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Senate to take up Supplemental Funding Bill next week that includes vital cancer research funds

June 20, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – Continuing his intensive work to provide funds for life-saving biomedical research, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds health and education initiatives, today praised the House of Representatives for approving $150 million in additional funds for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and pledged to include and approve the funds on the Senate side.

The House passed the Supplemental Funding Bill late last night that includes the NIH funding; the Senate intends to consider the legislation next week.    » read more »

Will Ensure Continuous Treatment For Sick Children Upon Exiting NIH Studies

February 13, 2008 - Today U.S. Senators Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) introduced legislation that seeks to provide continuous care to children as they transition out of research studies with National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nino’s Act (S.2629) will ensure that successful treatments received through the studies are covered under Medicaid if the child’s insurance carrier does not recognize the experimental treatment.    » read more »

Sept. 12, 2007, WASHINGTON - A Sept. 12 signing of a memorandum of understanding marked a key milestone for NASA and the National Institutes of Health in their long partnership to advance scientific discovery. The two agencies entered into an agreement that helps American scientists use the International Space Station to answer questions about human health and diseases. The pact signals to researchers the availability of a remarkable platform on which to conduct experiments.    » read more »

Thursday, September 6, 2007 -- A genetic variation has been identified that increases the risk of two chronic, autoimmune inflammatory diseases: rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). These research findings result from a long-time collaboration between the Intramural Research Program (IRP) of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and other organizations. NIAMS is part of the National Institutes of Health.

These results appear in the Sept. 6 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.    » read more »

5-Sep-2007 -- How environmental stress contributes to cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes is under study at the Medical College of Georgia.

The study, which follows 523 pairs of twins, is funded by a $1.7 million continuation grant from the National Institutes of Health.    » read more »

Sept. 4, 2007, LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville professor Suresh Tyagi has recently received grants totaling more than $4.1 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study an amino acid that may explain why roughly one fourth of all heart attacks occur in people with no known risk factors.    » read more »

Treatment Patterns Similar to Adults