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Funding Opportunity PAR-18-681 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage projects to generate fundamental knowledge of affective processes. Basic affective science projects should have key consequences for single (e.g., cancer screening) and multiple (e.g., adherence to oral chemotherapy regimen) event decisions and behaviors across the cancer prevention and control continuum. The FOA is expected to encourage collaboration among cancer control researchers and those from scientific disciplines not traditionally connected to cancer control applications (e.g., affective and cognitive neuroscience, decision science, consumer science) to elucidate perplexing and understudied problems in affective and decision sciences with downstream implications for cancer prevention and control. from NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) http://ift.tt/2oAt17S

Funding Opportunity PAR-18-683 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The objective of this funding opportunity is to support investigator-initiated, phase I clinical trials for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) disorders in adults and children. The proposed trial can be single or multisite. Applications submitted to this FOA must be relevant to the research mission of the NHLBI and meet the NIH definition of a clinical trial (see NOT-OD-15-015). For additional information about the mission, strategic vision, and research priorities of the NHLBI, applicants are encouraged to consult the NHLBI website: http://ift.tt/SMR9PK. This FOA will utilize a bi-phasic, milestone-driven mechanism of award where the first phase can be used to finalize required pre-trial activities such as stability, shipping studies, and site training. It is anticipated that applications will present the scientific rationale for the clinical trial and a comprehen...

Funding Opportunity PAR-18-684 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The objective of this funding opportunity is to support investigator-initiated, phase I clinical trials for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) disorders in adults and children. The proposed trial can be single or multisite. Applications submitted to this FOA must be relevant to the research mission of the NHLBI and meet the NIH definition of a clinical trial (see NOT-OD-15-015). For additional information about the mission, strategic vision, and research priorities of the NHLBI, applicants are encouraged to consult the NHLBI website: http://ift.tt/SMR9PK. This FOA will utilize a bi-phasic, milestone-driven mechanism of award where the first phase can be used to finalize required pre-trial activities such as stability, shipping studies, and site training. It is anticipated that applications will present the scientific rationale for the clinical trial and a comprehen...

Pyongyang has been sending equipment to the country, a UN report finds. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2FBYu1D

India fans are gathering near the residence of the Bollywood star who died in Dubai on Saturday. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2BX3ZIv

President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser will no longer receive top-level briefings. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2FAI5ua

Posing next to a million euros in cash, Robert Fico asked for information about Jan Kuciak's murder. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2HO74L8

It is expected to say Northern Ireland may have to follow EU single market rules to avoid a hard border. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2EX0kJ5

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Ring makes doorbells that stream videos of people approaching or ringing the front door to phones. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2CNYfxf

Israel shelves tax plans that prompted Church leaders to close doors of Christianity's holiest site. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2ovc27v

International development charity BBC Media Action reveals six people were dismissed over 10 years. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2GPTkyi

