NIH rare disease event to raise awareness, encourage research collaborations

NIH rare disease event to raise awareness, encourage research collaborations

   February 25, 2013       SNap(R) Group

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NIH rare disease event to raise awareness, encourage research collaborations

02/25/2013 08:45 AM EST

 

Rare Disease Day, held each year on February 28, was established to raise awareness about the estimated 7,000 rare diseases that affect about 25 million Americans. To mark the occasion in 2013, the NIH will host a free, two-day public event beginning on this day to focus on rare diseases research and advocacy activities supported by several government agencies.

 

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Health Care Innovations Exchange: Live TweetChat on February 27th

Health Care Innovations Exchange: Live TweetChat on February 27th

   February 25, 2013       SNap(R) Group

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Join AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange for a live TweetChat on Supporting At-Risk LGBT and Homeless Youth When: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 3:00 pm EST Join the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange for a live TweetChat with innovator Lara Brooks, Director of the Broadway Youth Center in Chicago, who will discuss methods to enhance access to medical and social services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) and homeless youth. Lara Brooks Director, Broadway Youth Center Howard Brown Health Center @HBHCLifeline Lara Brooks is Director of the Broadway Youth Center (BYC) and has worked with street-based and homeless youth, survivors of violence, and LGBT youth for more than a decade. The BYC, a program of Howard Brown Health Center and its community partners, uses a comprehensive, "one-stop-shop" model that offers integrated services to LGBT youth, youth experiencing homelessness and housing instability, and street-based youth. Paying special attention to the intersection of trauma, harm reduction, oppression and resilience, Brooks speaks locally and nationally on issues related to LGBT intimate partner and sexual violence; harm reduction; alternatives to policing; and community accountability/transformative justice. Brooks is currently on the Community Advisory Council for Sage Community Health Collective, a Chicago-based healing justice worker collective that offers sliding scale payment options for alternative health care. Visit http://go.usa.gov/4ufh to read the innovation profile and learn how the Broadway Youth Center has successfully connected thousands of hard-to-reach, disenfranchised youth with badly needed services. Join the TweetChat on Twitter at @AHRQIX and use the #AHRQIX hashtag to participate in the conversation.

 

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NIH Research Matters--Predicting treatment response to an antidepressant, boosting cell defenses, and tasting high levels of salt

NIH Research Matters--Predicting treatment response to an antidepressant, boosting cell defenses, and tasting high levels of salt

   February 25, 2013       SNap(R) Group

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This week in NIH Research Matters:

 

Predicting Treatment Response to a Rapid Antidepressant

Certain brain activity may predict how well patients with major depressive disorder
respond to an experimental antidepressant. The finding suggests that brain imaging
might help identify good candidates for the treatment.

Boosting Cell Defenses

Scientists designed a compound that induces a cell "housekeeping" process that may
help fight cancer, infection, neurodegenerative disease and aging. The compound
successfully protected laboratory mice from deadly infections.

High Salt Detected by Sour and Bitter Taste Cells

Researchers discovered that high levels of salt trigger both sour- and bitter-sensing
taste cells in mice. The finding may help explain why we find high levels of salt
unappetizing.

 

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