State Dept’s bomb-sniffing dogs struggle to detect explosives

By Laurel Adams

Bomb-sniffing dogs are used by the U.S. State Department to search vehicles, packages, and luggage at embassies and consulates in Afghanista

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"… fects among workers who cleaned up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (Institute of Medicine).HEALTH CARE* U.S. funding for global HIV/AIDS and other health-related pr …"

The not-so-dangerous zones?

By Caitlin Ginley

An independent review panel found last week that the Center’s Great Lakes Danger Zones project was based on a Centers for Disease Control an

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"… PCBs, pesticides, lead, mercury, or six other hazardous pollutants.”The Institute of Medicine, an 11-member panel that conducted the review, said the link between pollu …"

Push for safety oversight of electronic medical records is moving at a crawl

By Emma Schwartz

Nearly two years after the Obama administration announced plans to spend $40 billion to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical

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"… create new safety concerns, the administration appears content to let the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which it has contracted to study the topic, chart a path through th …"

"… vesting in digital health records that it would ultimately save.It was the Institute of Medicine that first pushed the idea of using electronic health records 10 years ago …"

"… government the need to push rapidly forward with a new technology that the Institute of Medicine and other authorities have highlighted as critical to many, many healthcar …"

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Army health building upgrade canceled after questions raised about cost estimates

By Julie Vorman

Tricare Management and the U.S. Army did not properly plan a project using $15.7 million in stimulus funds to modernize electrical, mechanic

Excerpts from this story referencing "Institute of Medicine":

"… d, but drug treatment will be available only for about 7 million of them. (Institute of Medicine)TRANSPARENCY* The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow in the f …"

FDA failure to ensure drug safety

By The Center for Public Integrity

Vioxx dangers raise questions about FDA's ability to monitor drugs

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"… ng and the agency’s record on safety issues. A 2007 report issued by the Institute of Medicine, a center under the National Academies, blamed the FDA’s problems on “ …"

FACT CHECK: An antidote for Bachmann’s anecdote

By FactCheck.Org

Republican's story of HPV vaccine leading to mental retardation is backed up by no scientific evidence, medical precedent

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"… ing the Gardasil vaccine.In August, a committee of experts convened by the Institute of Medicine, after extensive review of published scientific research on vaccine safety …"

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Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings unnecessary, probe suggests

By Rochelle Sharpe and Elizabeth Lucas

Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings may be unnecessary

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"… ts can be. “There’s human suffering involved.”Adds Clyde Behney, the Institute of Medicine’s deputy executive officer: “It’s a very sad testament to the system …"

Panel recommends new agency to investigate safety of health information technology

By Kimberly Leonard

Institute of Medicine panel recommends new regulatory body, not FDA

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"… it’s not operating properly. In pushing for a new entity, the respected Institute of Medicine, an independent research and advisory organization, is explicitly advising …"

"… e federal Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for health IT asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) a year ago to establish a Committee on Patient Safety and Health Inf …"

"… artment of Health and Human Services was taking the lead on the issue. The Institute of Medicine also declined to comment because the report has not yet been made public. …"

"… ve the problems later, instead of the other way around.”   The Institute of Medicine committee does have one dissenter. Dr. Richard Cook from the University of …"

ANALYSIS: Who is essential? Insurers or consumers?

By Wendell Potter

Behind the scenes jockeying over what benefits will be required of health insurers

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"… the responsibility of determining, with input from the respected nonprofit Institute of Medicine, just how comprehensive the coverage will have to be in each of those cate …"

"… nsurers suggesting that HHS consider affordability first.“We protest the Institute of Medicine’s recommendation that cost rather than medical need be the basis for def …"

Report: Too little mental health care for boomers

By The Associated Press

Aging boomers to face hard time finding mental health care; report urges geriatric training

Excerpts from this story referencing "Institute of Medicine":

"… tors, nurses and other health workers trained for their special needs, the Institute of Medicine said Tuesday. Instead, the country is focused mostly on prep …"

"… ers on a crisis," wrote Dr. Dan Blazer of Duke University, who chaired the Institute of Medicine panel that investigated the issue. "Yet this crisis is largely hidden from …"

"… f this huge wave of people that are aging," Kirwin said. The Institute of Medicine report recognizes that. It says all health workers who see older patients …"

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