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Georgia Regents University graduate follows parents' paths

...clinical background and a penchant for research," he said, particularly in light of dwindling funding at the National Institutes of Health. "I think she will have the advantage of both, being a clinician and having the research experience...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-05-08/georgia-regents-universit
Autism can't be ignored

...million. Autism, which now affects one in 50 children, only receives $79 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health. That is only six-tenths of 1 percent of the $35.6 billion the NIH annually donates.It is time for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2013-03-26/autism-cant-be-ignored
Sequestration will take a grave toll

...give us all pause to consider much gloomier reports.The biomarker study mentioned earlier was funded by the National Institutes of Health, which faces a $1.6 billion budget cut in the current fiscal year because of sequestration. Moreover...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-03-24/sequestration-wi
Study: Seau had degenerative brain disease

...Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease often linked with repeated blows to the head.Researchers from the National Institutes of Health said Thursday the former NFL star's abnormalities are consistent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nfl/2013-01-10/study-seau-had-degenerative-b
Protocol saves patients from rare deadly leukemia

...physicians who encounter cases.The cancer affects about one in 250,000 people in the U.S., according to the National Institutes of Health, so consulting with someone who has experience with it is crucial for patient survival, Jillella said.McIndoe...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-01-27/protocol-saves-patients-rare
Despite deal, Medicare problems persist

...Sciences University, including a $4 million hit in Medicare physician payments, $1 million less from the National Institutes of Health and $15 million from various other federal programs, according to an analysis from David Hefner, executive...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-01-02/despite-deal-medicare-proble
Seau family sues NFL

...and adversely change the profit margins enjoyed by the NFL and its teams," the Seaus said in the suit.The National Institutes of Health, based in Bethesda, Md., studied three unidentified brains, one of which was Seau's, and said the findings...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nfl/2013-01-23/seau-family-sues-nfl
Retired research chimps might cost Emory millions

...to renovate the home of its research chimpanzees ? all for aging chimps it doesn't necessarily need.The National Institutes of Health, the only source of chimp-research funding at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, is phasing out biomedical...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-03-03/retired-research-chimps-might-cost-
Stem cell survival could help treat bones

...to a more standard therapeutic approach."The group has a $6.3 million Program Project grant from the National Institutes of Health and has filed for a supplement to work on more approaches that would translate to the clinic, Isales said...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-03-05/stem-cell-survival-could-hel
Research effects could be far-reaching

...the short term but could have far-reaching effects, researchers at Georgia Regents University said.The National Institutes of Health, a major funding source of biomedical research, will see 5.5 percent in spending cuts in fiscal year 2013...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-03-07/research-effects-could-be-fa