S.756 - PRIME Act

A bill to provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: A bill to provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education. as introduced.
  • Short: PRIME Act as introduced.
  • Short: Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act as introduced.

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3/31/2009--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 techno

Official Summary

3/31/2009--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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04/03/11
S.717: Public Online Information Act of 2011 - U.S. ... - OpenCongress

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12/12/10
Der Reiz des Fremden - Streifzüge - Magazinierte Transformationslust

Wie Nietzsche meint: „Musikmachen ist auch noch eine Art Kindermachen“ (III, S. 756), das Kindermachen dementsprechend auch eine Art Musik zu machen. In jedem Fall eine Kunst – und weder nur eine Technik noch ein bloß biologischer ...

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11/03/10
Douglas [Duclas, der Lebhafte; Duglaß, Duclas] of Whittinghame ...

[139] Warstein; HHSD III, S. 756. [140] Hirschberg; HHSD III, S. 326f. [141] Belecke; HHSD III, S. 59. [142] Oeventrop; HHSD III, S. 589. [143] Rumbeck; HHSD III, S. 656. [144] GOSMANN, Arnsberg, S. 85ff. [145] Nach CONRAD; TESKE, ...

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