U.S. Congress - S.1734 PRIME Act
S.1734 - PRIME Act
A bill to provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education. view all titles (3)
All Bill Titles
- Short: PRIME Act as introduced.
- Short: Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act as introduced.
- Official: A bill to provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education. as introduced.
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Official Summary
6/28/2007--Introduced.Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act or the PRIME Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and intensify research to develop advanced imaging technoOfficial Summary
6/28/2007--Introduced.Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act or the PRIME Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and intensify research to develop advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment comparable to mammogram technology.
Directs the Secretary:
(1) to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to the need for prostate cancer screening and for improved detection technologies;
(2) in developing such campaign, to recognize and address the racial disparities in the incidences of prostate cancer and mortality rates;
(3) to establish a program to award grants to nonprofit private entities to test alternative outreach and education strategies;
(4) to carry out research to develop an improved prostate cancer screening blood test using in-vitro detection; and
(5) to certify compliance with this Act within one year.
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Emptywheel » Monicaâs Job History
Related Bills: H.RES.535, H.R.1678, S.1734 Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 104-292 [GPO: Text, PDF] House Reports: 104-680. And how about Regent University Law School at the scum rung of law schools in the USâwhatâs the level ...
MTB Europe - US representatives call for more funding for prostate ...
In calling for increased funding, the representatives are echoing the principles of the Prostate Research, Imaging and Men's Education Act, or PRIME Act (S. 1734/ HR. 3563). This is legislation currently sponsored in both houses of the ...
WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 3563, The PRIME Act of 2007
The PRIME Act (S. 1734). See Bills on the Same Subject: Blood tests, Budgets, Federal aid to health facilities, Government information, Government publicity, Health education, Imaging systems in medicine, Medical care, Medical research, ...
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