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  • NCCAM’s Advisory Council Welcomes Five New Members

    Friday, February 05th, 2010

    The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) welcomes five new members to the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM). The council serves as the principal advisory body to NCCAM, the lead Federal agency for complementary and alternative [...]


  • Panel Calls for Reducing Colorectal Cancer Deaths by Striking Down Barriers to Screening

    Thursday, February 04th, 2010

    Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Despite evidence and guidelines supporting the value of screening for this disease, rates of screening for colorectal cancer are consistently lower than those for other types of cancer, particularly breast a [...]


  • Four New Members Appointed to National Neurological Disorders and Stroke Advisory Council

    Thursday, February 04th, 2010

    The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) announced that four new members have joined its National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council. The council serves as the principal advisory body to NINDS regarding the Institute's research program planning and prioriti [...]


  • NIA Funds Roybal Centers for Translational Research in Aging

    Thursday, February 04th, 2010

    The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced that it has renewed funding for nine Edward R. Roybal Centers for Research on Applied Gerontology and designated four new centers. The goal of the centers is to move promising social and behavioral rese [...]


  • NIH Scientists Identify Maternal and Fetal Genes That Increase Preterm Birth Risk

    Thursday, February 04th, 2010

    Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified DNA variants in mothers and fetuses that appear to increase the risk for preterm labor and delivery. The DNA variants were in genes involved in the regulation of inflammation and of the extracellular matrix, the [...]


The Latest Articles on Highlight HEALTH 2.0


  • Health 2.0 Highlights: November 1st, 2009

    Sunday, November 01st, 2009

    A Clinical Infusion of Google Wave | phil baumann online Phil Baumann provides an overview on Google Wave and asks if the underlying technology offers any glimpse into improving clinical collaboration? Google sidewiki: what can pharma do? | STweM Andrew Spong ruminates about Google sidewi


  • Digital Pathology and Visuvi Visual Search

    Thursday, August 13th, 2009

    At the 2009 JavaOne Conference in June, Visuvi Inc., a Redwood City, California-based company developing visual search solutions, announced a Java-based visual search technology that integrates a JavaFX front-end with PathXchange, a Web 2.0 pathology portal. The Visuvi Java application enables medic


  • Consumer Hospital Comparison Website Now Includes Quality Data On Readmission Rates

    Thursday, July 09th, 2009

    Launched in 2002, the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) is a national public-private initiative that includes hospitals, physicians, nurses, federal agencies, quality experts, and consumer and business groups. HQA members collaborate to make meaningful, relevant and easy-to-understand information abou


  • Health 2.0 Highlights: June 6th, 2009

    Saturday, June 06th, 2009

    Want to know what I ware? | RobFraser.ca Keeping with the meme of essential medical software and "core apps", Rob Fraser describes his physical and virtual desktop. Create an automatic differential diagnosis list with Google Squared | Clinical Cases and Images – Blog Dr. Ves


  • Sharing Genes on the Social Web: PatientsLikeMe ALS Genetics Search Engine

    Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

    This article was written by Hope Leman. This is the kind of story that gets me out of bed before I go to work in a few hours at our small medical library and to try to get the news out of what should be a fascinating development in search, Health 2.0, Science 2.0 and public [...]