Featured This Month...
Looking Ahead...
“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”
~ Nelson Mandela
This Issue at a glimpse...
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Health
Researchers around the world are working to find better ways to prevent, detect, and treat breast cancer, and to improve the quality of life of patients and survivors. Current guidance on preventing and treating breast cancer as well as what might cause it (among other things) has come mainly from information discovered from research studies.
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Science
On November 19 and 21, 2015, US government made OPTN (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network) policy and system changes to implement the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, which allows for research into transplanting organs from HIV-positive donors into HIV-positive recipients. The HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (HOPE Act), enacted on November 21, 2013, called for the development and publication of research criteria relating to transplantation of HIV positive organs into HIV positive individuals.
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Wildlife
In a new study, researchers have found that certain female monkeys that have female friends live longer than those who don’t have close relationships. Scientists studied female white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica to determine how hanging with fellow females affected their life span.