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Pilots, FAA, And Researchers Battle Fatigue During Flights Halfway Around The World

CDMRP Works To Wipe Out Breast Cancer Through High Risk Projects

Outdoor Recreation Led To 213,000 ER Visits Between 2004, 2005

CDC: More Than A Third Of Epileptics Not Receiving Adequate Treatment

AHRQ Study: Conventional Antipsychotics May Pose Risk To Elderly

CDC's Annual HIV Estimate Increases

Progress Notes

Clinical Briefs

Senate Committee Conducts Hearing On Antimicrobial Resistance

Debate Surrounds HHS' Proposed Opt-Out Abortion Regulation

Committee Confronts IHS Director On GAO Report

VA's Finances, Oversight Leave Agency Open To Fraud

NACHC: More Primary Care Providers Needed At Underserved Federal Health Centers

NASA Funds New Space Radiation Studies

Clinical Briefs

Progress Notes

Meetings

Senate Committee: Number Of Unintentional Childhood Injuries Must Be Lowered

Clinical Briefs

Adaptive Housing Grants Increased For Injured Veterans

VA Leaders Questioned On Response To Suicide Risk In Agency Study

Army Rolls Out New Transfer Vehicles At Walter Reed

CDC Analysis: Risk Behavior Does Not Account For Higher Rates Of HIV In Black MSM

CDC Official: FEMA Trailer Residents Should Have Been Notified Sooner Of Formaldehyde

Nanotechnology At NASA Could Play Medical Role On Earth

Meetings

New Power Driver Developed For Military Medics

CDC Begins Study On Little-Understood Morgellons

NIH Diabetes Study Halted

Study Finds Increased Health Care Use By Obese Pregnant Women

Senate Subcommittee Witnesses Advocate For DoD Research Dollars

New DoD Center For PTSD, TBI To Open In Bethesda

VA: Calls To Potentially Ill, Injured OEF-OIF Vets Complete

Progress Notes

Money Allocation At NIH To Become More Transparent

Clinical Briefs

Panel To House Committee: Global Warming, Public Health Linked

Democrats, Republicans Disagree On Link Between New Medicaid Rules and Emergency Preparedness

CDC: Decline In Foodborne Disease Stalls

CDC Report: Pregnancies Down For Women Under 25

Infections Higher For AN Without Running Water, Says CDC

CDC: Medicare Stroke Hospitalizations Highest For African-Americans, Southerners

No U.S. Military Medical Personnel For Beijing Games

Bush's Global AIDS Relief Plan To Expire In 2009; Congress Works To Reauthorize

NIAID Center Signs HIV/AIDS Research Agreement With Global Nonprofit

Subcommittee Objects To Decreased IHS Budget

Merck Deceived FDA, Researchers Say

Clinical Briefs

CDC:Obesity During Pregnancy Increases Health Care Costs

HHS Secretary Defends Tight Budget Before Congress

SAMHSA Leaders Face Proposed Budget Cuts, Potential Gaps In Care

CDC, FEMA: Hurricane Trailers Have Higher Than Expected Levels of Formaldehyde

Clinical Briefs

TRICARE Fees Would Rise Under DoD's Proposed FY '09 Budget

HHS Agencies Receive Slight Increases, Flat Budgets Or Cuts In FY '09 Proposal

Increasingly Urban AI/AN Population Faces Poverty, Barriers To Health Care

IHS Aims To Gather Urban Health Care Data

Proposed FY '09 Budget Boosts HRSA's Health Centers, Cuts Other Programs

CDC Grants, Prevention Programs Receive Cuts In Proposed FY '09 Budget

NASA's Medical Research Budget Remains Flat In FY '09 Proposal

ACS Verifies Landstuhl As Level II Trauma Center

House Subcommittee Considers VA Health Care Bills

New VA Secretary Reaches Out To Homeless Vets

Federal, DC Officials Hold HIV/AIDS Town Hall Meeting

NIH Launches Human Microbiome Project

Progress Notes

House Committee Slams VA On Veteran Suicides

Congress Passes Bill To Increase Defense Health Program Budget

VA, House Subcommittees Spar Over Outpatient Waiting Times

International Health Leaders Gather At NIH

Progress Notes

Clinical Briefs

COMFORT Completes Latin American Humanitarian Mission

COMFORT Takes A 'No-Nonsense' Approach To Mission

Gerberding: CDC Must Look At Big Picture For Health

CDC Awards $35 Million For State, Local HIV Testing

Modern Trauma Care Could Have Saved Lincoln

Depression Might Have Derailed Lincoln's Recovery, Historian Says

Battlefield Treatment Often The Key To Survival

November 2007 Clinical Briefs

Study: Antidepressant Use Down, Suicides Up For Youth

October 2007 Meetings

Clinical Briefs

Federal Physicians Association Seeks Pay Information Through Survey

Surgeon General's Report Blocked By White House

New Research Offers Hope for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment

