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July 16, 2010

Program to Enhance Communication of Life-sustaining Treatment Preferences Associated with Closer Adherence to a Person’s Wishes when Compared with Traditional Practices, Finds NIH-Supported Study

A program in which individuals used a standardized form signed by a physician to communicate their end-of-life care preferences on issues such as levels of medical intervention and tube feeding lead to significantly better adherence to treatment preferences than more traditional methods of communication, according to a new study.

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July 16, 2010

NIH Expands Food Allergy Research Program

Today, the National Institutes of Health announce that the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR), established in 2005, will be funded for five more years. CoFAR will continue to foster new approaches to prevent and treat food allergies and also expand in scope to include research on the genetic causes underlying food allergy and studies of food allergy-associated eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs).

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May 11, 2010

LifeSpan program to focus on chronic disease self-management

LifeSpan program to focus on chronic disease self-management
Take charge of your life: Live well and be well! Join us at the LifeSpan Center for an educational program focusing on chronic disease self management.