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Truckers and others who are routinely exposed to diesel fumes while on the job might face a greater chance of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a new study suggests. The increased risk hit a high of 40 percent when compared against men with no such exposure, said study author Aisha Dickerson. She's a postdoctoral research fellow with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston. "The strongest association we saw was for occupations that were held at least for 10 years prior to their ALS diagnosis," Dickerson said. "Someone could have been exposed years earlier, before they showed any symptoms of ALS, but the damage would have been done long ago." Jobs with a lot of diesel exhaust exposure include truck drivers, police officers, shipyard hands, construction workers, farm laborers and tool operators, as well as many people who work in an industrial setting, Dickerson said. ALS, also known as L...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Cleaning and greening vacant lots in a city's poor neighborhoods can put a damper on gun violence and other types of crime, a new study has found. Abandoned lots account for about 15 percent of land in U.S. cities, according to the researchers. For the study, the researchers worked with the U.S. Forest Service to remove trash and debris from 541 vacant lots in Philadelphia and then plant grass on those lots. Eighteen months later, police reports revealed as much as a 29 percent drop in gun violence and a 22 percent decrease in burglaries. In addition, other problems -- vandalism, noise complaints, public drunkenness and illegal dumping -- had fallen by 30 percent, the study found. People who lived near the restored vacant lots said they felt much safer when going outside, and more than three-fourths said they spent much more time outside relaxing and socializing, according to the study. "Our findings showed that restoration of vac...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Menopause can bring on a host of complaints, including sleep disruptions. Now, researchers say that hot flashes and depression are strongly tied to sleep woes. Treating those two problems may help improve sleep for menopausal women, the new study findings suggest. "Poor sleep is one of the major issues that menopausal women seek treatment for from their doctors," said study co-author Megan Mahoney. She is a professor of comparative biosciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sleep disruptions are "a huge health care burden, and it's a huge burden on the women's quality of life. Investigating what's underlying this is very important," Mahoney said in a university news release. For the study, the researchers analyzed data from 776 women, aged 45 to 54, in the Baltimore area. Following them for up to seven years, the investigators found that hot flashes and depression were strongly associated...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Those tangled blue varicose veins that can pop up on your legs as you age may be more than unsightly: New research suggests they might quintuple your risk of dangerous blood clots. Known as deep venous thrombosis (DVT), these clots in the legs can be life-threatening if they travel to the lungs or heart, Taiwanese researchers said. "Varicose veins are not merely a cosmetic or symptomatic concern, because they may be associated with increasing risk of more serious disease," explained lead researcher Dr. Shyue-Luen Chang, a phlebologist in the department of dermatology at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taoyuan. Varicose veins are a common condition affecting about 23 percent of American adults, the researchers said. "Patients with varicose veins may warrant careful monitoring and early evaluation," Chang added. Among a group of more than 425,000 people, half of whom had varicose veins, Chang's team found that the co...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Americans are getting fewer blood transfusions, and that's good news, researchers say. "It's a win-win for everybody," said Dr. Aaron Tobian, senior author of a new study. "Fewer transfusions are good for multiple reasons," said Tobian, director of transfusion medicine at Johns Hopkins University's School of Public Health. "Our blood supply is safer than ever, but there's always a slight risk to patients. There's an economic benefit to fewer transfusions, and blood is a scarce resource," he explained. Transfusions are among the most common hospital procedures. Tobian's team found that hospitalized people were less likely to receive a red blood cell or plasma transfusion in 2014 compared to just a few years earlier. Why? Hemoglobin concentration is one factor in deciding whether or not to transfuse a patient. (Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.) Research sh...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Eating plenty of vegetables, fruits and whole grains may lower your risk of depression, new research suggests. "Making a lifestyle change -- such as changing your diet -- is often preferred over taking medications, so we wanted to see if diet could be an effective way to reduce the risk of depression," said study author Dr. Laurel Cherian, who's with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The study included nearly 1,000 people, average age 81, who were followed for about 6.5 years. Those who followed the so-called DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) were 11 percent less likely to develop depression than people who did not closely follow the diet. Along with an emphasis on fruits, vegetables and whole grains, the DASH diet features fat-free or low-fat dairy products, and restricts foods high in saturated fats and sugar. The researchers also found that people who ate a diet high in saturated fats and red mea...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who are gay or lesbian but engage in heterosexual sex are at higher risk of a suicide attempt, new research suggests. "These findings are a wakeup call," said lead investigator Francis Annor of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. "We need to learn more about why teens who engage in sexual activity that is different than their sexual orientation are more likely to think about or attempt suicide," Annor added. Researchers looked at responses from 6,800 U.S. students in grades 9 through 12 who'd become sexually active, according to a CDC survey. The investigators found that 4 percent experienced "sexual orientation discordance" -- sexual contact that's contrary to a person's sexual orientation. Students who reported discordance were 70 percent more likely to have had suicidal ideas or to have made suicide attempts than oth...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- If you're unlucky enough to come down with the flu, you can blame your own body for your fever, cough, muscle aches and head-to-toe distress, experts say. Most of influenza's misery is caused by the human body itself, or more precisely the immune system's response to the virus. "Many of the things that feel bad are the body's attempts to get rid of the pathogen that's causing the mischief," said Dr. Alan Taege, an infectious disease specialist with the Cleveland Clinic. When your body has prior experience with a flu virus, it already knows how to send the right antibodies out to fight off the bug, Taege said. In those cases, folks might not even notice they've had a brush with influenza. But when faced with a new invader, the immune system goes into overdrive. It floods the body with a host of immune system-stimulating biochemicals called cytokines. And that helps to explain why this year's flu season...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Being a good student in high school seems to translate into a better job and higher pay down the road, a new study suggests. "Our research found that specific behaviors in high school have long-lasting effects for one's later life," said study lead author Marion Spengler. Those behaviors and achievements included being a responsible student, being interested in school and having good reading and writing skills. The results? Occupational success decades later. Specifically, having a better job both 11 years and 50 years after high school, the study found. The finding came from an analysis of data on Americans who were high school students in 1960, including follow-ups on nearly 82,000 of them in 1971 and on about 2,000 people again in 2010. The study found that positive high school factors were associated with higher income 50 years later, regardless of the person's IQ or their parents' income. The findings were publ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Along with reducing conventional smoking, anti-tobacco laws in the United States may tamp down use of electronic cigarettes, a new study suggests. New York University researchers found that states with anti-tobacco regulations -- such as smoke-free air laws and cigarette taxes -- had fewer vapers as well as fewer cigarette smokers. "Our research adds to the understanding of the geographic and sociodemographic factors underlying e-cigarette use within the existing tobacco control environment," said lead author Dr. Omar El-Shahawy. He's a postdoctoral fellow in the NYU School of Medicine. "Several decades of research on traditional cigarettes guided the existing tobacco control environment. E-cigarettes are relatively new and constantly evolving, which makes the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration's] task in regulating them very challenging," El-Shahawy said in a university news release. The researchers analyzed 20...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test apparently can reveal how old your body really is -- showing its biological, not chronological age. That information can then help determine your risk for age-related diseases and even death, a new study suggests. The test checks for a substance -- called a marker -- that indicates cellular damage from a process known as oxidation. The substance increases in urine as people get older. "As we age, we suffer increasing oxidative damage, and so the levels of oxidative markers increase in our body," explained study co-author Jian-Ping Cai, a researcher at the National Center of Gerontology at Beijing Hospital in China. People's bodies age at different rates, according to the researchers. That's due to varying amounts of cellular damage associated with such factors as genetics, lifestyle and environment. For their study, the researchers focused on an oxidation marker called 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine (8-ox...

