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See-through brains promise to clear up mental mysteries
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - If Dr. Karl Deisseroth were an architect, he might be replacing stone or brick walls with floor-to-ceiling glass to build transparent houses. But since he is a neuroscientist at Stanford University, he has done the biological...Tags: Physiology, Behavioral Conditions, Technology, Science and Technology, Barack Obama
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Obama unveils $3.78-trillion budget proposal
WASHINGTON — President Obama laid out his vision Wednesday for $3.78 trillion in federal spending, unveiling a budget proposal for the next fiscal year that aims to reignite cooled deficit reduction talks while opening negotiations over the fate...
Tags: Social Security, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Lois Capps, Budgets and Budgeting
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Less testing on animals, better science
Many Americans would be surprised to learn that chimpanzees are still being used in biomedical research and that millions of other animals are utilized in consumer product and toxicity testing. Others may find a sense of security in knowing that this...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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UIC launches $10M seed fund to advance startups
Tribune reporterThe University of Illinois at Chicago is launching a $10 million fund to help inventions advance from the research stage toward potential commercial opportunities, becoming the latest academic institution in the area to channel increased resources...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Darunavir (drug), Northwestern University
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SPARK fires up physical activity at Annapolis elementary school
At Germantown Elementary School in Annapolis, students receive physical education once a week. Officially, that is. Unofficially, students are engaging in the same level of activity as their "go-outside-and-play" parents of previous generations. At...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Students, Preschools, Schools
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Vitamin D, Psychotherapy, Wellbutrin (drug), Abdominal Pain, Vitamin Therapy
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High-quality preschool program produces long-term economic payoff
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Embargoed for Release Friday, February 4, 2011 12:01 a.m. Contact: Robert Bock or Marianne Glass Miller 301-496-5133 High-quality preschool program produces long-term...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Students, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Family
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The red herring of human gene patents
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Herring, Invention and Innovation, Biotechnology, Myriad Genetics Incorporated
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Sinai to research new drug to prevent blood clots, heart attacks in stent patients
A Sinai Hospital cardiologist is launching a clinical trial of a type of coronary artery disease drug not yet tested in humans, building on a history at the Baltimore hospital of research to develop more effective treatments to prevent blood clotting....
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, College Park, Hospitals and Clinics, American Medical Association, Health Treatments
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Who's to blame for air travel delays?
Is the White House or Congress to blame for delays in air travel attributed to the budget sequester? Washington correspondent Colby Itkowitz put that question to the Lehigh Valley’s two federal lawmakers. The White House is to blame: U.S. Rep....Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, Budget Control Act of 2011, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Government shuts down HIV/AIDS vaccine trial
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.In another major setback for efforts to develop a vaccine to boost immunity to the human immunodeficiency virus, known as HIV, a key clinical trial was ordered shut down this week after an independent panel of safety experts found that participants...Tags: Genetic Engineering, Allergies, Preventative Medicine, AIDS, Chemical Industry
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Minorities wait longer for breast cancer surgery
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, black and Hispanic patients were more likely to wait weeks for treatment, in a new study from California. Researchers found treatment delays were also more common among poor...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Health Treatments, Health Insurance, Mastectomy, Chemotherapy
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