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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the U.S. government agency responsible for biomedical research. As part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH has a two-pronged role: conducting research and funding biomedical research outside of NIH. Research is performed primarily at its main campus in Bethesda and surrounding communities. The National Institute of Aging and the National Institute on Drug Abuse are located in Baltimore. The predecessor of the NIH is the Laboratory of Hygiene, established in 1887. The NIH is composed of 27 separate institutes, centers and the Office of the Director. The current NIH director is Elias Zerhouni. NIH's mission is to acquire new...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the U.S. government agency responsible for biomedical research. As part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH has a two-pronged role: conducting research and funding biomedical research outside of NIH. Research is performed primarily at its main campus in Bethesda and surrounding communities. The National Institute of Aging and the National Institute on Drug Abuse are located in Baltimore. The predecessor of the NIH is the Laboratory of Hygiene, established in 1887. The NIH is composed of 27 separate institutes, centers and the Office of the Director. The current NIH director is Elias Zerhouni. NIH's mission is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.
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Man swims off Alcatraz for sister with celiac disease
Special to NewsdayHe was warned that he might encounter gale-force winds, impenetrable fog, cold choppy water and sharks, but David Milkes, a Great Neck physician, was determined to make the 1.5-mile swim from notorious Alcatraz Island to the shores of San Francisco Bay....Tags: Swimming, Cancer, Health Organizations, Columbia University, Colleges and Universities
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The financial crisis and health care
The financial markets are gyrating. The world economy is teetering. The U.S. government is making a $700 billion or more bailout to avert a worldwide disaster. No surprise, health care has become a side show. Or has it? Not only does this upheaval...Tags: Health Organizations, Medical Services, Freddie Mac, American International Group, Fannie Mae
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Fan use linked to lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome, study says; more research needed
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) _ Using a fan to circulate air seemed to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in a study of nearly 500 babies, researchers reported Monday. Placing babies on their backs to sleep is the best advice for preventing SIDS, a still...Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Infants, People, Oakland (Alameda, California), Health Organizations
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Who's paying you, doc?
A few years ago, the prestigious National Institutes of Health endorsed statin drugs to sharply lower cholesterol in Americans who are at moderate to high risk for heart disease. That was an instant boon for the big pharmaceutical companies that make...Tags: Pediatrics, Wages and Pensions, Pharmaceuticals, Lilly Eli & Co, Health Organizations
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Run-walk set in Lohberg's honor
South Florida Sun-SentinelCoral Springs Swim Club coach Michael Lohberg will have a 3K Family Fun Run, Walk, Stroll held in his honor on Sunday, Nov. 16. The Coach Michael's Fight Fun Run/Walk/Stroll fundraiser will start and finish at the Coral Springs Aquatic Complex....Tags: Central Park, Health Organizations, Cancer, Chris Jackson, Multi-Sport Events
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Study links fan's use to lower risk of SIDS
Using a fan to circulate air seemed to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in a study of nearly 500 babies, researchers reported Monday. Placing babies on their backs to sleep is the best advice for preventing SIDS, a still mysterious cause of...Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Infants, People, Oakland (Alameda, California), Health Organizations
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Nobel panel snubs Gallo in HIV prize
Twenty-five years after the discovery of the virus that causes AIDS, two French researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for their role in that scientific breakthrough. Perhaps more notable than who won the award is who did not: Dr....Tags: Cancer, Government, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, John Bartlett, Retroviruses
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Alcohol not only cause of cirrhosis
Nearly 17.6 million adults in the United States are alcoholics or have an alcohol problem, according to the National Institutes of Health. Between 10 percent and 20 percent of heavy drinkers develop cirrhosis of the liver, which is the 12th leading...Tags: Health Organizations, Medical Staff, Cancer, Diseases
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$2.25M grant will help assess brain injuries
Sentinel Staff WriterOrlando Health has received a $2.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a new blood test meant to gauge the seriousness of brain injuries, the hospital chain announced Monday. The experimental test detects substances -- called...Tags: Health Organizations, Orlando Health, Injuries
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Archive report: Science subverted in AIDS dispute
Tribune reporterThis story was first published in the Tribune on Jan. 1, 1995. In March 1987, President Ronald Reagan and French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac appeared in the East Room of the White House to announce that their governments had settled the question of...Tags: Research, Lawyers, Cancer, Arbitration, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Emory University psychiatrist accused of conflict of interest
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersA prominent Emory University psychiatrist received at least $2.8 million in consulting fees from companies whose drugs he was evaluating and failed to report a third of it, congressional investigators studying medical conflicts of interest said Friday....Tags: GlaxoSmithKline, Values, Pharmaceuticals, Government Health Care, Lilly Eli & Co
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Giant study of how environment affects child health begins enrolling mothers-to-be in January
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The largest study of U.S. children ever performed — aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21 — will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January. The ambitious National Children's Study...Tags: Mental Illness, Learning Disability, Children, People, Mount Sinai
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