The documents are all in for an appeal of a preliminary injunction on August 23 briefly stopped research on stem cells from government. In a 35 page memory response filed yesterday with the Court of Appeals for DC Circuit US government lawyers still argue that once the decision of the judge of the US District Court Royce Lamberth was founded in wrong on the conclusion that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines for hESC research violate a law prohibiting research funded by the federal government that undermines the embryo.

NIH has interpreted the law to allow research on hESCs, the government argues. The memory also refutes the argument by two researchers who filed the complaint that the guidelines make it harder for them to win grants for research on adult stem cells. Theresa Deisher never received an NIH grant, brief notes, and four recent grant applications from James Sherley does not pass the first stage of the peer review and, therefore, were never in competition with grant proposals hESCs.

The Court of Appeal has set December 6 for oral arguments. But Lamberth could decide earlier on the underlying case.

Ask the dietitian: Healthy Dieting for summer

Bonnie Alexander, RD, LDN, an outpatient dietitian at Adventist Hospital Adventist healthCare Washington, answers your questions about health and nutrition.

I'm trying to lose weight for the summer, but I often feel hungry. What are some tips to help reduce myself in a healthy way, so I also feel full throughout the day

Bonnie Alexander With all the information online and in the media today, it's hard to know what changes you should make to your diet. There is no "-one-size-fits" diet plan. Try to follow these simple tips and always listen to what your body tells you.

Eat frequently

• Eat at regular intervals, with your first meal two hours after waking
• never go more than five six hours without eating
• not skip meals
• Try healthy snacks like nuts, fruits, vegetables and hummus and whole grain crackers and cheese - paying due attention to portion size

This will help keep you satisfied, regulate your metabolism and keep you from making poor food choices of extreme hunger .. Remember - eat when you are hungry

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• Keep a food diary to help you avoid the indiscriminate snacking and be more aware of portion size and level of hunger by eating
• Write down how you feel when you eat, what you do, and other factors that affect your choice to eat

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• Eat a balanced diet that includes a wide variety of foods
• Add color to your meals and snacks, such as dynamic fruits and vegetables - which adds essential vitamins and nutrients

Add fat and healthy proteins

Many people try to completely avoid fat, but healthy fats, and proteins, help us feel full longer and are part of a balanced diet.

• Go for monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats found in nuts, seeds, vegetable oils and avocados, which are also good for your heart
• Be aware of portion sizes by eating foods rich in fat like nuts - just 1/4 cup of nuts is enough for a satisfying and healthy snack
• Eat a diet rich in proteins
• Try to get protein from eggs, beans or legumes and the usual meat options

Ahead Plan

• Find one or two evenings a week to prepare meals in bulk by making a lot of food to pack for lunch, which grab-and-go lunches or pre-portioned snacks
• If you are in a restaurant, look at the menu to the advance to decide on the nutrients that are still satisfactory

Want more help to eat healthy? To make an appointment with one of our dieticians, please call 301-891-6105.

research institute for stem cell California received news this week embarrassing: The principal applicant to replace Robert Klein as President of the Board of Directors had to be disqualified because he is not a US citizen. Instead, Klein, the developer who led the 04 ballot initiative that created the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), has agreed to stay longer than planned.

CIRM has contributed more than $ 1 billion to the state's stem cell researchers in the continuing controversy over public transparency, the top staff and member of the Board of salaries, conflicts of interests, and if too much or too little funding had gone to clinical applications. The institute seemed headed into a new era this month with the departure of Klein at the end of his term of 6 years. Klein urged his successor Alan Bernstein, executive director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise in New York City. Bernstein is a scientist who formerly headed the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

According to Los Angeles Times , concerns arose that Bernstein had a conflict of interest because he has chaired a positive external review of CIRM programs. But this week, Bernstein abandoned for another reason: it is Canadian, and the law of the State of California requires the president to be a US citizen.

Yesterday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Klein for another term, and it seems he will stay for one year, while another replacement is found.

In a statement today, Klein praised the "impeccable reputation" Bernstein as scientific and patient advocate and said he will work "to identify candidates that meet its [Bernstein's] high level to succeed me in the next 12 months. "CIRM board will choose the next president on December 15, two days before the end of the course of Klein mandate. The former Democratic senator from the State Art Torres was also appointed by the heads of state for the position.

this article has been corrected. the original version of this article stated that the law creating CIRM requires that the chair must be a citizen of the United States. the requirement comes from a another state law.

Teach your children water safety

With many of us take vacation and hitting the pool, it is important to remember to keep ourselves and our families safe while wading summer. Nurse Rose Melendez, RN, chief of the emergency department at the Adventist Hospital Adventist HealthCare Washington, talks about the safety of the water.

Why water safety so important?

