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OMOP Survey Launched for Research Study: Participation Requested
You are invited to participate in a research study, Epidemiology Design Decision Inventory and Evaluation (EDDIE), being conducted by OMOP. Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary.
Funds, Fellows and Fun Runs Advancing Research for Kidney Cancer
Renal cell carcinoma, or kidney cancer, is a tumor disease that is found in more than 50,000 Americans per year and the number of individuals diagnosed each year is steadily increasing.
2011 mHealth Summit Returns with a Focus on “Shaping the Future of Mobile Health”
In just three short years, the mHealth Summit has grown into the largest mobile health event in the United States.
FNIH Encourages You to TAKE ACTION During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) announced the launch of a month-long fundraising and awareness campaign, in conjunction with The Safeway Foundation, to support breast cancer research during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
FNIH Funded Global Health Effort Moves Closer to Dengue Fever Prevention
In August 2011, scientific journal Nature published two papers that describe the results from a series of experiments undertaken by the Eliminate Dengue program.
The FNIH Celebrates 15 Years in Operation
This summer, the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) celebrates its 15th year in operation. The record of the past 15 years has confirmed the Foundation as a national leader in the creation of specially-configured, high-impact medical research collaborations.
Collaborations to Control Malaria: What You Need to Know
Malaria is a disease that afflicts hundreds of millions of people globally and kills about a million children each year. Malaria is widespread, but is more prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Americas where environmental conditions provide a breeding ground for mosquitoes and where control efforts are lacking.
Be Heart Smart: Four Heart Healthy Tips
While data has shown for years that cardiovascular disease is by far the number one killer of women in the U.S. — approximately 500,000 women die annually from heart disease — this fact is unknown by most women, who are under-utilizing the interventions that could make a difference.
FNIH Committed To Facilitating the Advancement of mHealth; Learn How You Can Participate
The 2011 mHealth Summit will build on last year’s success by bringing a dedicated focus to the business, end-user, and policy perspectives of mHealth, fostering in-depth dialogue to identify and accelerate cross-cutting value chains and sustainable mHealth business models from around the globe.
International Collaboration in Global Health; A Focus on Malnutrition and Enteric Disease
With one in five children in the developing world malnourished, poor nutrition has been linked to more than half of all child deaths worldwide. Early childhood malnutrition is one of the biggest risk factors for illness and death in children under five and is linked to cognitive and physical deficits later in life.
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