Clinical Briefs

Gene Variant Discoveries On The Rise

NASA To Share Space Station Laboratory

National Academies Workshop Discusses Long-Term Human Space Missions

Maryland Trauma Center Provides Training For Deploying USAF Docs

Booth's Doctor Pleads His Case At Historical Clinicopathological Conference

Lincoln Could Have Survived In Modern Times, Doctors Say

High Costs, Lack of Funds Complicate Local TB Control

FDA To Begin Tomato Safety Initiative

Clinical Briefs

WHO Pushes For Indoor Smoking Ban

HHS, Community Leaders Discuss Pandemic Flu Preparedness

Smoke-free U.S. Households On The Rise

Congress Debates Avandia's Safety, Researchers' Motives and FDA Role

Cancer Activists Praise Congressional Medical Research Program, Ask For More Funding

TB Rates At All-Time Low In U.S., But Elimination Remains Elusive

June 2007 Clinical Briefs

Congress Examines Reported Problems With DoD-VA Health Care Transitions

One In Five Americans Lack Primary Care Access

May 2007 Clinical Briefs

HHS Announces New Hospital Communication Program

Certain MRI Scan Contrasting Agents Linked To Rare, Dangerous Disorder

CDC Study Shows Fewer High Schoolers Engaging In Health Risk Behaviors

Diabetes Threatens Indigenous Populations Worldwide

NIH Isolates Gene As Possible Alzheimer's Factor

CDC Evaluates Genetic Testing And Depression

Teen Birth Rate Hit All Time Low In 2005

Fall-Related Deaths Up For Seniors

January 2007 Clinical Briefs

Disability Prevalence Ranges Widely Among Different States

Child Immunization Rates At Record Highs

Emergency Rooms Face Crowding

Reduction In U.S. Adult Smoking Rates May Have Stalled

HHS Certifies Group To Evaluate Health IT Products

CDC Tracking Taco Bell E. coli Outbreak

Abstinence Requirement in President's AIDS Relief Plan Questioned

TRICARE Plan Posts High Satisfaction Ratings

Body Armor Protects Soldiers But May Impact Performance, According To USUHS Study

Complacency Biggest Public Health Challenge, According To CDC Director

Drug Use Down Among Young, Up In Adults

HIV/AIDS Rising Among American Indians and Alaska Natives

October 2006 Progress Notes

October 2006 Clinical Briefs

Obesity Forum Addresses Risks

CDC Study Shows Increase In Electronic Record Use

HHS To Purchase 10,000 Courses Of Anthrax Immune Globulin

New NCI Director Named

September 2006 Clinical Briefs

August 2006 Clinical Briefs

Plague Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials

Over 14 Per Cent Of U.S. Population Goes Without Health Insurance

No Data Taken From Stolen VA Laptop, Report Says

Ten Years of HAART HIV/AIDS Treatment

Asthma Drug Increases Risk For Patients, According To Study

Burning Off Lung Tissue Can Help Treat Asthma

Nasal Spray Could Help Relieve Black Mold Allergy Symptoms

U.S. Has Second Worst Infant Mortality Rate Among Industrialized Nations

Genome Institute To Study How DNA Variation Relates To Health Disparities

SAMHSA Conference Focuses On PTSD

HHS Teams Up To Improve Health Among Hispanics

Some Hospitals Lack Recommended Emergency Pediatric Care And Equipment, CDC Says

SAMHSA Awards Counseling Grants For Hurricane Victims

CDC Recommends Influenza Vaccine for Older Children

CDC Recommends New Rotavirus Vaccine

April 2006 Clinical Briefs

Inhalant Use Rises Among Youth, SAMHSA Reports

National Institute on Aging Report Profiles Older Americans

Surgeon General Announces New Spanish Language Computer Tool For Family Histories

