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29
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We hope everyone’s 2019 is off to a great start. We have been busy these past couple weeks on a new project we can finally share with you! We are excited to announce that the NNLM Greater Midwest Region is welcoming a new email platform to help share our weekly digest. We are utilizing GovDelivery… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Jan
24
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Recent federal data has shown a disparity in obesity, and health concerns related to obesity, among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. The CDC reported in 2009 that 31.2% of American Indian four-year-olds were obese, the highest rate of any racial or ethnic group, and in 2015, according to IHS data, AI/AN people had… Read More »
Posted in: Funding, Success Stories
Jan
18
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The NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Network is pleased to announce its three book selections in support of American Heart Month, a February National Health Observance. Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhar Beautiful Affliction by Lene Fogelberg This Heart of Mine: a Novel by C.C. Hunter To learn more about each of these titles, download… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Blog, From the GMR, Outreach, Public Libraries
Jan
15
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The Journey is visiting the Greater Midwest Region. No, not the rock band, but the NIH All of Us “mobile asset” designed to promote, educate, and enroll participants in the research program. Do you know about All of Us? The NIH All of Us Research Program is part of the Precision Medicine Initiative. What is precision… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Blog, From the GMR, Outreach, Partner Outreach Libraries, Partner Outreach Libraries, Public Libraries
Nov
21
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Are you purchasing Ancestry.com or 23andMe for all your relatives on Black Friday? If so, you soon may be one of the estimated 100 million consumers who will have direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing by 2021.1 With improved technology and increased profits, consumer-directed companies promote easy and affordable tests for both ancestry and health information. However, both the general… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Consumer Health, From the GMR