Show me the money?

Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)

As a DIPG is so fatal, I wanted to find out just how much money is going to research for finding a cure. I have yet to pindown and exact number for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma but as I go through last years budget to NIH... look at this...

first, I go to http://report.nih.gov/rcdc/categories/ which carries the budget that was alloted for NIH in 08. As I scroll through, categories like ... Estrogen, catch my eye. Got to see what is alloted for as that gets 245 mil vs the 194 mil for brain cancer. As there are over 120 different types of brain tumors, I need to divide 194 by 120... As my better half would say... do-de-do... carry the three....scratch... naw, that can't be right... redo... son-of-a-gun... 1.61 mil per tumor (on average). So, if it is completely and evenly divided, 1.61 mil a year for DIPG research

do-de-do... hmmm... let's see... lots and lots of projects.... what is this sex, sex steriods and dry eye syndromes??? Wow, $624,219! A third of what DIPG may get??? Got to be important.... search dry eye syndromes.... do-de-do....

Dry eye's prevalence increases with age, and is extremely common in older people. The condition affects two to three times more women than men. About six million women and three million men in the U.S. have moderate or severe symptoms of the disease, and scientists estimate that an additional 20 to 30 million people in this country have mild cases of dry eye.
What is the impact of dry eye?
Dry eye syndrome is not a frequent cause of blindness; however, it is still an important public health problem. In fact, visits for dry eye syndrome are one of the leading reasons for patients to seek eye care. This is because its symptoms are very bothersome and lead to a decreased quality of life, reduced work capacity, and poorer psychological health. Dry eye syndrome is associated with a decreased ability to perform activities that require visual attention, such as reading and driving a car. http://www.schepens.harvard.edu/about_the_eye_and_eye_disorders/dry_eye.html

excuse me??? I can see how that can be an inconvienance and should definately be researched but unless I am missing something, no where does it state it to be life threatening or life ending.

Naw! search sex steriods... hmmm... Sex steroids are a subset of sex hormones that produce sex differences or support reproduction. They include androgens, estrogens, and progestagens.

Okay... where is the life threatening part???

Nope. No way. Not even going to try and web search "sex".

Gosh and golly, can't wait to see what else are tax money is funding...