Nurse Rose: Although I like to take my kids to the beach or pool, it's important to be safe around water because you can drown or be seriously injured if you are not careful. Every day about 10 people die from drowning in the US Two of these 10 are children under 14.

How can I myself and my children keep safe at the pool or beach this summer

nurse Rose: just remember these simple water safety tips:

• Stay close, be alert and watch children in a lake
• read the water safety skills and to teach your children to swim
• Do not let never children unattended in or near a body of water
• When possible, always swim in areas designated by lifeguards
• always cover your pool or hot tub at home unattended.

is there anything special I should do to keep my kids safe if I have a pool? a hot tub at home

Nurse Rose: If you have a pool or hot tub at home, it is important to install the appropriate equipment around your pool - including a fence and a locked gate to keep children when the pool is not attended by an adult.

can also be prepared keeping rescue equipment that you can reach or throw someone in the case of drowning.

What should I do if I see someone drowning or missing

Nurse Rose: If you notice a person drowning or missing near a lake, you must follow these steps.

• Call 911 immediately
• Remove the person from the water as quickly as possible - whether with the help of a rescuer or using the rescue equipment, you can join or start

Just be alert and ready to stay safe this summer

additional Rose health Tips

Listen to more health tips Rose by tuning WGTS 91.9 FM every Wednesday at 7: 40 pm

The Board of Directors of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has re-elected its founding President Robert Klein for a second term. Yesterday, Klein reiterated to the soundcard of the previous instruction (pdf) that only serve for a maximum of 6 months, until a suitable replacement can be found. "In 180 days, I will resign at that time, even if this process is not complete," Klein said just before the vote, which was unanimous except for one abstention.

Klein led the drive to pass the measure in 04 vote, which authorized $ 3 billion in sales of government bonds to fund research on stem cells in California. He had already said he would step down when his term expires Dec. 17. But earlier this month, the choice of his successor Klein, Canadian scientist Alan Bernstein, withdrew because of concerns that the law prohibits the state to a non-U.S citizen. To hold the job. (We do not know if this is true.) Klein then said he would stay on temporarily, if elected, but would not receive compensation for the position, which can pay up to $ 529,000.

The only abstention was CIRM board member and HIV / AIDS activist Jeff Sheehy, himself a candidate for the vice presidency. Before the vote, he expressed approval of the State Controller John Chiang opinion, who earlier this week wrote a letter calling the selection process for the president "fundamentally flawed" and urging the board to postpone the election and again. Sheehy also asked that no vote for him for the vice president. Nobody did.

Instead, the current vice presidents, Art Torres, a former state senator, and Duane Roth, CEO of the Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp., were re-elected.

Step Up Your (Health) Game!

"He shoots, he scores! And the crowd goes wild!" Many of you may know the excitement that accompanies a winner, but are you as excited about your health? More often than not, we ignore its importance. Now it's time to keep an eye on the ball and step up your game!

June is the Month of Men's Health, began in 1994 to increase the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men (Network Health men). This month, men are encouraged to assess behavior that may endanger them for preventable diseases. The main causes of death among adult men in the US are heart disease, stroke, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases in low (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). To continue to step up your game, you are encouraged to eat a well balanced diet, participating in regular exercise, getting enough sleep, and participate in appropriate preventive health screenings.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, attending screenings of prevention is the key to a longer, better life. Practice healthy lifestyles and risk prevention and hit a home run in health

Keep an eye on your health

Relevant Preventive Screenings Health:

• Blood Pressure screening - every year, men of all ages
• screening for colon cancer - every 3 years, men 50 years and older
• prostate cancer screening - Each year, men 40 years and older
• cholesterol Screening - Each year, men 50 and over; Every two years, men 40-49; every three years, men 20-39

More information on preventive projections

Sources: American Heart Association, American security and the Institute health, men health Network, National Institutes of health, LifeWork EAP strategies and Adventist healthCare. The Health Council of the week is for educational purposes. For medical advice, consult your doctor. Feel free to copy and distribute this health resource.

Men's Health

Each June, Month of men's health is observed to raise awareness of preventable health problems and encourage the detection and treatment of disease among the first Men. Most major health threats that men face, such as heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries are largely preventable. By making healthy lifestyle choices, including a healthy diet, participating in regular physical activity, and not smoking, men can reduce many health risks.

It's time for a check-up! You are not alone if you have not been to the doctor in a while. Men are 24 percent less likely than women to have visited a physician in the past year. Yet check-up for men can improve health and reduce premature death and disability.

