National Institutes of Health

Karl Rove: Economic Illiterate

Jeff Madrick | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Madrick

Karl Rove should do a little more reading and a little less writing -- and rely on knowledge and pragmatic solutions rather than knee-jerk ideology.

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The Dash Diet

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 04.15.2008 | 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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Where Have All the (American) Scientists Gone?

Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.20.2007 | Living

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Gerald Bracey

Undergrads in science see the warning signals -- professors who can't get grants, postdocs who can't get tenure -- and head elsewhere.

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The GOP Iraq War: Follow the Money

Dan Agin | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Department of Defense, Private Contractors, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush Iraq, Iraq Contractors, Iraq War Funding, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Iraq War Contractors, Halliburton, Private Security Contractors, Iraq, Darth Vader, National Institutes of Health, Politics News
Dan Agin

That $475 billion for the Grand Old Party Iraq War did not get burned up in a bonfire, it just moved into the private bank accounts of defense contractor and subcontractor executives and shareholders.

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Big Tobacco & An NIH-Funded Cancer Screening Study

Merrill Goozner | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Lung Cancer, CT Scan, National Institutes of Health, Gooznews, Nih, Health Care Costs, Tobacco, Screening, Health Care, Politics News
Merrill Goozner

The NIH insists the trial is well-designed. But when it comes to conflicts of interest, appearances matter. The expenditure of $200 million in taxpayer money should have resulted in a definitive answer.

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