WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

S. 1679, The Affordable Health Choices Act

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1679 would make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce....

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S. 1577, The Asthma Act

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1577 would provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education with increased authority with respect to asthma programs, and it would provide for increased funding for such programs....

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H.R. 3293, The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Cost per Average Family: $6159.54

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3293 would make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010....

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H.R. 3475, The Accelerate Cures for Patients Act of 2009

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3475 would amend the Public Health Service Act to double the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated to the National Institutes of Health for medical research with the greatest potential for near-term clinical benefit....

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H.R. 3502, The Mitochondrial Medicine Research and Treatment Enhancement Act

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3502 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Mitochondrial Medicine at the National Institutes of Health....

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H.R. 3286, The Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2009

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3286 would amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention....

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S. 1492, The Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2009

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1492 would amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention....

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P.L. 111-88, The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Cost per Average Family: $2559.32

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010....

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H.R. 3090, The Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3090 would improve the health of minority individuals....

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H.R. 2911, The Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2009

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2911 would improve end-of-life care....

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H.R. 2778, The Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2778 would amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities....

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S. 1158, The SMA Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1158 would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases....

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S. 1150, The Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2009

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1150 would improve end-of-life care....

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H.R. 2275, The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research and Awareness Act

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2275 would support research and public awareness activities with respect to inflammatory bowel disease....

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S. 984, The Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2009

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 984 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public health....

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S. 981, The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research and Awareness Act

Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 981 would support research and public awareness activities with respect to inflammatory bowel disease....

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H.R. 2260, The Asthma Act

Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2260 would provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education with increased authority with respect to asthma programs, and it would provide for increased funding for such programs....

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S. 914, The Cures Acceleration Network and National Institutes of Health Reauthorization Act of 2009

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 914 would establish an independent Cures Acceleration Network agency, to sponsor promising translational research to bridge the gap between laboratory discoveries and life-saving therapies, and it would reauthorize the National Institutes of Health....

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H.R. 2149, The SMA Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2149 would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases....

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H.R. 2042, The Better Screening Test for Women Act

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2042 would authorize additional appropriations to the National Institutes of Health for research on the early detection of and the reduction of mortality rates attributed to breast cancer....

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H.R. 1995, The Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2009

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1995 would amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and treat diabetes, to promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes, and to reduce health disparities, relating to diabetes, within racial and ethnic minority groups, including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities....

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S. 844, The Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2009

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 844 would amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and treat diabetes, to promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes, and to reduce health disparities relating to diabetes within racial and ethnic minority groups, including African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities....

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H.R. 1816, The Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2009

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1816 would amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer....

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S. 755, The Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2009

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 755 would amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer....

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S. 717, The 21st Century Cancer ALERT (Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Research and Treatment) Act

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 717 would modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives....

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