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    Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Federal firefighters push for shift-swap flexibility

    When city or county firefighters have a family event or unexpected obligation pop up on a workday, their solution is familiar to most shift workers: They find a colleague willing to trade hours. But for the roughly 10,000 firefighters employed by the...

    Tags: Government, Mark Wright, National Government, National Institute of Standards and Technology, International Association of Fire Fighters

    2. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Obama outlines private-public project to study the brain

    Making good on a promise first hinted at during his State of the Union speech in February, President Obama on Tuesday unveiled the broad outlines of a scientific initiative aimed at mapping the human brain. The project's ambitious goals include...

    Tags: Government, Ethics, National Government, Science, Diseases and Illnesses

    3. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Richard R. Rubin, Hopkins psychologist

    Dr. Richard R. Rubin, a Johns Hopkins psychologist who counseled children and adults on how to cope with the emotional effects of diabetes, died of complications from prostate cancer March 25 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Monkton resident was 69.
    Dr. Richard R. Rubin, a Johns Hopkins psychologist who counseled children and adults on how to cope with the emotional effects of diabetes, died of complications from prostate cancer March 25 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Monkton resident was 69....

    Tags: Teachers, Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Psychologists

    4. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Obama's BRAIN Initiative to cost far less than Human Genome Project

    President Obama’s brain-mapping initiative, for which he has proposed $110 million in federal funding for 2014, will focus how on how the brain is affected by conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and autism; how it produces memories and programs human behavior; and what treatments could lead to cures for post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer’s disease and other neuropsychiatric afflictions.
    President Obama’s brain-mapping initiative, for which he has proposed $110 million in federal funding for 2014, will focus how on how the brain is affected by conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and autism; how it produces...

    Tags: Government, State of the Union Address, National Government, Schizophrenia, Barack Obama

    5. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Obama calls for funding for brain science initiative

    WASHINGTON – President Obama is asking Congress to approve $110 million in new spending for research on the human brain, an investment he said would benefit not just science but the economy.
    WASHINGTON – President Obama is asking Congress to approve $110 million in new spending for research on the human brain, an investment he said would benefit not just science but the economy. “Ideas are what power our economy,” Obama...

    Tags: Research, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Science and Technology, Washington, DC

    6. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Another vaccine fails to prevent staph infections, study finds

    Staph infections remain a significant problem for hospital patients, and scientists are trying to develop vaccines to prevent Staphylococcus aureus bacteria from establishing itself in vital areas like the heart, lungs or blood. But it&rsquo;s turning out to be a difficult task: A promising vaccine intended to protect heart-surgery patients from <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/staph-infections/ds00973/method=print&amp;dsection=all">staph infections</a> worked no better than a placebo, a <a href="http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1674236">new study reported</a>.
    Staph infections remain a significant problem for hospital patients, and scientists are trying to develop vaccines to prevent Staphylococcus aureus bacteria from establishing itself in vital areas like the heart, lungs or blood. But it’s turning out...

    Tags: Placebo, Science and Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines

    7. Feb 23, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. U.S. cuts could lead to 'brain drain' in medicine

    Scientists at the nation's leading research institutions are warning that continued uncertainty over federal funding could lead to a brain drain that will undermine the country's global status in medicine.
    Scientists at the nation's leading research institutions are warning that continued uncertainty over federal funding could lead to a brain drain that will undermine the country's global status in medicine. With funding at the National Institutes of...

    Tags: Science, Japan, University of Maryland, College Park, Awards and Prizes, Medical Research

    8. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Obama initiative aims to unravel mysteries of human brain

    The White House proposed a sweeping new initiative Tuesday to map the individual cells and circuits that make up the human brain, a project that will give scientists a better understanding of how a healthy brain works and how to devise better treatments for injuries and diseases.
    The White House proposed a sweeping new initiative Tuesday to map the individual cells and circuits that make up the human brain, a project that will give scientists a better understanding of how a healthy brain works and how to devise better treatments...

    Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Schizophrenia, Barack Obama, Science and Technology, Health Insurance Cost

    9. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Don't cut lifesaving dollars

    It would be fair to say that Patient 5 owes his life to medical research. Also known as David Aponte, he was the headlining success story from a recent clinical trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The trial tested a new approach &mdash; in which a portion of the immune system is genetically altered and then reintroduced to the body &mdash; for treating an otherwise fatal leukemia.
    It would be fair to say that Patient 5 owes his life to medical research. Also known as David Aponte, he was the headlining success story from a recent clinical trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The trial tested a new approach — in...

    Tags: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Science and Technology, Science, Economy, Business and Finance, Leukemia

    10. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  10. Upping vigorous exercise may improve fibromyalgia

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For those who are able, exercising once or twice more weekly may alleviate some symptoms of a chronic pain condition without making joints feel worse, according to a new study.
    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For those who are able, exercising once or twice more weekly may alleviate some symptoms of a chronic pain condition without making joints feel worse, according to a new study. Previous studies have found short-term benefits...

    Tags: Health, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Mayo Clinic, Pharmaceuticals

    11. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Agencies in Maryland dodge furloughs — for now

    A month after across-the-board federal spending cuts began, there are signs that one of the most troubling potential consequences for Maryland &#8212; the furloughing of federal employees &#8212; might not be as widespread as initially feared.
    A month after across-the-board federal spending cuts began, there are signs that one of the most troubling potential consequences for Maryland — the furloughing of federal employees — might not be as widespread as initially feared. But the...

    Tags: Government, Baltimore Housing, Section 8 (housing), Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Interior Policy

    12. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Which is worse, isolation or loneliness?

    Los Angeles Times
    Henry David Thoreau relished isolation but didn't feel lonely. Marilyn Monroe was a social butterfly but died lonely. Their separate fates — Thoreau dead of tuberculosis at 44, Monroe of suicide at 36 — can't tell us much scientifically, but...

    Tags: Tuberculosis, Marilyn Monroe

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