HopeLab is a nonprofit organization that combines rigorous research with innovative solutions to improve the health and quality of life of teens and adolescents with chronic illness. Their areas of focus include cancer, obesity, sickle cell disease, autism and major depressive disorder.
The central dogma of molecular biology deals with the detailed residue-by-residue transfer of sequential information. It states that such information cannot be transferred from protein to either protein or nucleic acid. The irreversible flow of information is from DNA to [...]
Heart disease is the leading killer in the U.S. and throughout most of Europe. People?s behaviour can protect and reduce risk of heart disease, and interventions to help people “self-manage” exist. But what is the best way to “self-manage”? A [...]
I’d like to welcome a new writer to Highlight HEALTH, Faith Martin.
Faith is a PhD-trained research psychologist in health behaviors and is currently involved in studies at the Applied Research Centre for Health and Lifestyle Interventions at Coventry University. Her [...]
Failure’s ROI | phil baumann online
Phil Baumann draws a connection between today’s omnipresent theme to succeed, grief and failure, and the evolving world of social media. Angels fall fast from the sky, but roots grow deep in the darkness.
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It included significant support for biomedical research. As part of the Recovery Act, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [...]
A new public service campaign called the Rock Stars of Science (ROCK S.O.S.) features eleven of America’s leading biomedical research scientists appearing alongside rock stars such as Joe Perry, Sheryl Crow, will.i.am, Seal and Josh Groban. The campaign is designed [...]
High blood pressure or hypertension affects more than one in three people worldwide and is a major cause of strokes, heart attacks and heart failure [1]. The degree with which blood pressure traits can be inherited suggests a genetic component. [...]