New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program
Release Date:
09/21/2015
Each Wednesday at the Greenmarket, Heart Smart activities focus on helping visitors improve their cardiovascular health.
Health & Human Services
Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research
Release Date:
09/18/2015
Researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center have found that changes to a small stretch of DNA may circumvent the genetic defect behind sickle cell disease (SCD).
New York State Health Foundation Sponsors Report on All-Payer Database & Consumer Transparency
Release Date:
09/17/2015
A new NYSHealth-funded report, prepared by the APCD Council, examines opportunities for the State to advance the APD and maximize public interest. The report draws on insights from New York stakeholders and lessons learned from other states that...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research
Release Date:
09/17/2015
A new study shows that less than one percent of federal funding goes to risk research.
Commonwealth Explores Ramifications of Higher Premiums for Older Adults
Release Date:
09/15/2015
Analysis shows that if limits on premiums for older adults were relaxed, federal spending would rise.
Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy
Release Date:
09/11/2015
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have elucidated a genetic interaction that may prove key to the development and progression of glaucoma, a blinding neurodegenerative disease that affects tens of millions of...
Jane Beyer Named Program Officer at Center for Evidence-based Policy and Milbank Memorial Fund
Release Date:
09/09/2015
Jane Beyer will join the Center for Evidence-based Policy (CEbP) and the Milbank Memorial Fund (MMF) as Program Officer on October 5, 2015.
Carnegie-Backed Study Explores Adolescent Girls' Knowledge of HPV and Sexuality in Western Uganda
Release Date:
09/02/2015
The study investigated the influence of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on adolescent girls’ knowledge of HPV and HPV vaccine.
Research to Prevent Blindess Finds New Clues to Vision Loss in Macular Degeneration
Release Date:
09/02/2015
The research sheds light on one of the leading causes of blindness in industrialized countries.
John A. Hartford Helps Expand Program to Support Older Hospitalized Adults
Release Date:
09/01/2015
The program specifically addresses recovery of hip fractures among older adults.
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