As part of American Heart Month, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI’s) The ...
Month: March 2012
Design a Transportation Device Used in Combat RescueDesign a Transportation Device Used in Combat Rescue
The U.S. Air Force challenges you to design a transportation device used in combat zones. The device must enable a ...
Science News: Gene Regulator in Brain’s Execusive Hub Tracked Across LifespanScience News: Gene Regulator in Brain’s Execusive Hub Tracked Across Lifespan
For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns ...
NCCAM’s Advisory Council welcomes six new membersNCCAM’s Advisory Council welcomes six new members
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) welcomes six new members to the National Advisory Council for Complementary ...
Study uncovers probable mechanism underlying resveratrol activityStudy uncovers probable mechanism underlying resveratrol activity
National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine ...
Medicare, Gene regulator in brain’s executive hub tracked across lifespanMedicare, Gene regulator in brain’s executive hub tracked across lifespan
For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns ...
Medicare, New, free e-biography releasedMedicare, New, free e-biography released
Always There: the Remarkable Life of Ruth Lillian Kirschstein, M.D., a new biography released Feb. 6, tells the rare story ...
Medicare, New website: Clinical Research Trials and YouMedicare, New website: Clinical Research Trials and You
The National Institutes of Health has created a new website, NIH Clinical Research Trials and You to help people learn ...
Medicare, Restricting calories early on does not help acute lung injury patients on ventilatorsMedicare, Restricting calories early on does not help acute lung injury patients on ventilators
Acute lung injury patients on ventilators who require a feeding tube have a similar number of ventilator-free hospital days and ...
NIH researchers discover new method to label cells for tracking by MRINIH researchers discover new method to label cells for tracking by MRI
Researchers have developed a method to label transplanted cells so they can be tracked by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In ...
Blog Post » Research Domain Criteria — RDoCBlog Post » Research Domain Criteria — RDoC
The RDoC project is an experimental approach to classification of mental disorders that will serve as a framework for ongoing ...
Medicare, New Website for American BusinessesMedicare, New Website for American Businesses
BusinessUSA is a one-stop shop that makes it easier for America’s businesses to access the services and information they need ...
Medicare, Get Your FREE Credit ReportMedicare, Get Your FREE Credit Report
You are entitled to a FREE credit report once per year from each of the three credit reporting agencies. It’s ...
Robot ChallengeRobot Challenge
Through the Sample Return Robot Challenge, NASA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute are encouraging innovations in robotic technology. Participating teams ...
Study links high levels of cadmium, lead in blood to pregnancy delayStudy links high levels of cadmium, lead in blood to pregnancy delay
Higher blood levels of cadmium in females, and higher blood levels of lead in males, delayed pregnancy in couples trying ...
Drug halts organ damage in inflammatory genetic disorderDrug halts organ damage in inflammatory genetic disorder
A new study shows that Kineret (anakinra), a medication approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is effective in stopping ...
Members of new Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee announcedMembers of new Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee announced
More than 100 million Americans suffer from migraines, arthritis and other chronic pain conditions with an annual economic toll of ...