This challenge calls for an app that provides access to information about the availability of shelters, free clinics, and other social services used by America’s homeless. Volunteers and outreach workers should be able to use this app to easily share information with those in need. The Department of Veterans Affairs will award $10,000 to up … Read more
Researcher Van Wedeen MD and colleagues report new evidence of the brain’s elegant simplicity March 30, 2012 in the journal Science. New high resolution scans reveal an astonishingly simple 3D grid structure.
National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of the three core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). An experimental compound, called GRN-529, increased social interactions and lessened repetitive self-grooming behavior in a strain of mice that normally display such autism-like behaviors, the researchers say.
During Money Smart Week, free classes and activities are available in more than 30 states to help consumers manage their personal finances.
If you have expired or unwanted prescription drugs, you can safely dispose of them this Saturday, April 28 from 10am to 2pm as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 4th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Improperly discarded drugs can end up in the water supply or in the hands of children. This Take-Back Day is … Read more
The National Institutes of Health is making waves with exciting exhibits, interactive fun for all ages and special science performances at the 2nd USA Science and Engineering Festival this weekend, April 28-29, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of developmental disabilities that can cause social, communication, and behavioral challenges. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 1 in 88 children in the U.S. has an ASD. While there are no proven cures for autism spectrum disorders, research has shown that early treatment can … Read more
On World Malaria Day, we stand at a critical juncture in our efforts to control a global scourge. This year’s theme “Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria” stresses the crucial role of continued investment of resources to maintain hard-won gains. Lives have indeed been saved.
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded 10 grants, totaling $10.5 million, to develop revolutionary technologies that will help researchers identify millions of genomic elements that play a role in determining what genes are expressed and at what levels in different cells. These multi-year grants are … Read more
Autism-like behaviors in mice have been reduced, using an experimental agent being tested in patients for a related disorder.
Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection in people might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Scientists have found that among adults who received the experimental HIV vaccine during the landmark RV144 clinical trial, those who produced relatively high levels of a … Read more
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.