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- The expression "my better half" -- used to describe one's spouse -- may be more than a cliche. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis conducted a five-year study that involved nearly 5,000 married people of all ages, and included questionnaires about spouses' job satisfaction, raises and promotions. Their findings show that having a spouse who scored high for conscientiousness as a personality trait leads to greater career success for both people. In fact, in three-quarters of the couples, both partners worked outside the home. A conscientious mate seems to spur one's professional success in three identifiable ways. Having a partner who takes the lead on household responsibilities frees you to devote more time to your work. This also translates to less stress for you, and eases the tug of war that often exists between your work life and your home life. You're also likely to be inspired by your spouse...

And overall public happiness with the NHS falls to its lowest level since 2011, a survey finds. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2EUdGd8

High-potency cannabis now makes up 94% of the UK market, samples seized by the police suggest. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2GOu2R3

Campaigners have waited years to hear how the government decides which vaccines are cost effective. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2EX3Ln9

Early cell changes linked to cervical cancer may not need treatment in more than 50% of cases, study finds. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2Fcn5fq

Stomach bugs and ear aches are more likely among those who swim in the sea, researchers have found. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2BQH1CK

A four-year-old becomes fifth in family to die from a 'mystery illness,' the News Letter reports. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2oA4JuH

Hibo Wadere was a victim of female genital mutilation and talks about her experience. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2HRGnWb

Natalie Wilson is starting a 5,000 mile challenge to cycle the coastline of Great Britain on a recumbent trike. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2oBWxdd

The mother of a child with Asperger's syndrome is touched by the response after posting a poem on Facebook. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2FySfLM

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And overall public happiness with the NHS falls to its lowest level since 2011, a survey finds. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2EUdGd8

High-potency cannabis now makes up 94% of the UK market, samples seized by the police suggest. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2GOu2R3

Donald Trump's plans receive a boost from a judge he once berated for being of "Mexican heritage". from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2oCdJzj

