“Hearing on the President’s and Other Bipartisan Proposals to Reform Medicare Post-Acute Care Payments,” a hearing held June 14, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format).
waysandmeans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=337224
June 14, 2013
CAAR – US House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health Hearing Testimony – June 14, 2013
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CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunity – June 14, 2013
“Research to Characterize and Reduce Stigma to Improve Health (R01),” (PA-13-248, National Institute on Aging, in conjunction with other agencies, deadlines for applications are Feb. 5, June 5, Oct. 5). Note: There are links to two companion opportunities: “Research to Characterize and Reduce Stigma to Improve Health (R03),” (PA-13-247); and, “Research to Characterize and Reduce Stigma to Improve Health (R21),” (PA-13-246).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – June 14, 2013
A. “Diagnosed Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer’s Disease with PET Biomarkers of Beta Amyloid and Neuronal Dysfunction,” by Shizuo Hatashita and Hidetomo Yamasaki (PLoS ONE 8(6): e66877. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066877, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 6p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0066877
B. “Evaluating Amyloid-{beta} Oligomers in Cerebrospinal Fluid as a Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease,” by Mikko Holtta, Oskar Hansson, Ulf Andreasson, Joakim Hertze, Lennart Minthon, Katarina Nagga, Niels Andreasen, Henrik Zetterberg, and Kaj Blennow (PLoS ONE 8(6): e66381. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066381, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0066381
C. “Risk Factors for Late-Life Cognitive Decline and Variation with Age and Sex in the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study,” by Darren M. Lipnicki, Perminder S. Sachdev, John Crawford, Simone Reppermund, Nicole A. Kochan, Julian N. Trollor, Brian Draper, Melissa J. Slavin, Kristan Kang, Ora Lux, Karen A. Mather, and Henry Brodaty (PLoS ONE 8(6): e65841. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065841, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0065841
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CAAR – Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada Report – June 14, 2013
“Saving and Wealth: The Adequacy of Household Saving in Canada,” by Huju Liu, Yuri Ostrovsky, and Jie Zhou (Canadian Economy in Transition No. 29, June 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 44p.).
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