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    • NIH Expands Network Focused On How Genes Affect Drug Responses

      Tuesday, September 07th, 2010

      The National Institutes of Health plans to spend $161.3 million over the next five years to expand the Pharmacogenomics Research Network (PGRN), a nationwide collaborative of scientists focused on understanding how genes affect a person's response to medicines. [...]

    • Cancer Research Blog Carnival #38 Call for Submissions

      Sunday, September 05th, 2010

      On Friday, October 1st, Highlight HEALTH will host the 38th edition of the Cancer Research Blog Carnival. Since October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the theme will be Breast Cancer. [...]

    • The Link Between Positive Psychology and Cancer Survival

      Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

      The seemingly common idea that a positive outlook will help someone in poor health is currently under scientific investigation. A special supplement of the Annals of Behavioural Medicine directly addressed this topic and a recent article in the Lancet explored the relationship between positive psych [...]

    • The Truth About Organ Donation

      Thursday, August 26th, 2010

      Right now, more than 107,000 Americans wait for a life-saving organ transplant. The list grows with another name every 11 minutes, and every day, 18 people on that list die. One organ donor can save eight people’s lives and a tissue donor can help up to 50 others. The fact remains, however, that t [...]

    • Social Media in Health and Medicine: Medlibs Round 2.7

      Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

      Welcome to Medlib's Round, edition 2.7, the monthly blog carnival highlighting excellent blog posts in the field of medical information. For this edition, we wanted to focus on how social media is being used to promote health information online. [...]

    • The Quick Guide to Healthy Living

      Wednesday, August 04th, 2010

      healthfinder.gov recently released a tool that makes it easier and faster to find actionable prevention and wellness tips: the Quick Guide to Healthy Living. [...]

    • NIH Scientists Advance Universal Flu Vaccine

      Friday, July 23rd, 2010

      A universal influenza vaccine -- so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades — may become a reality because of research led by scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health [...]

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