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The Case for the New Medical College Admission Test: Why the MCAT must reflect physicians’ current public health challenges. A Perspective in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Researchers have turned up a new clue to the workings of a possible environmental factor in: fathers were four times more likely than mothers to transmit tiny, spontaneous mutations to their children with the disorders. Moreover, the number of such transmitted genetic glitches increased with paternal age. The discovery may help to explain earlier evidence linking autism risk to older fathers.

To celebrate Earth Month, the Environmental Protection Agency is sending out daily e-mail tips. If you sign up, you’ll receive information about saving energy, using water efficiently, how to reduce, reuse, and recycle, and more.

Most places across the country have experienced a milder winter than normal. The milder temperatures will increase the chances of homes getting infested with pests earlier and perhaps more frequently this spring. Get tips on safely controlling pests from the Environmental Protection Agency.

April is Alcohol Awareness Month. This nationwide campaign is intended to raise awareness about the consequences of excessive drinking, and to encourage those with a drinking problem to get help.

Kathryn Erbe leads an impressive cast in the Addiction Performance Project, an innovative continuing medical education (CME) program for doctors and other health providers, on April 16 in the Chicago, Ill. area. The performance is a project of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and is designed to help doctors and other health professionals better identify and help drug-abusing patients in primary care settings, and to break down the stigma associated with drug addiction.

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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 tap into our existing HIV/AIDS clinical research infrastructure to help test promising investigational vaccines against TB,” said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. The sites are funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) helps low-income to moderate-income individuals and families keep more of the money they earn. Answer a series of questions on IRS.gov to see if you qualify for the credit.

Treatment with vitamin D reduced the size of uterine fibroids in laboratory rats predisposed to developing the benign tumors, reported researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health.

During National Park Week (April 21-29), all national parks offer free admission! Whether you spend a few hours at a park near you, or take a few days to explore a park further from your home, enjoy America’s great outdoors.

Visit the USA.gov Blog and you’ll discover useful, timely, and interesting government information and services. Here’s what readers are saying about the blog: “uses language the average person can understand”; “concise and trusted information”; “knowledgeable answers to government related questions.”

Christine Grady, Ph.D., was recently named chief of the Department of Bioethics of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center.

Christine Grady, Ph.D., was recently named chief of the Department of Bioethics of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center.

Christine Grady, Ph.D., was recently named chief of the Department of Bioethics of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center.

An artificial connection between the brain and muscles can restore complex hand movements in monkeys following paralysis, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

As part of American Heart Month, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI’s) The Heart Truth campaign, with the support of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), will showcase its signature event, the Red Dress Collection 2012 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.