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The healthcare professional Topics section provides current news feeds on current health topics. Please check back often for updates.
News from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
RWJF - Newsroom - New and noteworthy
http://www.rwjf.org/rss/highlights.jsp
2012-02-01 00:00:00.0 - Increasing Access to Oral Care
2012-02-01 00:00:00.0 - One Community Health Leader is helping to ensure more people have access to the oral health care they need.
2012-01-26 13:00:00.0 - 'Exergames' Can Improve Cognitive Function in Older Adults
2012-01-26 13:00:00.0 - Study finds that phyiscal and cognitive exercise can improve congnitive function in elderly adults.
2012-01-25 00:00:00.0 - Lavizzo-Mourey Comments on New USDA School Meal Guidelines
2012-01-25 00:00:00.0 - The agency's first update in more than 15 years will provide healthier meals for millions of students.
2012-01-25 00:00:00.0 - Linda Burnes Bolton Joins Foundation Board of Trustees
2012-01-25 00:00:00.0 - Nursing leader is vice president and chief nursing officer of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
2012-01-23 00:00:00.0 - Progress on Health Reform Varies Considerably by State
2012-01-23 00:00:00.0 - Some states have made considerable progress developing a health insurance exchange; others, not so much.
2012-01-20 00:00:00.0 - Exploring Payment Reform: AF4Q Meeting Videos
2012-01-20 00:00:00.0 - A new collection of videos features presentations given by experts on improving how the U.S. pays for health care.
2012-01-20 00:00:00.0 - Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence
2012-01-20 00:00:00.0 - New online resource for journalists presents key insights from workshop.
2012-01-17 17:00:00.0 - Becoming a "Web 2.0 Philanthropy" at RWJF
2012-01-17 17:00:00.0 - Blog post by Steve Downs on Glass Pockets about RWJF social media.
2012-01-17 00:00:00.0 - Webinar Highlights Philanthropy Organizational Effectiveness
2012-01-17 00:00:00.0 - Webinar features presentations from Debra Joy P?rez, RWJF interim assistant vice president of Research and Evaluation.
2012-01-13 00:00:00.0 - Should Affordable Care Act Individual Mandate Stay or Go?
2012-01-13 00:00:00.0 - A new RWJF report examines the effect that eliminating the individual mandate would have on coverage and more.
News from the Insitute of Medicine
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Restricting calories early on does not help acute lung injury patients on ventilators
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:51 EST - Acute lung injury patients on ventilators who require a feeding tube have a similar number of ventilator-free hospital days and similar mortality rates if they receive a low-calorie feeding program initially followed by a full-calorie program compared to ...
New, free e-biography released
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:51 EST - Always There: the Remarkable Life of Ruth Lillian Kirschstein, M.D., a new biography released Feb. 6, tells the rare story of a woman who was as comfortable conversing with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as she was bringing science to children in inner-city cl...
New website: NIH Clinical Research Trials and You
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:12 EST - The National Institutes of Health has created a new website, NIH Clinical Research Trials and You to help people learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate.
Gene regulator in brains executive hub tracked across lifespan -- NIH study
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:01 EST - For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brains executive hub. Among key findings of the study by National Institutes of Health ...
NIH study uncovers probable mechanism underlying resveratrol activity
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:01 EST - National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits.
NCCAMs Advisory Council welcomes six new members
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:36 EST - The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) welcomes six new members to the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The council serves as the principal advisory body to NCCAM, the lead federal agenc...
The NIH urges women to protect their heart health
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:31 EST - As part of American Heart Month, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes (NHLBIs) The Heart Truth campaign, with the support of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), will showcase its signature eve...
NIH-funded HIV clinical research sites to join pediatric tuberculosis vaccine study
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:31 EST - Several U.S. government-funded HIV/AIDS clinical research sites in Africa will join other collaborators in an ongoing clinical trial testing an investigational tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in infants at risk for TB infection. "We are pleased to be able to ta...
Award-winning physician appointed deputy director at NIMHD
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:01 EST - The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) announced today the appointment of M. Roy Wilson, M.D., M.S., an award-winning physician and academic administrator, as NIMH's Deputy Director Strategic Scientific Planning and Progr...
New NIH fact sheet explains test for diabetes, prediabetes
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:36 EST - A new fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health explains the A1C test, a widely used and important test to diagnose type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, and to monitor blood glucose levels of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Magic RSS allows RSS feeds to be displayed anywhere
Mon, 18 April 2007 18:37:29 GMT - Magic RSS is a new service allowing easy presentation of RSS feeds on any website. A variety of formats are available including a scrolling feedbox. The service is free to all users.
Magic RSS a boon for affiliates
Mon, 14 April 2007 16:59:49 GMT - Imagine a scrolling feedbox featuring YOUR affiliate links! This is one of the promises of Magic RSS...
Magic RSS allows RSS feeds to be displayed anywhere
Mon, 18 April 2007 18:37:29 GMT - Magic RSS is a new service allowing easy presentation of RSS feeds on any website. A variety of formats are available including a scrolling feedbox. The service is free to all users.
Magic RSS a boon for affiliates
Mon, 14 April 2007 16:59:49 GMT - Imagine a scrolling feedbox featuring YOUR affiliate links! This is one of the promises of Magic RSS...