162 posts tagged National Institutes of Health

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Women deficient in vitamin D at the time of a breast cancer diagnosis are more likely to die or see the tumor spread, a Canadian study published in the United States has shown. Patients low in vitamin D were 94 percent more likely to see their cancer metastasize and 73 percent

Two occasional HCR bloggers are co-authors of an article published this week: Why the NIH Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) Should Be Abandoned Kimball C. Atwood IV, MD; Elizabeth Woeckner, AB, MA; Robert S. Baratz, MD, DDS, PhD; Wallace I. Sampson, MD Medscape J Med. 2008;10(5):115.

NIH Updates FAQ on Manuscript Deposit Policy. Posted by Alex Bienkowski on May 15th, 2008 2008 May 15 An updated FAQ on the manuscript deposit policy has been released by the NIH. The new document answers some questions that arose since the announcement of the policy, and includes some new

Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein, perhaps raising a person’s risk of a heart attack or stroke, US government researchers said. Dr Jean Lud Cadet of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, said the findings point to another example of long-term harm from marijuana.

Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein, perhaps raising a person’s risk of a heart attack or stroke, US government researchers said. Dr Jean Lud Cadet of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, said the findings point to another example of long-term harm from marijuana.

Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein, perhaps raising a person’s risk of a heart attack or stroke, US government researchers said. Dr Jean Lud Cadet of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, said the findings point to another example of long-term harm from marijuana.

See the article on The Chronicle of Higher Education web site.

a freaking WEEK? contrast THIS with a different perspective. Boy forced to get chemo treatments returned to parents "When What the Patient Wants Isn't Best": when I do get to choose for myself? CBC still bewildered by Lancet's correlational review: "Marijuana may increase risk of psychosis" The Thieves of Virtue: criminalizing vice undermines representative government.

Advocacy Opportunity: Sign-on Letter for Labor,Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations May 12th, 2008 The Coalition for Health Funding and the Coalition for Education Funding are inviting organizations to sign-on to a letter in support of a minimum $15 billion increase over FY08 for

Link: Mental Disorders Cost Society Billions in Unearned Income, May 7, 2008 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH). Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).