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Healthy People 2020. Stay Connected. Stay Connected with Healthy People The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) regularly updates this page with information on upcoming Webinars and public meetings, tools, and new media resources. Sign up for e-mail, follow us on Twitter, connect on LinkedIn, or join the Consortium and stay up-to-date with […]
TED Talk looks at the purpose of the brain … … The most complex part of the human body, the brain, is often described as the hub of our vast, complicated communication network. But, University of Cambridge neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert, BM BCh, D. Phil, argues, contrary to popular belief, our brains didn’t evolve to help us think […]
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Holiday Mail for Heroes … … Send a card to support Holiday Mail for Heroes ### Holiday Mail for Heroes Program Overview The holiday season is just around the corner and it’s time again to start thinking about being part of the 2011 American Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes. For a fifth year, American […]
United States Conference On AIDS (USCA). … USCA Vision Video Final v3 … NMAC USCA2011 Opening Session Strategy SIgn Video … The United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) Тhe United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) takes place every year with the aims of “increasing the strength and diversity of the community-based response to the AIDS […]
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National HIV/AIDS Strategy National HIV/AIDS Strategy A Vision for our Future … … Learn more about the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. One of the President’s top HIV/AIDS policy priorities is the development and implementation of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). There are three primary goals for the NHAS: Reducing HIV incidence Increasing access to care and […]
UN human development rankings place Norway at the top and DR Congo last 02 November 2011 Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead this year’s newly released Human Development Index (HDI) rankings, the annual United Nations measure of progress in human well-being, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Niger and Burundi are at the […]
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Conjoined twin press conference, Packard Children’s Hospital … … On November 1, 2011, surgeons at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford separated two-year-old conjoined twins Angelina and Angelica Sabuco. Surgeons Gary Hartman, MD, and H. Peter Lorenz, MD, meet the media. Previous publications: Conjoined twins’ separation – a complex feat Previous publications: Two separate girls! […]
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How Embrace infant warmers are saving lives in developing nations … … November 2th, 2011 As previously reported on Scope, a group of Stanford graduate students recently developed an inexpensive, portable incubator to keep premature babies warm and well in low-resource countries. The above video, posted on CNN today, takes a look at how the devices are […]
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Reforming the 2012 Farm Bill: Subsidies, Food Assistance and America’s Health … Reforming the 2012 Farm Bill: Subsidies, Food Assistance and America’s Health … In election year 2012, the U.S. Congress will be considering a new Farm Bill, the government’s primary means of setting food and agriculture policy. The current Farm Bill has been criticized […]
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First Lady Michelle Obama Honors Youth in the Arts … … Today, First Lady Michelle Obama honored organizations from across the country that are committed to providing enriching arts and humanities programs for young people. These organizations, recipients of the President’s Council on Arts and the Humanities Youth Award, work both in and out of schools […]
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