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President Obama Releases 2013 Budget Proposal

President Obama has remained steadfastly supportive of a strong federally backed scientific research enterprise. Even in austere times President Obama has strived to make scientific research a priority in his budgets. Yet, with the unveiling of his FY13 budget proposal on
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FY12 Spending Debate Comes to a Close

Congress completed, and the President signed into law, the FY12 appropriations bill. The $915 billion spending bill wraps up the remaining nine appropriations measures. The bill provides funding for programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National
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The Mammography Controversy Redux

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Ann Partridge
July 21, 2010

Watch Dr. Ann Partridge from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA, brief the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus on The Mammography Controversy Redux. On November 16, 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released updated recommendations for breast-cancer screening, informed by additional follow-up from previous studies and a new study focused on statistical modeling. These recommendations sparked substantial controversy and have had a polarizing effect in the breast-cancer community. Dr. Partridge presents the data that informed the USPSTF recommendations for breast-cancer screening, limitations of the research, and future directions.