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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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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: Science and Technology, Food and Drug Administration, Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Politics, Respiratory Disease
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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: Science and Technology, Students, Trips and Vacations, Satellite Technology, High 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: Insulin, Body Mass Index, Symptoms, Obesity, Medical Research
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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...... -
North County student wins Intel Science Fair's top prize
North County High School freshman Jack Andraka stood on the auditorium stage, speaking about the invention that earned him the $75,000 grand prize at the recent Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Behind him stood Dr. Anirban Maitra, a...Tags: Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Students, Lung Cancer, Johns Hopkins University
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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: Katherine Heigl, Ashley Olsen, Food and Drug Administration, Dermatologists, Symptoms
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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: Science and Technology, Endometrial cancer, American Academy of Pediatrics, Social Sciences, Greenwich
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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: Fannie Mae, Public Finance, China, Symptoms, Alzheimer's Disease
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Sentara patients key in trial of new heart device
Lisa Callis Williams, 35, is no stranger to heart disease and its ravages. She's had young cousins die without warning from sudden cardiac arrest, her father has received a heart transplant, and seven years ago — after almost two decades of watchful...
Tags: Science and Technology, Cardiologists, Sentara, Food and Drug Administration, Boston Scientific Corporation
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Group honors research volunteers
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentThe Northern Indiana Cancer Research Consortium is hosting an open celebration of its participants in clinical trials, aimed at raising awareness and recruiting more people to help with research. Dr. Worta McCaskill-Stevens, an African-American woman who...Tags: Oncology, Stomach Cancer, University of Notre Dame, Research, Breast Cancer
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Fake, faulty malaria drugs alarmingly common, study finds
World NowMore than one-third of malaria medicines tested in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were fake or faulty, according to a new study that warns shoddy drugs could fuel the rise of hardier parasites.... -
Parents hire own researchers to tackle rare, fatal disease
When it comes to advocating against her 8-year-old son's serious illness, Gelse Tkalec is on a much lonelier path than those strewn with pink ribbons and yellow bracelets. There are only 25 to 30 children worldwide known to have giant axonal neuropathy,...
Tags: Science and Technology, Warren Buffett, Food and Drug Administration, Colleges and Universities, Biology
May 26, 2012
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May 25, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 25, 2012
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May 24, 2012
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May 24, 2012
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May 24, 2012
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May 25, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 25, 2012
|Story| Aberdeen News
May 21, 2012
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 23, 2012
|Story| South Bend Tribune
May 22, 2012
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May 23, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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