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Clark McCarthy Healthcare Partners II to build Fort Bliss Replacement Hospital in El Paso

Clark McCarthy Healthcare Partners II, a joint venture of Clark Construction Group and McCarthy Building Companies Inc., was recently awarded a $648 million contract by The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District to build the Fort Bliss Replacement Hospital in El Paso.

15 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: 'Tyranny' over insurers; Obama's promises; Rep. Franks's abortion claim

Many of us wish that Obamacare were a simpler system, one that directly provided health insurance. Political reality, unfortunately, ensured that many people will receive coverage from private insurers, selling policies - often with subsidies - on the "exchanges". And naturally enough, the Obama administration is teaming up with the insurers and other parts of the health industry to help inform Americans of the benefits to which they will be legally entitled, starting Jan. 1 (Paul Krugman, 6/12).

14 Jun 2013

New collaboration to bring Mautner Project under the umbrella of Whitman-Walker Health

Mautner Project: The National Lesbian Health Organization, today announced a collaboration with Whitman-Walker Health. Mautner Project's mission to provide health and wellness education and outreach to Washington's lesbian and bisexual community will now occur through WWH, giving both organizations access to larger populations and expanded service offerings.

4 Jun 2013

SNAP leads to reductions in food insecurity, says University of Illinois researcher

A University of Illinois researcher says that the cornerstone of our efforts to alleviate food insecurity should be to encourage more people to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program "because it works."

23 May 2013

Republicans ask GAO to probe Sebelius' fundraising

GOP lawmakers seek an investigation of the Health and Human Services secretary's efforts to secure more funding for a private group that will help with the implementation of the health law. At the same time, an HHS spokesman offered more detail regarding whom she contacted.

18 May 2013

WVU ICRH director named 2013 Rural Health Practitioner of the Year

Larry Rhodes, M.D., interim chair of the West Virginia University Department of Pediatrics and director of the WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health, has been named the 2013 Rural Health Practitioner of the Year by the National Rural Health Association.

13 May 2013

AWHR participates in the Relay For Life of Palm Bay event to support cancer research

AWHR was proud to participate in the Relay For Life of Palm Bay event on April 6, 2013. Eight AWHR employees participated in the event along with 44 other teams and more than 600 participants!

10 May 2013

EPAC2 and diabetes: an interview with Dr. Hussain, Johns Hopkins University

EPAC stands for exchange protein activated by cyclic AMP (cAMP). cAMP is an (among many) intracellular messenger molecule. cAMP is generated when certain hormones stimulate a cell by binding to their receptor, which is at the outside surface of the cell.

3 May 2013

New consumer conundrum: To buy insurance or pay the penalty

Media outlets report on a range of health law implementation issues -- including how medical homes might be helpful in treating the newly insured as well as an analysis of the whether the health law's penalties for not buying insurance have enough bite.

2 May 2013

Researchers suggest two days of staging at moderate altitude reduces acute mountain sickness

Afghanistan's geography is dominated by a collection of craggy peaks, the highest-a mountain known as Noshaq-has been measured to 7,492 meters. Consequently, the soldiers on duty in this mountainous terrain must often ascend to great heights as part of their duty.

22 Apr 2013

Potential therapies for smell loss

Snot. It's not something most of us spend a lot of time thinking about, but, for a team of researchers in Washington, D.C., it's front and center.

22 Apr 2013

New paper discusses success of boot camp courses related to neurosurgery

In July 2010, the Society of Neurological Surgeons initiated nationwide boot camp courses designed to teach incoming postgraduate Year 1 trainees fundamental skills related to the field of neurosurgery.

17 Apr 2013

Gunman attacks police officers guarding polio vaccination team in Pakistan; One killed

"A gunman shot and killed one policeman and wounded another on Wednesday as they provided security for a team of polio eradication health workers in northwestern Pakistan, according to government officials," the New York Times reports (Masood, 4/10).

12 Apr 2013

UNICEF running out of money for humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees

"The United Nations Children's Fund [on Friday] warned that it may be forced to stop humanitarian assistance to more than 100,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan due to insufficient funds," the U.N. News Centre reports.

9 Apr 2013

IUPUI professor earns CAREER award for improving machine learning technology

A computer science professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has earned the prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research ways to help computers actively adjust models and classify new data by enhancing machine learning technology.

5 Apr 2013

Kaiser Permanente Southern California awards grant to UC Riverside medical school

The School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside has been awarded a grant of $3 million over a two-year period from health care provider Kaiser Permanente Southern California to increase the size and reach of the school's existing "pipeline programs" - a continuum of student enrichment and academic support programs - and thus broaden and diversify the pool of students applying to medical school.

5 Apr 2013

cAMP News and Research

Clark McCarthy Healthcare Partners II to build Fort Bliss Replacement Hospital in El Paso

Viewpoints: 'Tyranny' over insurers; Obama's promises; Rep. Franks's abortion claim

New collaboration to bring Mautner Project under the umbrella of Whitman-Walker Health

SNAP leads to reductions in food insecurity, says University of Illinois researcher

Republicans ask GAO to probe Sebelius' fundraising

WVU ICRH director named 2013 Rural Health Practitioner of the Year

AWHR participates in the Relay For Life of Palm Bay event to support cancer research

EPAC2 and diabetes: an interview with Dr. Hussain, Johns Hopkins University

New consumer conundrum: To buy insurance or pay the penalty

Researchers suggest two days of staging at moderate altitude reduces acute mountain sickness

Potential therapies for smell loss

New paper discusses success of boot camp courses related to neurosurgery

Gunman attacks police officers guarding polio vaccination team in Pakistan; One killed

UNICEF running out of money for humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees

IUPUI professor earns CAREER award for improving machine learning technology

Kaiser Permanente Southern California awards grant to UC Riverside medical school

International support rising for adopting universal water security

Artificial pancreas outperforms insulin pump in diabetes camp

IV iron dextran alternative to oral iron for anemia in nondialysis CKD

AKAP protein alterations implicated in bipolar disorder

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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