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Dr. Nora Volkow Shakes Up Harlem
September 15, 2009
What do you want first, the good news or the bad news? Whenever a conversation starts this way, you know things are going to get interesting. Read More »
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A New HIV Case every 9 ½ Minutes
August 19, 2009
Every 9 ½ minutes: that's how often the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that someone in the U.S. gets infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In the next 10 minutes, someone will get HIV—and it could be your friend or someone in your family. Read More »
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What the Heck is Third Hand Smoke?
August 14, 2009
That's what a lot of people were asking at the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Reno a few months ago. Two 16 year olds in San Antonio, Texas, worked together to try and find out. Read More »
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NIDA Chat Day Word Cloud
August 12, 2009
What are your biggest questions about drug abuse? What words come to mind when you think about addiction? Read More »
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Stimulating Science
August 10, 2009
Remember all the noise about the bad economy and how Congress was passing a "Stimulus Act" to help? The name of this bill is the "American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA)". Read More »
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