This press release is available in German . The DFG's Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has evaluated the state of research and provided scientific advice in the field of occupational health and ...

(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) DFG provides no-cost access to MAK collection which is a milestone in establishment of free access to research data/transparent policy consultancy.

A new resource, Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Know What to Ask, will help individuals and families struggling with addiction ask the right questions before choosing a drug treatment program. It was developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and is available ...

They call it "The Extractionator." The prototype looks like nothing more than a length of clear plastic tubing until you inspect it closely. But it could be the basis of an easy-to-use and low-cost sample collection and preparation system that will help bring the benefits of medical diagnostic testing to ...

Washington, DC December 12, 2011 The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has launched a clinical microbiology web portal, http://clinmicro.asm.org , that focuses all of ASM's clinical and external relevant content into one user-friendly site. "The portal will offer in one site a ...

(American Society for Microbiology) The American Society for Microbiology has launched a clinical microbiology web portal that focuses all of ASM's clinical and external relevant content into one user-friendly site.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (DECEMBER 12, 2011) Autism Speaks North America's largest autism science and advocacy organization joins the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in announcing the addition of Autism Speaks Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) as a data federation site for the National Database for Autism Research ...

(Autism Speaks) Autism Speaks Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) joins the National Database for Autism Research (NDAR), helping to create the largest multidisciplinary source of autism research data. NDAR, supported by the NIH, brings together different data resources, allowing researchers to pool larger datasets. This repository contains genetic, phenotypic, clinical, ...

Researchers at UC San Diego’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, in collaboration with several universities in the U.S., United Kingdom, and Poland, have developed a new picture of how kinesin molecules move along microtubules, or tiny biological train tracks – and how they sometimes come to a halt, causing diseases ...

With the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projecting strong healthcare employment growth, many individuals are exploring healthcare education as a means to break into or advance within the allied health field. Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA) is pleased to introduce a new healthcare education and career resource center designed to ...

To help patients in the mid-Atlantic states access specialty care and reduce the burden of travel for healthcare, the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth will collaborate with a coalition of healthcare providers to expand telemedicine services with support from a federal grant.

In this U.N. Dispatch blog post, Mark Leon Goldberg, managing editor of the blog, examines the costs of second-line antiretroviral treatments (ARVs), which "are several orders of magnitude more expensive than traditional, first-line ARV treatments" and are a "huge barrier to providing care" for resource-poor countries.