Have you voted yet today?  If not, go!   That may be the most important thing you do for your long-term health today.  With us to explain why is Mary Wooley, President of the national advocacy group, Research!America.

"We are fortunate to live in an era of enormous possibility in medical and health research.  We will soon find cures for AIDS, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's.  It's time to make medical and health research a much higher national priority.  Americans should be asking their elected officials, "What are we waiting for?"  Let's double the budget for the National Institutes of Health. 

How much of our budget is currently dedicated to medical research? 

"Less than 1% of our national budget is spent on medical and health research.  Recent surveys conducted by Research!America show that Americans show very strong support for changing this fact, and making medical and health research a much higher national priority." 

Your role in this effort can begin at the polls today, but it doesn't have to end there.  For more information, go to www.researchamerica.org.

Created: 11/7/2000  -  Donnica Moore, M.D.