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NIH names Dr. Gary H. Gibbons director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, April 5, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

nih.gov — “National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins M.D., Ph.D., announced today the selection of Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., as the new director of the NIH?s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Dr. Gibbons is the founder and current director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, chairperson of the Department of Physiology, and professor of physiology and medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.?He expects to start his new position in the summer of 2012.” View full resource at nih.gov

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A new MCAT for tomorrow?s physician, April 4, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

nih.gov — “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.” View full resource at nih.gov

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IOM releases new report on public health dimensions of epilepsies

news-medical.net — “The Institute of Medicine (IOM) on March 30th released its new report on the public health dimensions of the epilepsies, the first authoritative independent appraisal of epilepsy and its management in the United States.” View full resource at news-medical.net

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Bedside Genetic Test to Predict Complications in Cardiac Stent Patients

medgadget.com — “Researchers from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute published the results of a bedside genetic test in The Lancet today. The study demonstrates one” View full resource at medgadget.com

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1000 Genomes Project data available on Amazon Cloud, March 29, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

nih.gov — “The world's largest set of data on human genetic variation ? produced by the international 1000 Genomes Project ? is now publicly available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, the National Institutes of Health and AWS jointly announced today.” View full resource at nih.gov

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Report to the nation finds continuing declines in cancer death rates - National Cancer Institute

cancer.gov — “Death rates from all cancers combined for men, women, and children continued to decline in the United States between 2004 and 2008, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2008. The overall rate of new cancer diagnoses,” View full resource at cancer.gov

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The 'Heart' of Health Care Reform: Can the Law Stand Without a Mandate? - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: During the summer of 2009, when the health care reform debate was dividing the country and the "public option" seemed like the most important policy issue in a generation, the proposal to require all Americans to have health insurance was hardly ever mentioned. The individual mandate, now the focus of a historic Supreme Court review, was just one part of a complex and broad overhaul of the nation's health care system. Medicare cuts, end-of-life counseling and a tax on” View full resource at news.yahoo.com

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Heart & Vascular, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

henryford.com — “The Edith and Benson Ford Heart & Vascular Institute.Ranked among the top cardiac centers in the nation by US News & World Report. The program is one of only two in Michigan for advanced heart failure treatment options and one of the few programs in the country offering robotically assisted laparoscopic aortic surgery.” View full resource at henryford.com

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Heart Patients Do Better with Non-Surgical Valve Replacement Than Standard Medical Therapy

newswise.com — “Patients diagnosed with aortic stenosis who are too sick for open-heart surgery have better survival rates and an improved quality of life after undergoing catheter-based heart valve replacement than if the patients had been treated with standard medical therapy, according to a study authored by a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute physician based on results from a multicenter clinical trial.” View full resource at newswise.com

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Sleeping Too Much or Too Little Puts Heart at Risk : Cardiology News

ecardiologynews.com — “Cardiology News is an independent news source that provides cardiologists with timely and relevant news and commentary about clinical developments and the impact of health care policy on cardiology and the cardiologist's practice. Cardiology News Digital Network is the online destination and multimedia properties of Cardiology News, the independent news publication for cardiologists. Cardiology news is the leading source of news and commentary about clinical developments in cardiology as well as” View full resource at ecardiologynews.com

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NIH launches online resource on behavioral and social science research methods, March 23, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

nih.gov — “A Web-based interactive anthology will provide psychologists, economists, anthropologists, sociologists and other scientists with the latest research methods and tools to address emerging challenges in public health, such as the obesity epidemic and the rise of chronic diseases such as heart disease. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health collaborated with New England Research Institutes to create the free resource, called e-Source.” View full resource at nih.gov

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HIV Exacerbates Heart Risk from Hypertension : Cardiology News

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