Remember when I told you about my neighbors who had the bedbug infestation in their apartment? Well they moved away, but my bedbug fear didn’t leave with them. Two weekends ago when I went to a friend’s wedding in Texas, my fiancé had me read this Time article about our nation’s bedbug fears. I shrugged … Read more
Submit a brief video (1-3 minutes) that describes your job’s daily activities and required knowledge and skills for a chance to win $1,000. Submissions are due November 1.
Lee la versión en español This month always makes me think of pumpkins – driving to the local pumpkin patch, going on a hayride and warm apple cider. This recipe is from USDA’s SNAP-Ed Connection’s Recipe Finder database – also available in Spanish. These recipes were submitted by nutrition and health professionals and organizations. I … Read more
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour on Sunday, November 7. Read more about Daylight Time…
From pumpkins and candy to folklore and statistics, find a collection of fun facts and serious safety tips for Halloween.
Every year, a few days before Halloween, I pull out my Halloween-appropriate movies and have a movie marathon. This year, I will enjoy a little Halloween comedy by watching Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker in Hocus Pocus. Bette Midler is divine performing “I Put a Spell on You.” I love the movie … Read more
The study, published in Nature, found that when research subjects had their brains connected to a computer displaying two merged images, they could force the computer to display one of the images and discard the other. The signals transmitted from each subject’s brain to the computer were derived from just a handful of brain cells.
Did you know the Statue of Liberty turns 124 years old today? The statue was originally a gift from France as a sign of their friendship with the United States, and today it is a popular tourist attraction to those visiting New York City. I remember being on a New York City field trip when … Read more
Small genetic differences between individuals help explain why some people have a higher risk than others for developing illnesses such as diabetes or cancer. Today in the journal Nature, the 1000 Genomes Project, an international public-private consortium, published the most comprehensive map of these genetic differences, called variations, estimated to contain approximately 95 percent of … Read more
More than 2.5 million images and figures from medical and life sciences journals are now available through Images, a new resource for finding images in biomedical literature. The database was developed and will be maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National … Read more
Trick-or-Treat? How about treat? Today we will start doing a post every Saturday on GovGab. Instead of our normal posts though, we will take turns posting about important government information from the previous week and even preview some things we find interesting for the upcoming week. With no further ado here are our inaugural weekly picks: Make a Difference Day took … Read more
Premature infants often suffer from respiratory problems due to their underdeveloped lungs. Over the past decade, many of these infants have been treated with inhaled nitric oxide — a treatment designed to ease breathing by widening blood vessels in the lungs. This week, an independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health determined that … Read more
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health concluded that programs to boost the academic achievement of children from low income neighborhoods might be more successful if they also provided adult literacy education to parents.
I was at the bank last week, and not surprisingly, the teller asked me for identification. As I passed my driver’s license to her, I noticed that the address on my license is out of date. How many other important records have my old address I wonder? I didn’t move, but my address changed. I … Read more
Older adults who survive hospitalization involving severe sepsis, a serious medical condition caused by an overwhelming immune response to severe infection, are at higher risk for cognitive impairment and physical limitations than older adults hospitalized for other reasons, researchers have found.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded six grants totaling approximately $12 million over three years through a new initiative aimed at fostering a diverse scientific workforce. The initiative, called the NIH Director’s ARRA Funded Pathfinder Award to Promote Diversity in the Scientific Workforce, is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and administered … Read more
I feel blessed to have lived in the Washington, DC area for many years with easy access to some of the best museums, memorials and monuments, art galleries, theaters and concert halls. When I travel to DC today, I still take the opportunity to visit some of these places because the art and history they … Read more