Donna Wilcock, Ph.D., of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky, has co-authored a paper that offers a roadmap for future research into the interaction between vascular disease and Alzheimer's.

The article in-press, which aims to encourage researchers to fill gaps in the current knowledge of how Alzheimer’s and vascular conditions progress together and influence each other, was published online by "Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association."

NSF has asked that all Institions widely distribute the following information:

Important Information Regarding Automated Compliance Checking of NSF Proposals and Other Policy-Related Changes

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Within 30 days of discharge, 20 percent of fee-for-service Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital. The frequency of readmission for Medicare patients costs the nation an estimated $17 billion annually, but research suggests 75 percent of these readmission cases are preventable.

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NIH recently released guidance about the NIH Fiscal Operations for FY 2015. To read more, click here.

On December 30, 2014, NIH released new information regarding salary limitations for NIH grants.  A link to the information can be found by clicking here.