Nih

Ready to Measure Your Brain Fitness?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living


Alvaro Fernandez

Brain scientists don't recognize one overall "brain age" or "intelligence". We can view our brain functions or cognitive abilities as a variety of skills; there's no "brain age" that can be measured.

FoxNews' Morton Kondracke Outs McCain: "Not White House Material"

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


Paul Abrams

FoxNews commentator Morton Kondracke was initially a John McCain enthusiast. Writing in the book about his wife's Parkinson's disease, Saving Milly*,...

Dr. Bernadine Healy: Don't Dismiss Vaccine Link

David Kirby | Posted 05.12.2008 | Living


David Kirby

As someone who refuses to concede that there is no link between vaccines and autism, I now have a semi tongue-in-cheek response to my once and future critics: "Go tell it to Dr. Healy."

An American Center for Cures?

Katie Hood | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics


Katie Hood

Finding cures is in and of itself an valuable, people-focused kind of health care reform -- because it can not only improve quality of life but save the costs that are burdening our system.

The Next Vaccine-Autism Newsmaker: Not Isolated, Not Unusual

David Kirby | Posted 04.27.2008 | Living


David Kirby

A new, additional theory of causation is about to be introduced in Vaccine Court: Vaccines can trigger a chain of events in children with mitochondrial dysfunction that causes autism.

Senate Inhofe vs. Public Access to Government Funded Research

James Love | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics


James Love

Americans pay about $100 per capita to support the NIH (National Institute of Health), and deserve policies that promote access.

Big Tobacco & An NIH-Funded Cancer Screening Study

Merrill Goozner | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics


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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