With the approach of Father's Day, consider (and remind other men in your life) the importance of regular health examinations and treatment. Talk to your doctor about screenings, such as those below, and other important assessments that may be required depending on your age, health status, and family history

• General health .: Check your height, weight and general health status with your doctor during your regular physical examination usually every 1-3 years. According to the Weight Control Information Network, men with a waist circumference greater than 40 inches have a higher risk of disease because of where their fat lies
• Heart Health :. Get your blood pressure checked annually and cholesterol tested based on your health history and current family of heart disease. Take advantage of free health screenings that can be offered at your workplace or in the community, and share your results with your doctor
• Colorectal Health :. A yearly rectal exam is an important consideration for assessing hemorrhoids, lower rectal problems, and cancers of the colon and prostate. From 50 years, or less if you are at high risk, men should have a colonoscopy to screen for polyps and colorectal cancer
• prostate cancer screening . Also from 50, men should have their PSA checked annually. A high level of PSA can be a sign of infection, enlargement or prostate cancer. Network Men's Health offers a guide on prostate health online: www.prostatehealthguide.com
• Vaccinations : Men are nearly 25 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for pneumonia that could have been prevented by getting an immunization. Visit the Centers for Prevention website for the adult immunization schedule and Disease Control: www.cdc.gov

Add good mental health in your priority list. Like physical health, mental health is important at all stages of life. The Alzheimer's Association provides tips on how to exercise your brain to stay mentally agile and clever: www.alz.org/maintainyourbrain/overview.asp. Mental health helps determine how we handle stress, relationship with others and make choices. Do not hesitate to use mental health services. undiagnosed depression contributes to a suicide rate is four times higher for men than women.

When men do seek medical assistance, they are more likely to minimize the severity of symptoms, less likely to complete their requirements, and to cancel most often appointments monitoring. Do not be one of those guys! Make a list of concerns and questions before your appointment. There is not that the subject is "off-limits" - your doctor has heard it before! Describe your symptoms clearly and be honest about what products and treatments you take. Learn about treatment alternatives, supplements and additional resources. Be proactive about asking for results and clarifying all the tests

Sources :. Agency HealthCare resources and quality, the health network of men, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, LifeWork Strategies EAP, The Reginald S. Lourie Center and Washington and Shady Grove Adventist hospitals.

In what he admits was his most controversial move that National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said today its decision on last month to create a new translation institute partly research by dismantling an existing NIH center. As Science Insider reported earlier this week, the plan has generated more than 1,100 comments. Many are researchers concerned with what will happen to their programs at the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), which finances all model animal resources large instruments to support programs for minority institutions.

Collins said he could not consult earlier with the community because of legal requirements. He must notify the first Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius of the reorganization, what he did last month. And Sebelius, who accepted the plan on 20 December, had to inform Congress of the proposed changes. These letters went to Congress HHS January 14; at press time, they were not released. Collins discussed their content in an interview excerpt here:

Q: What do the letters to Congress saying
FC: That there is a proposal to create a new entity to the NIH, the National Centre for the advancement of translational sciences (NCATS), and also a proposal to make existing programs within the [NCRR] and distribute them around other parts of the NIH.

Q: So you will have more than one F.C NCRR
:. This is true.

Q: As you know, people feel like this decision [to dismantle NCRR] was pushed through without much consultation. And you tell me that before you sent the recommendation to gather feedback. What's up with this
FC: First, the SMRB [Scientific Management Review Board, an NIH advisory board] public meeting for some 6 or 7 months talking about the creation of the new center for translation, certainly there was no secret about what it was about. Including the fact that, finally, they took a vote and approved in public. ...

Regarding the implications NCRR the SMRB not get engaged in any level of detail whereas other, of course, they recommended that the CTSAs [Clinical and Translational Science Awards] , the largest program within NCRR must move to the new center. ...

Regarding other aspects of NCRR, here's where we made our hands were tied by prescription. We are not allowed, and it is very clear in the legislation, to request public comment or make public announcements about a change in the organization of [NIH] until notification of Congress went ahead. ...

These letters are not out there 1 week, January 14. And at that time, we became able to start asking a public consultation on the plan.

And [NIH Deputy Director] Larry Tabak has been on three conference calls this week with hundreds of people absorbing and input, I think, very effective.

And again ... in terms of what we intend to do with NCRR, programs, it is very much a work in progress. ... It's not like we understood everything.

Q :. It does not make sense to me that you can not check on it until you have informed [Congress], but it means you have made the decision without consulting the community first
FC: Well well [laughs] this is the government, remember. It is very clear in the law that we can not really make announcements or ask for public participation until the Congress has been notified.

I grant you, it is a somewhat unfortunate circumstance. My best of all worlds, I would have liked the chance to have more discussion about it before this kind of announcement.

Q: It seems that even after calls to the conference, no one seems to be happy with what is going on, or very few people
FC :. Well, people are always buffeted by change, especially when it appears to happen quickly. ... I understand that the programs will continue. The people who run continue to be run. The idea is to try to look for adjacencies that make these programs even more successful.

