Statisticians, computer scientists and medics from the University of East Anglia are launching a new project to predict how long people will live. They will use “Big Data” to predict life expectancy and particularly how various chronic diseases and their treatments impact longevity. While many people may not want to know how long they have […]
The United States House of Representatives voted 344 to 77 on July 10 to pass the 21st Century Cures Act that will provide the National Institutes for Health (NIH) with much needed medical research funding. In May, concerns addressing the end to NIH’s funding in September were expressed in the media. This bill, that received strong […]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is facing a funding deadline in September that could greatly inhibit the organization from conducting research that is already underfunded. Currently, the NIH is funded by a measure put in place by Congress as a temporary fix, but even these funds have only been able to support about 14 […]
