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Research! America

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Name: Research! America

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

American Heart Association

ERIC ROSENTHAL REPORTS: How the Rally for Medical Research Came Together

Rosenthal, Eric T.WASHINGTON—Pulling off the Rally for Medical Research (http://bit.ly/Rosenthal-April8) last month required some behind-the-scenes politicking on several levels to bring together diverse disease groups eager to make the united case to ... [Published Oncology Times - May 18 2013]

Entities: Research! America, National institutes of Health, Sue Nelson, American Heart Association, Organism

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Research! America

Sequester funding cuts have researchers worried

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks at news conference at the U.S. Captiol on the eve of the budget sequester on February 28, 2013 in Washington, DC.Nancy Marshall-GenzerMegan Kane just got her PhD in human genetics.Nancy Marshall-GenzerAyesha ... [Published Marketplace - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Research! America, Sequester, Mary Woolley

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

National institutes of Health

How the Rally for Medical Research Came Together

Eric Rosenthal ReportsThoughts and observations about issues, trends, and controversies in the cancer community. 2013 AACR/Todd BuchananPulling off the Rally for Medical Research on April 8 required some behind-the-scenes politicking on several levels ... [Published Oncology Times - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Research! America, National institutes of Health, Cancer, Sue Nelson

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Columbia University Medical Center

Medical Research Cuts Have Immediate Health Effects

The sequestration's 5 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health budget means many promising research trials will go unfunded. It also immediately undermines a sense of hope for some patients with incurable conditions.MoreAly Song/ReutersAs a life-long ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: National institutes of Health, Sequester, rapamycin, Economic Growth, Columbia University Medical Center

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Survey finds widespread anxiety over painkiller addiction

More than half of Americans say prescription painkiller addiction is a “major health concern,” and the same number believe doctors should have limits on the amount and dosage of pain medication they are allowed to prescribe.A poll by advocacy group Research!America ... [Published Senior Market Advisor - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: anodyne, Research! America, Anxiety, Mary Woolley

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Facing the Pain in Fear of Addiction

Pain medication misuse and abuse concerned high percentage of Americans(dailyRx News) In the United States, there is a common fear that taking pain medications for a long period of time could lead to addiction. And this fear may extend beyond those taking ... [Published Daily Rx - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Chronic Pain, Research! America, anodyne, Drug Abuse

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Blog Features Guest Posts Discussing Rally For Medical Research

The Global Health Technologies Coalition's "Breakthroughs" blog this week featured three guest posts addressing this week's Rally for Medical Research in Washington, D.C. In the first post, Regina McEnery, a writer for IAVI Report and VAX, speaks with ... [Published Kaiser Network.org - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Global Health, American Society of Tropical Medicine, Research! America

First reported Feb 23 2013 - Updated Feb 23 2013 - 1 reports

US: The impact of sequestration on Americans' health

The elected representatives of the United States are about to do medicine on a nationwide, even global scale: In fact, by allowing sequestration to impose enormous spending cuts on March 1, the politicians will be committing malpractice—forcing the shutdown ... [Published H5N1 - Feb 23 2013]

Entities: Sequestration, National institutes of Health, Research! America

First reported Jan 10 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

72% Want More Medical Research

share this storyA clear majority of 72% of Americans say the President and the new Congress should take immediate action to expand medical research, according to a public opinion poll done by Research!America. A release from the research organization ... [Published ThirdAge - Jan 10 2013]

Entities: John Porter (Illinois politician), Research! America, Invention

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According to the American Heart Association, NIH-supported research over the last 40 years has "contributed to the discovery of 153 new FDA-approved drugs, vaccines or new indications for current drugs." A budget analysis by Senator Tom Harkin, sponsor of the Budget Control Act, says that sequestration measures will result in approximately 700 fewer research...

Medical Research Cuts Have Immediate Health Effects [Published Atlantic Monthly - Apr 17 2013]

...And in a third, Karen Goraleski, executive director of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, discusses the rally and says, "Investments in tropical medicine and global health contribute to our nation's security by protecting U S borders from emerging infectious diseases and reducing poverty in the developing world, which in turn creates stable countries that provide economic and security benefits for the U S " (4/11)

Blog Features Guest Posts Discussing Rally For Medical Research [Published Kaiser Network.org - Apr 12 2013]

"Even when I walk, I feel the pounding on my head," she says. "By walking, moving my head when I turn to the side, it feels like the whole head is going to break."

UCLA neurologist says docs doing a 'miserable job' treating migraines among low-income patients [Published SCPR - Apr 12 2013]

...A release from the research organization quotes chairperson John Edward Porter as saying, "Americans will be looking closely at the actions of the new Congress to see whether lawmakers support policies that will accelerate research and scientific discovery. We're on the brink of finding new treatments and cures for many deadly and debilitating illnesses. Congress must act to ensure that funding for research is sufficient to address current and emerging health threats."

72% Want More Medical Research [Published ThirdAge - Jan 10 2013]

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Medical Research Cuts Have Immediate Health Eff... [Published Atlantic Monthly - Apr 17 2013]
Survey finds widespread anxiety over painkiller... [Published Senior Market Advisor - Apr 16 2013]
Facing the Pain in Fear of Addiction [Published Daily Rx - Apr 16 2013]
Blog Features Guest Posts Discussing Rally For ... [Published Kaiser Network.org - Apr 12 2013]
UCLA neurologist says docs doing a 'miserable j... [Published SCPR - Apr 12 2013]
National Academy of Physicians and Medical Scie... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 21 2013]
US: The impact of sequestration on Americans' h... [Published H5N1 - Feb 23 2013]
Financings of the Fortnight Navigates Sequester... [Published The IN VIVO Blog - Feb 21 2013]
Congress will soon lose its foremost supporter ... [Published Science-Based Medicine - Jan 28 2013]
72% Want More Medical Research [Published ThirdAge - Jan 10 2013]
Majority of Americans Doubt Congress and White ... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Dec 13 2012]
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US: The impact of sequestration on Americans' h... [Published H5N1 - Feb 23 2013] The elected representatives of the United States are about to do medicine on a nationwide, even global scale: In fact, by allowing sequestration to impose enormous spending cuts on March 1, the politicians will be committing malpractice—forcing the shutdown ...
Financings of the Fortnight Navigates Sequester... [Published The IN VIVO Blog - Feb 21 2013] With several IPO hopefuls now in registration and a very odd venture round raised by a San Diego biotech, there was plenty of financing news to chew on the past couple weeks. But we’re sailing in a different direction for this fortnight’s most interesting ...
Congress will soon lose its foremost supporter ... [Published Science-Based Medicine - Jan 28 2013] I don’t much like Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), and, I daresay, neither do any of my fellow bloggers here. The reason should be painfully obvious. Arguably, no single elected official currently serving today (or ever) has done more over a longer period ...

Press Releases

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National Academy of Physicians and Medical Scie... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 21 2013]
Majority of Americans Doubt Congress and White ... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Dec 13 2012]