Immigrants Report Better Health Than U.S.-Born

April 2006 Progress Notes

Past Berry Prize Winners: Where They Are Today

DoD Asks Court To Reinstate Mandatory Anthrax Vaccine Program

More Than 1,500 On AIDS Drug Assistance Waiting Lists

New Program Directors Appointed At CDC

CDC Proposes Quarantine Regulations

CDC Warns Against Prescribing Certain Flu Antivirals

Adult Cigarette Smoking Rates Decline

Clinical Tests Begin On Botulinum Vaccine

FDA Considers Safety Of Needleless Injections

Clinical Briefs For November 2005

Rise In Some Cancers Causes Concern For AI/AN

Rise In Some Cancers Causes Concern For AI/AN - Part II

Government Starts Medical Web Site For Katrina Evacuees

Washing With Soap Shown To Reduce Pneumonia In Children

Daily Consumption Of Soy May Reduce Bad Cholesterol

Americans' Oral Health Has Improved, According To CDC, NIH

October 2005 Clinical Briefs

VA Awards $10 Million Contract To Reconstruct Roudebush VAMC

CDC Reports Heavy Chlamydia Burden

Tennessee Gets $13.5 Million From VA For Veterans Homes

Space Radiation Research To Get $19 Milllion From NASA

NASA Developing New Telemedicine Heart Monitor

Health Insurance Coverage Up For Kids, Level For Adults

CDC Reports Racial And Regional Health Disparities

Smoking Among Adults Declines, According To CDC

Antiviral Drug Oseltamivir Can Suppress Bird Flu

Parental Psychiatric History, Preterm Delivery Associated With Autism

CDC Issues Report On Heart Disease And Stroke In American Indians and Alaska Natives

NASA Studies Effects of Moon Gravity

People Injured by Hep A Vaccine Eligible For Compensation From HRSA

HHS Issues Report on IT

HHS Seeks To Increase Infant Mortality Awareness

July 2005 Clinical Briefs

IHS, Federal Agencies Respond To Red Lake School Shooting

IHS, Federal Agencies Respond To Red Lake School Shooting (Part 2)

Red Lake Gets Two More Ambulances

Senate Hears Testimony On Aging And AIDS

CDC, IHI Partner For Health Care Improvement

June 2005 Clinical Briefs

Leavitt Grilled On HHS Budget

NASA Anticipates New Leadership

April 2005 Clinical Briefs

Carbon Monoxide Kills 480 Per Year, CDC Reports

FDA Approves Medical Record On Implantable Computer Chip

New VA, HHS Secretaries Confirmed

HRSA Programs Face Budget Cuts

DoD Faces Contempt Order for Anthrax Vaccination Program

NASA Science Funding Cut In FY 2006 Proposal

March 2005 Clinical Briefs

U.S. Adults Are Taller, Heavier, CDC Reports

New DoD Task Force Aims To Prevent Sexual Assault

NASA Implements Agency-Wide Reorganization

Young Doctors Need More Sleep

IHS Awards Grants For Diabetes Research And Treatment

Racial Disparities Remain in HIV/AIDS Cases

Half Of U.S. Population On Prescription Drugs

Birth Rates Show Changes, According To CDC Report

Light Flu Season So Far, Despite Vaccine Shortage

January 2005 Clinical Briefs

Phoenix Indian Medical Center Joins Alzheimer's Study

DynPort Enters Clinical Trials For Botulinum Neurotoxin Vaccine

AHRQ And Discovery Network Partner To Fight Childhood Obesity

November 2004 Clinical Briefs

Suffocation Most Likely Form Of Suicide Among Young

September 2004 Clinical Briefs

Sharp Increase In Narcotics Abuse Treatment

Air Travelers Want To Be Warned Of Possible Exposure

Increase In Doses Of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Recommended

CDC Colaborates On Special Toxic Exposure Journal

Therapeutic Foster Care Shown To Reduce Violent Crime

NIH Alzheimer's Disease Study Suggests Learning Still Possible

DoD Faces Challenges In Getting Benefits To Reserve And Guard

NHGRI, Groups Urge Passage Of Genetic Nondiscrimination Legislation

Crystal Meth Use Linked To STD Rise

May 2004 Clinical Briefs

HHS Unveils Plan To Combat Obesity

Infant Mortality Rose In 2002

NIEHS Cataloging Gene Polymorphisms

April 2004 Clinical Briefs

NIH Examines Knee Replacement Procedures

National Human Genome Research Institute Opens New Branch

Military Not Immune From Obesity 'Epidemic'

