Living Well with Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Health Action (Committee on Living Well with Chronic Disease: Public Health Action to Reduce Disability and Improve Functioning and Quality of Life; Institute of Medicine, January 2012, OpenBook and .pdf format, 330p.). Ordering information for a print copy is available at the site. Note: NAP requires free registration before providing a .pdf copy.
February 1, 2012
CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Medicare Quiz – February 1, 2012
“Medicare Quiz” (2012). Answers to the quiz are given, as well as links to relevant resources.
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Articles, Article Abstract – February 1, 2012
A. “Oncogene-specific activation of tyrosine kinase networks during prostate cancer progression,” by Justin M. Drake, Nicholas A. Graham, Tanya Stoyanova, Amir Sedghi, Andrew S. Goldstein, Houjian Cai, Daniel A. Smith, Hong Zhang, Evangelia Komisopoulou, Jiaoti Huang, Thomas G. Graeber, and Owen N. Witte (Vol. 109, No. 5, Jan. 31, 2012, HTML and .pdf format, p. 1643-1648). This article is available free of charge.
www.pnas.org/content/109/5/1643.full
B. “Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan,” by Britt J. Heidinger, Jonathan D. Blount, Winnie Boner, Kate Griffiths, Neil B. Metcalfe, and Pat Monaghan Vol. 109, No. 5, Jan. 31, 2012, HTML and .pdf format, p. 1743-1748). This article is available free of charge.
www.pnas.org/content/109/5/1743.full
B. “Antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone inhibit growth of androgen-independent prostate cancer through inactivation of ERK and Akt kinases,” by Ferenc G. Rick, Andrew V. Schally, Luca Szalontay, Norman L. Block, Karoly Szepeshazi, Mehrdad Nadji, Marta Zarandi, Florian Hohla, Stefan Buchholz, and Stephan Seitz (Vol. 109, No. 5, Jan. 31, 2012, p. 1655-1660).