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Dementia Exacts Heaviest Toll on Women: New Milken Institute Report Quantifies the Direct and Indirect Economic Effects of Cognitive Loss
LOS ANGELES—Dementia presents a pernicious gender-based health disparity in the United States, infli
cting a disproportionate burden on women as both patients and caregivers.
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Vice President Biden Names Founding President of FasterCures to Lead Cancer Moonshot
WASHINGTON—Vice President Joe Biden has named Greg Simon to lead the national cancer “moonshot” init
iative.
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In an Era of Rapid Globalization, Two Ideas for Reducing Job Insecurity
LOS ANGELES – In an article in the Milken Institute Review, Robert Litan of the Council on Foreign R
elations flatly rejects protectionism, which he sees as a dead end in a world economy irreversibly dependent on trade for prosperity.
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NIH Director Francis Collins to receive FasterCures’ Partner of the Year award
WASHINGTON – FasterCures will bestow its first-ever Partner of the Year award upon Francis Collins f
or his commitment to expanding medical innovation, his demonstrated belief in the benefits of collaboration and his tireless work on behalf of patients t
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Partnering for Cures to Bring Together Hundreds of Medical Research Leaders Nov. 13-15 in New York
WASHINGTON –Leaders across medical research – from patients to policymakers, from academia to advoca
tes, from philanthropists to federal regulators and from investors to industry – will gather at the Grant Hyatt New York, Nov.
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Americans’ Obesity Weighs Down U.S. Economy by $1.4 Trillion
WASHINGTON—Obesity and excess weight is an expanding health problem for more than 60 percent of Amer
icans, and a new study from the Milken Institute finds that it's a tremendous drain on the U.S. economy as well.
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