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A closer look at how stretching may benefit the body Below is the final installment of a two-part discussion on the merits of stretching with Michael Fredericson, MD, who has served as head team physician with the Stanford Sports Medicine Program since 1992. Here Fredericson talks about whether the conventional reach-and-hold approach to lengthening one’s muscles […]
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Paper uncovers power of ‘Foldit gamers’ strategies … … Snyder, a CSE undergrad at UW, shows us how it’s done. Nov. 7, 2011 Researchers studying the nature of crowds playing Foldit called some strategies “shocking” in how well they mimicked some of the methods already used by protein scientists. Gamers made headlines in September for unraveling the structure of a […]
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The U.S. National Science Foundation and Japan Science and Technology Agency Issue New Joint Awards to Reduce Pesticide Pollution and Promote Biofuel The carbon footprint of humans will be reduced by four awards for plant and microbial research issued under a new joint U.S./Japanese program A plant called Medicago truncatula grows in the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation […]
Meet Face of Food Safety Nisha Antoine: Lieutenant, Biologist, Volunteer, and Mother Nisha Antoine has always understood the relationship between personal health and public health. As a child with asthma, she spent a lot of time in the emergency room, and she was inspired by her doctors and nurses to want to take care of […]
People’s Gardens Give Back Over One Million Pounds As the harvest season comes to a close, the People’s Garden has a lot to be thankful for this year. Last week, the Initiative’s ‘Share Your Harvest’ effort passed the one million pound mark of fresh produce donated to local food banks and charities across the country. Chuck Hanagan […]
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Food for Progress Project in Bangladesh Helps Develop Prawn Farming Market linkage has been established for selling the prawn produced in the area, which has resolved the marketing problem initially faced by the farmers. (Photo credit to Winrock International) A recent Food for Progress (FFP) project in Bangladesh shows how a small effort can have a big […]
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Introducing The Veterans Job Bank … … The White House unveiled several initiatives that will help match our returning Veterans with jobs here at home including the Veterans Job Bank, an online tool of private/public partnerships that allows Veterans to search for available jobs by their skills or their zip code. ### Read also. Open […]
Women’s Health Issues Supplement Showcases Gender-Responsive National HIV/AIDS Programming for U.S. Women and Girls A just-released special supplement to the journal Women’s Health Issues provides in-depth information about gender-specific health considerations of U.S. women and girls in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and recommendations for national strategic programmatic improvements to meet their needs. The supplement grew out […]
Applying for Available Positions & Notifications by Elaine Adkins … … Elaine Adkins, HR Specialist, HHS provides additional information on applying for positions through USA Jobs and utilizing Application Manager. Hard captioning is available in the video. Please select the full screen option for optimum viewing. ### > The FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), an agency within the HHS […]
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Statement from Secretary Sebelius on National Native American Heritage Month November 7, 2011 This month we celebrate National Native American Heritage Month, to honor American Indians and Alaska Natives who have contributed a great deal to our country. I recently had the opportunity to visit Indian Country in Alaska and I can say first hand […]
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