Highlights
A collection of news and information related to National Institutes of Health published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 976
» View hbindependent.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-82
•
Next >
-
Local AYSO squad is runner-up
The Fountain Valley Under-19 girls' soccer team, Kiss My Grass of AYSO Region 5, took second place during Presidents Day weekend at the Colorado River Invitational Soccer Tournament. The tournament drew more than 110 teams from California, Arizona and...Tags: Voting, UCLA Bruins, Soccer, Elections, University of California, Los Angeles
-
Briefly In Sports
Edison High graduate Luke Gane, a student and member of the football team at UCLA, is one of four finalists for the 2012 Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Award. The other three finalists for the award, which first was awarded in 2009, are David...Tags: Baseball, Voting, UCLA Bruins, Hank Conger, Elections
-
Greer's OC: 'Lido Goes Pop!' at film festival
As if eight nights and 350 films aren't exciting enough, now we have "Lido Goes Pop!" to look forward to. For the first time in its 12-year run, Newport Beach Film festivalgoers can convene nightly at Lido Marina Village in Newport Beach as Riviera...Tags: Ice Cream, Newport Beach, Foods and Beverages, Travel, Michael Kors
-
EPA targets Beck's Lake for possible cleanup
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed adding Beck's Lake to the National Priority List (NPL) of hazardous sites in need of further investigation for possible Superfund designation. Located at West Washington and North...Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
-
Voice of the People, May. 20
Cancer research We recently heard the revelation that Angelina Jolie had undergone preventive double mastectomy in order to lessen her chance of developing breast cancer. Her DNA carries a genetic defect in the BRCA1 gene that significantly increases her...Tags: Abortion, Kermit Gosnell, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Chicago Cubs
-
Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Defense, Science and Technology, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Michael Chertoff
-
Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Defense, Science and Technology, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Michael Chertoff
-
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Education, Harvard University, Pancreatic Cancer
-
Entitlements' unimpeded growth is a benefit to seniors
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress increasingly unable to resolve budget disputes, federal programs on automatic pilot are consuming ever larger amounts of government resources. The trend helps older Americans, who receive the bulk of Social Security...
Tags: Government Health Care, Head Start, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Medicare
-
College researchers begin to feel sequester effects
Lafayette College geologist Kira Lawrence is piecing together a model of the climate between 3 million and 5 million years ago by analyzing the chemical makeup of organic matter from the bottom of the ocean. It was a time called the Pliocene Epoch,...Tags: U.S. Congress, Research, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Lehigh University
-
Thanksgiving weekend turns into long nightmare for Mishawaka man
South Bend TribuneLori McCune had finished her breakfast and was peeling potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner when her husband, Rick, walked into the kitchen to help. This was a ritual for the two of them, to see who could peel the most potatoes the quickest. But Rick was...Tags: Nursing Homes, Human Interest, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Insurance
-
High hospital bills go public, but will it help?
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city....
Tags: Government Health Care, Antitrust Issues, Consumers, American Hospital Association, Mayo Clinic
Feb 22, 2012
|Story| HB Independent
Feb 8, 2012
|Story| HB Independent
Apr 27, 2011
|Story| HB Independent
May 21, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 19, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 19, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 13, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
May 16, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 12, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
May 14, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Original site for National Institutes of Health topic gallery.
