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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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Rep. Rush Holt’s (D-NJ) Editorial in Most Recent Science

Science 16 September 2011:
Vol. 333 no. 6049 p. 1549
DOI: 10.1126/science.1211494
EDITORIAL:

Dueling Visions for Science

Rush Holt
Rush Holt is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District and has a doctoral degree in physics.

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Coordinated Systems of Care for Heart Attack Patients - 11/19/07

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Dr. Alice Jacobs
Boston University School of Medicine.

Dr. Jacobs discusses the proper care for patients suffering a specific type of heart attack known as ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction or STEMI. Reopening of a blocked coronary artery either through clot-busting medication or angioplasty and stent therapy for patients with STEMI has been shown to improve both short- and long-term patient outcomes. Yet, in the United States, approximately 30% of patients with STEMI do not receive the available treatment despite its availability. It is also clear that, of the 70% of patients who do receive appropriate therapy, only a minority are treated within the recommended time frames that are known to reduce the chance of death from the heart attack.