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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announces state health care innovation initiative

State Innovation Models offer states new tools and flexibility to develop and implement health care improvements

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a new opportunity made possible by the Affordable Care Act to help states design and test improvements to their health care systems that would bolster health care quality and decrease costs.

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Beware of the Potato Salad: Preventing Foodborne Illness in Summer

In warm weather, bacteria multiple quickly, food safety experts warn.

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Oral immunotherapy shows promise as treatment for egg allergy

NIH-funded study suggests that egg therapy helps children overcome their allergies

Giving children and adolescents with egg allergy small but increasing daily doses of egg white powder holds the possibility of developing into a way to enable some of them to eat egg-containing foods without having allergic reactions, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The study results will appear online in the July 19th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Four ways to reduce hepatitis infections in people who inject drugs

WHO has identified four key actions countries can take to prevent viral hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs. Of the estimated 16 million people who inject drugs worldwide, it is estimated that 10 million are infected with hepatitis C. An additional 1.2 million are infected with hepatitis B.

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Oral immunotherapy shows promise as treatment for egg allergy

NIH-funded study suggests that egg therapy helps children overcome their allergies

Giving children and adolescents with egg allergy small but increasing daily doses of egg white powder holds the possibility of developing into a way to enable some of them to eat egg-containing foods without having allergic reactions, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The study results will appear online in the July 19th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Study shows colon and rectal tumors constitute a single type of cancer

The Cancer Genome Atlas generates genomic data for colon and rectal cancers that point to potential targets for treatment

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Translocations involving chromosome 1 in a set of colon and rectal samples. The locations of the breakpoints leading to the translocation and circular representations of all rearrangements in tumors with a fusion are shown. The red line lines represent fusions, black lines indicate other rearrangements.

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'Strategic use' of HIV medicines could help end transmission of virus

More strategic use of antiretroviral HIV medications can significantly reduce the transmission of the virus according to WHO proposals that will be presented at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC on Sunday.

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New gene mutations linked to ALS and nerve cell growth dysfunction

NIH-supported research provides more complete picture of the disease

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Motor neurons that have mutant versions of the profilin protein grow shorter, less complex axons (right) than motor neurons with normal profilin (left).

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NIH tools facilitate matching cancer drugs with gene targets

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Cell plate with cell lines from the NCI-60

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Gut Microbes Might Reflect Health, Diet of Older Adults

Study found intestinal species varied depending on seniors' health, residence.

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