Q: Can you explain this "interim infrastructure unit" [a unit in the NIH director's office where many NCRR programs would be placed]
FC: There are programs in NCRR where the exact best answer for where they should be located is going to be difficult to achieve a short period of time. So the idea of ​​creating this temporary unit for these programs reside until it becomes easier to determine what is the right answer.

Q: this provisional unit could become a permanent part of the office of
FC: It is possible that there could be a very short list of programs that ultimately make the more sense to be in what we call DPCPSI [a division within the director's office]. ...

The expectation is that the vast majority of NCRR programs will land in other institutes or centers, many of them at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) because familiarity and the similarity between NIGMS and NCRR has always been pretty tight.

Q: Some people seem to think that you need to keep all these things together. Why not just keep them in a small NCRR
F.C:. I think you would tend to have gotten awfully small and perhaps not even the point of making much sense. ... You start to wonder why we created this kind of administrative support structure for such a small number of programs.

Q: But if you have all kept together [except for the CTSAs], it would not be this little
FC :. I think that even if the CTSAs was not driving this process, you could make a strong argument. For example, IMRT [a resource program for minority institutions] belong more properly to the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities he does in NCRR.

Q: Do you also bound by the law limiting to 27 NIH institutes and centers
F.C :. This was not a factor in my own thinking, to be honest. I know some people assume that somehow what drives this process. I mean, obviously next year when the institutes of alcohol and drug abuse merge, it will not be a problem.

But I really think it's driven by scientific possibility, not that kind of numerical limits.

Q: You said last month that you thought you might be able to get some special authorization from Congress for 28 institutes for 1 year
FC :. And I did not even ask, because I do not think this is the right thing to do.

Q: What is the timetable for all this
FC: We need to present the model of the straw to SMRB, which will be on February 23. There has in the NIH plan to have final recommendations on how to restructure by the end of February.

Q: Would you agree that the creation of the new institute and break a new institute is the most controversial thing you've done as director of the NIH
FC: I guess I would agree with that. I mean, I will not apologize for wanting to see the scientific opportunities that relate to the approximate translation of a very bold way. I think the NIH director is called to study scientific opportunities that are not satisfied and understand how to make them happen, and sometimes it requires to move things forward at a rapid pace, and that affects a large number of people.

And shift is always painful, especially if people are not quite sure where it goes. So I understand the concern that exists.

But we will wait a year and see when it all took shape how people feel at this point. Will they say at this point that the projects or programs in NCRR have dealt a bad deal? I bet they will not. Will they say they are excited about the possibilities of translational science that take shape in the form of this new center? I bet they will.

You know, if I tried to do it 5 years ago, it would have been too soon. If I had waited five years from now, it would have been too late.

Coping with change

Coping with change is stressful, even when it is positive and welcome. Too much stress at a time, or even a moderate amount of stress over a long period of time, can be unhealthy. It is important to strive for balance. People who experience a lot of changes in a short period of less than a year, for example, are more likely to suffer an accident or illness during this period that people face less.

During periods of change and high stress, remember that regular exercise, a balanced diet and adequate sleep is necessary to maintain your ability to cope. Evaluate your life on a regular-basis every few months or so to determine the number of significant changes that you encounter. While aware, it will be easier for you to understand and deal with the stress that almost always accompanies change.

The physical symptoms of change can be unsettling, to say the least. Change can cause all kinds of symptoms and stress-related disorders such as headaches, insomnia, digestive problems, muscle tension and back pain, high blood pressure and heart problems, immune response altered, depression or anxiety, irritability, overeating or not eating enough, or abuse of alcohol or drugs.

If possible, schedule changes planned so that not too happen at once. For example, if you are getting married, buying a new home, and deal with a sick parent, it's probably a good idea to hold off on looking for a new job until you have time adapt to these other changes.

When you find yourself facing an unexpected change, take a moment to assess your emotional response. Ask yourself how you feel. Are you happy, sad, scared, angry, threatened, angry, excited, or indifferent? Once you have determined what you feel, it can help to ask yourself some or all of the following:

• Is my reaction justified
• is the intensity of my ? reaction justified by the facts?
• Am I overreacting or misinterpreting?
• is there another way of looking at this? Is it possible here?
• Are there aspects of this situation I can control?
• Would more information to help me better deal with this change?

Learn a relaxation exercise. Relaxation is one of the most effective tools for managing stress and anxiety or tension that can go along with it. Relaxation helps your body to mitigate the negative effects of stress and can keep you better physically and mentally works.

Do not expect to have to endure every single change. Trusted friends, family, colleagues, clergy or professionals such as counselors with your Employee Assistance Program (EAP) can help you deal with change and resilience building

Sources: . Workplace Options, Strategies LifeWork EAP, Adventist Behavioral Health and Shady Grove and Washington Adventist hospitals.

On the occasion of a recent discovery about abnormal gene expression in cell lines reprogrammed stem cells, Ed Yong built a handy timeline on the science of cellular reprogramming.