 07.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Us Condom Study, Why Do Some Men Hate Wearing Condoms, National Institutes of Health, Health, National Institutes of Health Condom Study, Condoms, Style News

The federal government has spent nearly half a million dollars to fund a study to find out why some men would prefer not to wear condoms during sex. ...

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Why Science Deserves Its Stimulus Money

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

Read More: National Science Foundation, Science, National Public Radio, Economic Stimulus Package, Iraq War Funding, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Barack Obama, National Institutes of Health, Google, Green News
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

In the car the other day, we caught a bit of Marketplace on NPR. We like Marketplace -- it puts economic news in social and political context, making ...

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"Chicken Soup" Takes on Cancer

Bruce Kluger | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: National Cancer Institute, Economic Stimulus Package, David Tabatsky, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Hester Hill Schnipper, Arlen Spector, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book: 101 Stories of Courage, Cancer, National Institutes of Health, Support & Love, Living News
Bruce Kluger

When Taylor Gettinger, a high school junior from Dwight, Illinois, learned that she had brain cancer, it seemed as if the entire community showed up to support her and her family.

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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Why the Obama Administration Must Appoint an NIH Director Committed to Cures

Lou Weisbach | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Obama Hope, Hope, Multiple Sclerosis, Obama Administration, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Obama Healthcare, Change, Martin Luther King, Curable Diseases, Obama Change, Disease, Schizophrenia, Cancer, Diabetes, Cures, Nih, National Institutes of Health, Healthcare, Politics News
Lou Weisbach

There must be a place in the NIH where the discovery of knowledge is focused on preventing or curing the diseases of our loved ones.

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The Dash Diet

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 04.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, Dash Diet Guide, National Institutes of Health, Healthy Diets, Prevent Strokes, Dash Diet Menu, Save People From Heart Attack, Dash Diet, Insomnia Cookies, Prevent Heart Attacks, What Is Dash Siet, How to Lose Weight, The Dash Diet, Living News

A large study offers the strongest evidence yet that a diet the government recommends for lowering blood pressure can save people from heart attack an...

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