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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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UCI professor honored with leadership award
A UC Irvine professor of public health was recognized in England this week by international education groups for his leadership in making the university's courses and course materials free and public. Professor Oladele Ogunseitan, the founding chairman...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Irvine, Human Interest
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UCI researcher wins presidential award
President Obama this week awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to UC Irvine assistant professor Rommie Amaro. "I was pretty surprised — very honored and surprised," said Amaro, 34, an assistant professor of...Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cancer, Chemistry, University of California
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Federal funding cuts have unclear effects
While a federal judge's ruling that recently halted federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research carries implications nationwide, on the local level the effects are less clear. At UC Irvine's Stem Cell Research Center, only a fraction of the...Tags: Politics, Internists, Science and Technology, University of California, Irvine, Justice System
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Can we delay Alzheimer's?
NEWPORT BEACH — For the first time in decades, doctors believe that early diagnosis may help delay the onset of Alzheimer's Disease in some patients, local health experts said. The change was brought on by this week's announcement that the National...Tags: Symptoms, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Corporate Officers, Alzheimer's Disease
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University of Maryland, Baltimore to revamp teaching on pain
As part of a federal project aimed at better treating pain, the University of Maryland, Baltimore will begin revamping the way it teaches future doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
Pain affects approximately 100 million Americans and their...Tags: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Southern Illinois University, University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of New Mexico, Medical Specialization
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SpaceX rocket carries Maryland science project into space
As the space capsule called Dragon hurtled toward the International Space Station at about 17,500 miles per hour on Friday, no space enthusiast was more enthralled than Paul Warren, a self-described "nerd" who attends Henry E. Lackey High School in...
Tags: Genetic Engineering, Students, Cape Canaveral, Teachers, Schools
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'Biggest Loser' results: Better than weight-loss surgery?
Contestants on the reality TV program "The Biggest Loser"not only lost weight fast, they "rapidly and substantially" lowered their blood pressure and improved their metabolic function, the physician who is the show's medical consultant reported Friday...Tags: Weight Loss, Symptoms, Univision (tv network), Insulin, General Practitioners
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It's so: Joe offers health perks
It may seem to you as though coffee is one of those good news/bad news products — that one month you'll read a squib suggesting it causes some ghastly malady, and the next month you'll read a gee-whiz article like the recent New England Journal of...Tags: Heart Disease, Cancer, Greenwich, Diseases and Illnesses, Coffee
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Other Voices
While the U.S. economy as a whole remains sluggish, the farm sector has been doing well. Exceptionally well, in fact. Last year, net farm income was a record $101 billion, and it's expected to be only slightly off the pace in 2012. With the national...Tags: Politics, Agriculture, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, China
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Voice of the People, May. 26
I'm quite surprised by "Cigarette-related fires" (Voice of the People, May 15), from Bill Phelps, communications director of Altria Client Services, a response to the Tribune's brilliant but aggravating investigation of the machinations of the cigarette...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Issues, Cancer, Chicago Tribune, Consumers
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It’s so: Joe offers health perks
Change of SubjectIt may seem to you as though coffee is one of those good news/bad news products — that one month you’ll read a squib suggesting it causes some ghastly malady, and the next month you’ll read a gee-whiz article like...... -
Tide of seaweed promises can ebb and flow
Seaweed can shrink your waistline. Grow your hair. Bring down your blood pressure along with your blood sugar. Build up the strength of your bones and your brain. Make your joints stop aching and your bowels get moving. Give cancer short shrift, and...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Cancer, Symptoms, Rosacea, Dietary Supplements
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