Tag: NIH

Research technicians prepare DNA samples in the production lab of the New York Genome Center. The relatively low cost of genomic sequencing is one reason personalized medicine seems promising. (Getty File Photo)

Old drugs may bring new life to cancer patients

Robert King · September 1, 2015 4:01 am

"Other ways of editing DNA exist, but CRISPR holds the promise of doing so with unprecedented simplicity, speed and precision," theÂ Economist explains. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News.)

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New technology may change what it means to be human

Daniel Allott · August 26, 2015 10:03 pm

Vice President Joe Biden has done nothing to tamp down speculation that he's preparing to jump into the 2016 presidential race. (AP Photo)

Audit: Feds doled out billions despite shoddy paperwork

Rudy Takala · August 26, 2015 1:40 pm

The study looked at whether omega-3 fatty acids, derived mainly from fish oil, can slow cognitive decline in seniors. (iStock photo)

Study doubts benefits of fish oil on brain health

Robert King · August 25, 2015 4:20 pm

A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that people who cut dietary fats lost 68 percent more body fat than people who cut carbohydrates. (AP Photo)Â

Study says cut fats, not carbs, to lose the most weight

Robert King · August 13, 2015 5:55 pm

1.6 million minors each year use indoor tanning beds, a 'known contributor to skin cancer.' (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Tanning troubles: Fewer people head indoors to seek rays

Robert King · July 28, 2015 4:01 am

There is little research on the causes of AlzheimerÃ¢â¬â¢s, according to a recent report from the Food and Drug Administration. (AP file)

Medicare spending on Alzheimer’s to explode as boomers age: Analysis

Robert King · July 20, 2015 2:36 pm

A bottle and pills of the diabetes drug, Avandia. (Photo by illustration Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Alzheimer’s and diabetes research way behind

Robert King · July 19, 2015 4:01 am

Tom Coburn asked his former colleagues during a Senate panel hearing Tuesday to refine and perfect the 21st Century Cures Act, a bill the House approved last week. (AP Photo)Â

Coburn: Cures bill ‘needs to do more’

Robert King · July 14, 2015 5:36 pm

The National Institutes of Health has spent a total of $3.5 million to research why 75 percent of lesbians are obese. (Getty Images file)

$3.5 million spent researching lesbian obesity rates

Elizabeth Potter · July 13, 2015 8:29 pm

The legislation provides more funding to both the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, along with dozens of reforms intended to speed up the development and approval of cures. (AP Photo)Â

House passes major medical cures bill

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 10, 2015 4:17 pm

The National Institutes of Health James Shannon building on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House braces for NIH funding fight

Robert King · July 9, 2015 4:01 am