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The latest news from the IOM, including information about new reports, activities, meetings, and other noteworthy events.
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What You're Reading - January 2012
A list of the most viewed IOM reports for the month of January, 2012.
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IOM Report on Lessening Toll of Chronic Disease Burdens Releases Jan. 31
Released: 1/27/2012
According to a new report from the Institute of Medicine, efforts to maintain or enhance the quality of life for individuals living with long-term conditions have not been given adequate attention, diminishing the nation's productivity and well-being, Living Well With Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Action, lays out a comprehensive framework intended as a to guide to the development and implementation of cross-cutting, coordinated strategies that can reduce the individual and societal burdens of chronic illness by helping people with these conditions to live well.
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Collegiate Challenge Urges Students to 'Go Viral to Improve Health' and Win Up to $10,000
Released: 1/23/2012
Students pursuing degrees toward careers in health, engineering, and computer science could earn a distinctive addition to their resumes by participating in "Go Viral to Improve Health," a contest that challenges undergraduate and graduate students to create innovative health-related apps and offers $18,000 in prizes.
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IOM Partners in 'The Weight of the Nation,' A New National Initiative to Confront Obesity Crisis
Released: 1/13/2012
As obesity continues to diminish the quality of people's lives and raise health care costs, the Institute of Medicine is pleased to join HBO, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, and Kaiser Permanente in developing "The Weight of the Nation," a new national campaign tackling the obesity crisis.
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What You Read 2011
A list of the most viewed IOM reports for the year 2011.
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What You're Reading - December 2011
A list of the most viewed IOM reports for the month of December, 2011.
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IOM Report Recommends Stringent Limits on Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Released: 12/15/2011
Given that chimpanzees are so closely related to humans and share similar behavioral traits, the National Institutes of Health should allow their use as subjects in biomedical research only under stringent conditions, including the absence of any other suitable model and inability to ethically perform the research on people, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. In addition, use of these animals should be permissible only if forgoing their use will prevent or significantly hinder advances necessary to prevent or treat life-threatening or debilitating conditions, said the committee that wrote the report. Based on these criteria, chimpanzees are not necessary for most biomedical research.
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Report Specifies Research FDA Should Require Before Allowing ‘Modified Risk’ Tobacco Products to Be Marketed
Released: 12/14/2011
A new Institute of Medicine report specifies the types of research that the Food and Drug Administration should require before allowing tobacco companies to sell or advertise ‘modified risk’ tobacco products as being capable of reducing the health risks of tobacco use. While modified risk tobacco products could be one part of a comprehensive strategy to lower tobacco-related death and disease in the U.S., especially among tobacco users who are unable or unwilling to quit entirely, little is currently known about the products’ health effects and whether they pose less risk than traditional tobacco products. Examples of modified risk tobacco products may include e-cigarettes and tobacco lozenges.
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IOM Elects Council for 2012
Six IOM members were elected by the membership to serve 3-year terms on the governing Council. Effective January 1, 2012, the IOM Council will welcome three new and three returning Council members.
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Chimpanzees In Research: IOM Report Release Dec. 15
Released: 12/8/2011
Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Assessing the Necessity, a new report from the Institute of Medicine, responds to a request from the National Institutes of Health for expert guidance on the scientific need for chimpanzees in such research. The report will be released at a one-hour public briefing starting at 11 a.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 15, in Room 100 of the National Academies’ Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Washington, D.C
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