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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 Science of Jet Lag and its Management

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Charmane Eastman
September 15, 2010

Watch Dr. Charmane Eastman of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago brief the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus on The Science of Jet Lag and its Management. Dr. Eastman explains, using simple principles of circadian rhythms, why we get jet lag and why it is usually more severe after flying east than west. She will also highlight strategies to reduce and to eliminate jet lag using bright light, melatonin, and gradually shifting sleep schedules will be presented. All of these principles and procedures will be illustrated using the example of a commercially available flight from Washington DC, to Baghdad, with a stop in Munich.