Early cell changes linked to cervical cancer may not need treatment in more than 50% of cases, study finds. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2Fcn5fq

The government says the population needs controlling but animal activists say it's a cruel approach. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2EXA3yr

Two female singers are sentenced to prison: one for inciting debauchery, and one for a joke. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2HRzaFu

After Oxfam's handling of a sex scandal in Haiti, the foreign aid sector faces tough questions. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2HTj12q

Emily Moser was beaten up in an attempted rape. Now she teaches women self-defence. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2Coq8QH

Puskas, an eight-year-old police dog, needed jaw surgery after tackling the fugitive. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2FbZrjc

One in five students in Los Angeles face housing insecurity - so where are they living? from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2GNXC9s

Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong considers his mixed-race heritage - and how it has shaped him. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2HQNHRZ

How one hit E4 show of the 2000's has produced the Oscar nominees of today. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2GOPAwX

Hibo Wadere was a victim of female genital mutilation and talks about her experience. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2HRGnWb

Blind people who use sound to navigate their environment adjust their clicks very similarly to bats, research reveals. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2GQzt21

The 1932 vehicle once belonged to the pilot who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2EZgge5

A small window for diplomacy emerged during the "peace Olympics" in Pyeongchang, but it's closing fast. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2ou8WR8

A new strategy aims to tackle the influence of violent Islamist groups - but will it stop attacks? from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2CqJvsr

What you need to know about the five movies competing for the best foreign language film Oscar. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2GORxcL

Media outlets in Pakistan said parliament had declared it to be one, but that's not quite what happened. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2EY1EeR

The Briton and Australian murdered a teenager after plotting to become serial killers, a jury heard. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2CpOcCH

India's news media face backlash over graphics showing Sridevi in bathrooms to illustrate how she died from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2F6KQpb

LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is spinning off six early-stage experimental drugs into a new $250 million standalone biotech company focused on severe autoimmune diseases. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2BVjCjl

(Reuters) - Mississippi moved a step closer on Tuesday to passing the United States' most restrictive abortion law when a state Senate committee approved a bill banning most procedures after 15 weeks of gestation. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2Fc9Hbc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government, backing litigation by states and cities, will seek reimbursement from major drug companies and distributors to recover costs it has borne from the opioid epidemic, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2t1VxEJ

SANAA (Reuters) - Volunteer doctors are offering free medical services for a week at a clinic in the Yemeni capital Sanaa to treat people impoverished by a war which has killed thousands and wrecked the economy. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2EZdXaO

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss group Roche said on Tuesday the European Commission has approved its drug Hemlibra for people with hemophilia A who have developed resistance to standard treatments. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2ovX15z

(Reuters Health) - Mothers of young children may be largely unaware of the biggest burn risks to their little ones and even what age group is most likely to get burned, Australian researchers say. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2t0R0T5

(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have rejected Celgene Corp's application seeking approval of a key multiple sclerosis drug due to insufficient data, the company said on Tuesday, a surprise development that will likely delay the entry to market of one of Celgene's most important pipeline assets. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2BVVmxN

(Reuters Health) - At least one in four teens are receiving sexually explicit texts and emails, and at least one in seven are sending sexts, a new study suggests. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2Cmtzrn

(Reuters Health) - Cardiovascular exercise training may help slow the decline in brain function seen in Alzheimer’s patients, a new review of past research suggests. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2EY4Yec

LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is spinning off six early-stage experimental drugs into a new $250 million standalone biotech company focused on severe autoimmune diseases. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2BVjCjl

(Reuters) - Mississippi moved a step closer on Tuesday to passing the United States' most restrictive abortion law when a state Senate committee approved a bill banning most procedures after 15 weeks of gestation. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2Fc9Hbc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government, backing litigation by states and cities, will seek reimbursement from major drug companies and distributors to recover costs it has borne from the opioid epidemic, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2t1VxEJ

SANAA (Reuters) - Volunteer doctors are offering free medical services for a week at a clinic in the Yemeni capital Sanaa to treat people impoverished by a war which has killed thousands and wrecked the economy. from Reuters: Health News http://ift.tt/2EZdXaO