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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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Grant will aid minority, rural communities
University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers received nearly $5 million in federal stimulus money from the National Institutes of Health to create two programs to improve health for minority and rural communities. A $2.4 million grant will create...Tags: Ethics, Colleges and Universities, Values, Medical Research
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Embryos' fate: A fertile debate
Tribune reporterIn-vitro fertilization made it possible for Adriana and Robert Potter to welcome twins Anabella and Matteus into the world. For the same reasons many couples can't conceive, IVF was their only option if they wanted children of their own. But with that...Tags: Methodist, Christianity, Research, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities
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Learning to really talk to your doctor
Chicago TribuneChanging physicians can be wrenching for older patients. My mother never got over it when her longtime doctor retired. The "new" doctor took care of Mom for more than 15 years, but she would still tell him what she thought he wanted to hear. Ironically,...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Chicago Tribune, Sexual Dysfunction
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Pedestrians beware: Study ranks Orlando worst in nation for pedestrians
Metro Orlando has the most dangerous streets in the country for pedestrians among areas of at least a million residents, according to a study to be released today.
That ranking from the Transportation For America and the Surface Transportation Policy...Tags: Road Transportation, Transportation, Epidemics and Plagues, Vehicles, Obesity
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US backs MSU, UK, MIT studies of medicinal plants
Researchers at three universities have received $6 million in federal stimulus grants to study the genetics of how plants make compounds used in medicines. The National Institutes of Health grants go to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, Drugs and Medicines
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Making sense of medical bills
At the grocery store, you check your receipt to make sure you were properly charged for the honeycrisp apples and cereal.
But when it comes to medical care, how do you know what procedures should cost?
On the rare occasions you get a detailed bill,...Tags: Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Finance, Medical Services
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Study asks: Will warmer world bring harmful smoke?
As global warming makes wildfires more likely, scientists are trying to learn how bad the smoke is for the health of people who live downwind. Researchers at Michigan Technological University's research center in Ann Arbor are heading the study. A $452,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, San Diego County (California)
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Flu as biothreat: As H1N1 flu cases rise, vaccines are delayed and dosage instructions change. What does this say about our national readiness?
Life for many parents is now twice as complicated, because young children need two doses of the H1N1 vaccine. On Monday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, announced that additional...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Swine Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Epidemics and Plagues, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Unraveling swine flu's greater toll on children
When Jasmine Cadavid's parents took her to the emergency room near their Abingdon home nearly two weeks ago, the normally playful 2-year-old was lethargic, feverish and struggling to breathe.
She not only had swine flu, but her right lung was so filled...Tags: Lung, Swine Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Coughing, Hospitals and Clinics
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A wrenching choice
For more than a century, Black & Decker has been a part of the Maryland business community, and so this week's announcement that a planned merger with rival toolmaker The Stanley Works will mean the loss of a corporate headquarters and 250 high-paying...Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Economic Policy, Connecticut Labor Markets, Martin O'Malley, Black & Decker
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NIH's Anthony Fauci calls H1N1 vaccine effective, says tests on millions certified its safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading government health figure says tests on millions of people who have received the H1N1 flu vaccine show that it's safe and effective. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health said in a nationally broadcast...Tags: Swine Flu, CBS Corp., Preventative Medicine, Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals
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Study finds gene link to bad driving
— We might never be able to feel sympathy for the speeding driver who swerves into our lane, barely missing the bumper, only to cut back into his original lane a quarter-mile later. But new research may at least help us understand him. A...Tags: Research, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Irvine, Physiology, Injuries and Wounds
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