Thursday, July 8th, 2010
ERA-Net NEURON, an initiative of the European Commission aimed at advancing transnational European research in the field of disease-related neuroscience, announced the winners of the Excellent Paper in Neuroscience award for young scientists for the year 2009. The two winners, awarded each a prize of 3,000 euros, are Dr. Heidi ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
The G8's $5-billion initiative to improve maternal and child health "left many loose ends that need to be tied up before the countries can begin to make good on their commitment to save the lives of 1.3 million children under age five, and 64,000 mothers," the Canadian Press/Globe and Mail ...
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
Thousands of Labrador Retriever owners are being asked to help find out how a dog's lifestyle affects its health. The Dogslife study, the first project of its kind, aims to assess how factors such as diet and exercise can influence an animal's susceptibility to disease and illness. The initiative, led ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
In honor of today's one year anniversary of the Obama Administration's "Year of Community Living," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced new funds for states to build innovative systems to link persons with disabilities to affordable housing in their home communities. This new $3.2 million, three-year contract is ...
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
The University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Patient Safety Excellence has received a $3 million grant to evaluate its comprehensive process for responding to patient harm events at nine other Chicago area hospitals. The demonstration project, funded by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Agency for Healthcare ...
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