National Institutes of Health

The Real Red Flag Raised By Fort Hood

David A. Love | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


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.

For the Gun Lobby, Ignorance is Bliss

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Lou Weisbach | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Margaret Anderson | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living


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.

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

Kevin Robert Frost | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics


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.

Young Science USA

James M. Gentile | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


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.

Cancer Research and the Stimulus

Susan Sawyers | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics


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.

Francis Collins, Obama's Pick For NIH Chief

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


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

Common Ground on Abortion

Aspen Baker | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


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.

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

ABC News | EMILY FRIEDMAN | Posted 07.21.2009 | Style


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. ...

Why Science Deserves Its Stimulus Money

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green


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 ...

"Chicken Soup" Takes on Cancer

Bruce Kluger | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living


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.

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

Lou Weisbach | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics


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.

The Dash Diet

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 04.23.2008 | Living


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...