New HIV Diagnoses Up In 29 States In 2002

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Advocated Shared Doctor-Patient Decision-Making

Clinical Briefs For March

SAMHSA Sees Rise In Youths Seeking Substance Abuse Treatment

New VA 'Fisher House' To Open

'Dual Action' Anthrax Vaccine Being Developed

IHS Tackles Apache Suicide Crisis

Studies Link Abuse To Other Disorders

Alaska Gets $3.5 Million From SAMHSA For Mental Health Treatment

November Clinical Briefs

CDC, SBAA Lobby For More Spina Bifida Funding

Smoking Affects Heart, Kidneys, Spleen

New Injection-Free Flu Vaccine Available

VA Urges Eligible POWs To Seek Care

AAMC Issues Guidance On Medical Response To Terrorism

Clinical Briefs For September

House Considers Bill To Aid Exposed Veterans

SAMHSA Announces Justice System Grants

Key to Hepatitis Virus Persistence Found

FDA Approves Drug for Multiple Myeloma

HHS Extends Use Of Rapid HIV Test, Plus SAMHSA News

Navy Advances Teleradiology Aboard USNS COMFORT

Agencies Cooperate On Spina Bifida

FDA Approves Pediatric Leukemia Treatment

Pentagon Awards Health Care Contract to Maine Firm

FDA Approves Decontamination Lotion For Military Use

Military Medical Information Programs Draw Praise

Gene Variation Lowers Heart Disease Risk

Clinical Briefs - July 2003

Specter Introduces Two VA Healthcare Bills

Paxil Linked to Suicide in Children

Supreme Court Will Not Hear Veterans' Lifetime Care Suit

FDA Recalls Counterfeit Lipitor

Homeland Security Tests Response In Exercise

Specter Calls for New Stem Cell Regulations

Clinical Briefs-June 2003

NIH Examines Alternative Depression Treatments

New High Blood Pressure Guidelines Released

NIDA Symposium Honors Addiction Research Scientist

Clinical Briefs

CDC Recommends Screening Out Heart Patients From Smallpox Vaccination

HHS Calls For Warning Labels On Ephedra

Principi Names CARES Commission Members

SAMHSA Issues Treatment Guidelines On Inhalants

AHRQ Plans $50 Million Hospital IT Initiative

Clinical Briefs

Agency Budget Capsules For Fiscal 2004

Clinical Briefs

Navy Medicine Is 'Steaming To Assist'

