It drives me nuts when I’m sitting on the train and I can hear the music blaring from another person’s ...
Month: June 2010
Medicare Researchers Discover How Folate Promotes Healing In Spinal Cord InjuriesMedicare Researchers Discover How Folate Promotes Healing In Spinal Cord Injuries
The vitamin folate appears to promote healing in damaged rat spinal cord tissue by triggering a change in DNA, according ...
NIBIB and the Indian Department of Biotechnology Collaborate to Develop Low-Cost Medical DevicesNIBIB and the Indian Department of Biotechnology Collaborate to Develop Low-Cost Medical Devices
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced the availability of ...
Medicare What? No More Coffee and Chocolate?Medicare What? No More Coffee and Chocolate?
One of my two year old’s favorite tricks is when I make his toy caterpillar turn into a toy butterfly ...
Vitamin D Status is Not Associated with Risk for Less Common CancersVitamin D Status is Not Associated with Risk for Less Common Cancers
Despite hopes that higher blood levels of vitamin D might reduce cancer risk, a large study finds no protective effect ...
Medicare, Manage Debt, While Saving for RetirementMedicare, Manage Debt, While Saving for Retirement
Recently the Oprah Winfrey show featured a multiple part series on debt called Debt Diet. The series emphasizes how Americans ...
MedicareCard.com, NIH, Wellcome Trust Announce Partnership To Support Genomic, Population-Based Studies in AfricaMedicareCard.com, NIH, Wellcome Trust Announce Partnership To Support Genomic, Population-Based Studies in Africa
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Wellcome ...
Medicare Card: National Eye Institute Hosts Translational Research and Vision SymposiumMedicare Card: National Eye Institute Hosts Translational Research and Vision Symposium
The National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, is bringing together premier researchers who translate molecular ...
Medicare Card: Gene Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Plays Key Role in Cell SurvivalMedicare Card: Gene Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Plays Key Role in Cell Survival
Scientists have discovered that a gene linked to Alzheimer’s disease may play a beneficial role in cell survival by enabling ...
Share Your Father’s LessonsShare Your Father’s Lessons
Sunday, June 20, is Father’s Day. As I was thinking about what I would say for my Father’s Day blog, ...
Medicare Card: NIH Researchers Identify New Steps in Spread of Malaria Parasite Through BloodstreamMedicare Card: NIH Researchers Identify New Steps in Spread of Malaria Parasite Through Bloodstream
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have observed two previously unknown steps in the spread of the malaria parasite ...
Medicare Safety, Barbecue Food SafetyMedicare Safety, Barbecue Food Safety
You know summertime is approaching when your local grocery store begins stocking an aisle with bags of charcoal briquettes, lighter ...
Medicare Card, Stroke Prevention Study, Children with Sickle Cell Anemia, Iron Overload Stopped EarlyMedicare Card, Stroke Prevention Study, Children with Sickle Cell Anemia, Iron Overload Stopped Early
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has stopped a clinical trial evaluating a new approach to reduce the ...
Medicare Card News: NIH Researchers Explore How Healthy, Young Adults View the Role Genetics Plays in Improving HealthMedicare Card News: NIH Researchers Explore How Healthy, Young Adults View the Role Genetics Plays in Improving Health
Most healthy young adults place greater emphasis on health habits than on genetic risk factors when considering what causes common ...
Want to Make the Call? Life of an Umpire, Medicare LifeWant to Make the Call? Life of an Umpire, Medicare Life
A lot of people in the nation’s capital have baseball on the brain this week. Primarily because the Washington Nationals ...
Medicare Benefits, Swimming and Water SafetyMedicare Benefits, Swimming and Water Safety
When I was growing up I spent most of the summer in some state of wetness. My town had a ...
Medicare Help, Immune Cell’s Role, Lupus Nephritis Demonstrated, Paves Way for Safety Testing, of Potential New Use for Asthma DrugMedicare Help, Immune Cell’s Role, Lupus Nephritis Demonstrated, Paves Way for Safety Testing, of Potential New Use for Asthma Drug
National Institutes of Health scientists have discovered that the activation of immune cells called basophils causes kidney damage in a ...