National Library of Medicine Provides Access For All

Berry Prize Nominations Open

Military Works To Restock Blood Supply

Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Reduce Heart Attack Risk

Mixed Results On DTC Ads

Flu Deaths Higher Than Previously Estimated

FDA Approves New Labels For Estrogen Products

Smallpox Web Site Launched By HHS

Government Researchers Snag Nobel Prizes

USUHS Malaria Investigation On Hold

FDA Approves Claritin For OTC Sale

Nursing Shortage Affects Quality Of Care

FDA Orders Recall Of Human Tissue

Researchers Examine Reasons For Elderly Suicide

VA Issues Advisory Based On Knee Surgery Study

Safety To Be Part Of Drug Reviews

House Passes Medical Device User Fee Act

DoD Assists WHO In Afghani Health Mission

Clinical Briefs

Agreement Will Help Disseminate Research Findings To Clinicians

VA Budget Clears Committees, Awaits Final Votes

HHS Releases $14 Million In Grants To Help The Homeless

DoD Acknowledges Civilian Exposure In SHAD Tests

McClellan Faces Challenges At FDA

Clinical Briefs

Senator Wellstone Dies In Plane Crash

Officials Outline Smallpox Vaccination Options

Bush, Rumsfeld Attend Pentagon Ceremony On 9/11 Anniversary

HHS Awards $2.4 Million In Mental Health Grants

BVA Joins HUD, HHS For Homeless Grants

Kellogg Foundation Announces Grants For Minority Healthcare Professionals

USPSTF Recommends Routine Osteoporosis Screening

Survey Shows Rise In Drug Use

Yale To Host Agent Orange Research Meeting

Iraqi Biological Weapons Cause Concern; Invasion Debated

Study Links Obesity And Heart Failure Risk

Senate Passes Generic Drug Bill

NIAID Grant Funds AIDS Research In South Africa

Arizona Wildfires Force VA To Close Local Clinic

Veterans Group Pushes For VA Health Care As Entitlement

SAMHSA Announces $4.6 Million In Grants

'Combat Medic' Video Game Released

Study Corrects Reported Gulf War Death Rates

AIDS Drug Tampering Considered Isolated

Clinical Briefs

U.S. Medicine Interviews Maj.Gen. Leonard Randolph

VA Won't Seek Benefits For Children With AML

Gulf War Data Shows Unlikely Results

VA Examines Graduate Medical Education Realignment

U.S. Agencies Need To Partner For Global Health

Congress Seeks To Fund Care For Priority 7 Veterans

Cancer Health Coverage Expanded for Native American Women

GAO Identifies Problems With TriCare Senior Prime

Progress Notes

Clinical Briefs

U.S. Food, Air, and Water Supplies Vulnerable To Attack, Experts Say

Congress Debates 'Genetic Discrimination' Bills

Clinical Briefs

VA Improves Care Of Elderly With UPBEAT Program

Public Health Stressed At National Health Policy Conference

VA Chief Consultant Kussman Emphasizes Resource Sharing With DoD

DoD Reduces Medical Costs For Reservists

Former USAF General Appointed Director Of VA's Center For Women Veterans

VA Wins Ford Foundation Award For Patient Safety

HHS To Consolidate PR Offices, Budgets

VA Gets Budget Increase, But Not Enough For VSOs

Surveillance Paramount In Combatting Bioterrorism

President Appoints Bioethics Council

HHS Procures More Smallpox Vaccine, Sees Promise In Dilution

Gulf War Veterans Twice As Likely To Develop ALS

VA Medical Center Shooting Raises Security Concerns

HHS Awards Grants To Fight Nursing Shortage

Health Care Integral To National Security, According To State Department Conferees

HHS Awards More Abstinence Education Grants

VA Proposal Would Increase Medication Copayments

NIH Awards IDeA Grants To Underserved States

Public Awareness Of STD Epidemic 'Dangerously Low'

GAO Urges DoD To Improve Its Landmine Detection Capabilities

DoD Awards Minority Research Grants

CDC Unveils 5-Year Plan To Fight HIV/AIDS

DoD Fights AIDS In Sub-SAHARAN Africa

SAMHSA Estimates Almost $300 Billion Spent On Alcohol And Drug Abuse's 'Social Costs'

GAO Says U.S. Unprepared For Bioterrorism Attack

Transcendental Meditation Group Seeks $1 Billion Endowment

New Technologies Profiled At Aerospace Medical Association Meeting

Reeve Calls For More Stem Cell, SCI Research

Tramont Named As NIH AIDS Division Head

CLINICAL BRIEFS

Jaffe To Serve As Acting CDC HIV Center Director

Uniformed Services Health Plan Recieves High Marks

Wisconsin Stem Cell Lines Made Available To NIH Researchers

Surgeon General Releases Guidelines To Help Prevent Suicide

VA Surveys Veterans On Ways To Improve Services

HHS Funds Dental Program For Children Of Low-Income Families

Federal Advisory Panel Recommends Establishing Unified Military Medical Command

VA Proposes Rule To Aid Treatment Of "Atomic Veterans"

Congress Urges Action On Vacant Director's Post At VA's Center For Women Veterans

CDC Sends Expertise Abroad To Help With Tobacco Control

NIST Touts Emerging Medical Technologies

Annual Lecture Features History Of SG's Office

FDA Weighs Steps To Prevent Spread Of Mad Cow Disease

U.S. Issues Primary Care Recommendations

NIH Researchers Develop New Typhoid Vaccine

Cowan Nominated For Navy Surgeon General Post

DoD To Help Pay For Reserve And National Guard Health Benefits

Total Flu Vaccination Could Save $1.3 Billion

Seattle Cancer Center Faces Lawsuit

Drug Therapies Help Reduce HIV Costs

New Drug Therapy May Help Eliminate Tuberculosis

Report Highlights Food Safety Concerns

Women Face Unique Risks From Smoking Says Surgeon General's Report

Army Nurse Corps Celebrates Centennial

Task Force Offers Plan To Fight Domestic Violence In DoD

DoD Says Troops Were Likely Not Affected By Nerve Agents During Gulf War

Suicides Lower On The Holidays

Berry Prize Nominations Open

Pre-Natal Care Returns to Great Lakes Naval Hospital

HRSA May Compensate For Vaccine Related Bowel Disorder

CDC Reports Potential Delay, Shortage In Flu Vaccine

Gen. Peake Nominated for Army SG

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