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March 18th, 2010 at 01:18am
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New evidence suggests that if you could choose your parents, you could reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers from the long-standing Framingham Heart Study (FHS), a program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, report that people whose parents live longer were more likely to avoid developing high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle age than their peers whose parents died younger. They also found that the risk factor advantages persisted over time.
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Continue Reading Framingham Study Shows Parents Who Live Long Pass On Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease – March 13, 2007
March 18th, 2010 at 01:18am
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) today announced the appointment of five new members to the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council, its principal advisory body. NIAID is part of National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Continue Reading Five Named to NIAID Advisory Council – March 14, 2007
March 18th, 2010 at 01:18am
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Tiny gene mutations, each individually rare, pose more risk for autism than had been previously thought, suggests a study funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, a component of the National Institutes of Health.
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Continue Reading Tiny, Spontaneous Gene Mutations May Boost Autism Risk – March 15, 2007
March 18th, 2010 at 01:18am
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TResearchers have created a new imaging compound in mice that selectively binds to certain cancer cells and glows, or fluoresces, only when processed by these cells. This cancer-specific fluorescence allowed the investigators to successfully visualize very small tumors in the peritoneum ? the tissue that lines the wall of the abdomen ? in mice with ovarian cancer. The sensitivity ? or ability to accurately detect small clusters of tumor cells ? of this approach was 92 percent. The study, conducted by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and colleagues, appears in the March 15, 2007 issue of Cancer Research.
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Continue Reading New Molecular Imaging Compound Pinpoints Cancer Spread in Mice – March 15, 2007
March 18th, 2010 at 01:18am
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Researchers studying influenza transmission patterns in the Southern Hemisphere and in tropical areas, specifically Brazil, uncovered the unexpected finding that each season influenza travels from low populated regions near the equator to the more populated centers. Their work, funded by the Fogarty International Center (NIH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), can improve planning for influenza control in tropical areas.
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Continue Reading Researchers Find Surprising Pattern of Influenza Spread in South America and Tropics – March 20, 2007
March 18th, 2010 at 01:18am
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The NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) today is launching a large-scale clinical trial to learn if the nutritional supplement creatine can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). While creatine is not an approved therapy for PD or any other condition, it is widely thought to improve exercise performance. The potential benefit of creatine for PD was identified by Parkinson’s researchers through a new rapid method for screening potential compounds.
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Continue Reading NIH Announces Phase III Clinical Trial of Creatine for Parkinson’s Disease – March 22, 2007
March 18th, 2010 at 01:18am
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On March 24, 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). Dr. Koch’s remarkable scientific achievement was the first step toward developing tools to control the disease.
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Continue Reading Statement of Christine F. Sizemore, Ph.D., Barbara E. Laughon, Ph.D. and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health on World TB Day, March 24, 2007
March 18th, 2010 at 01:18am
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is convening a scientific conference to evaluate and explore the latest research on epilepsy. "Curing Epilepsy 2007: Translating Discoveries Into Therapies” is sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
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Continue Reading Scientific Meeting on Epilepsy March 29-30, 2007
March 18th, 2010 at 01:18am
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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will mark the fifth annual National DNA Day on April 25 with events aimed at building high school students’ awareness of genetics and genomics. April 25 commemorates both the discovery in 1953 of DNA’s double helix and the 2003 completion of the Human Genome Project.
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Continue Reading Fifth National DNA Day to Showcase Genomic Discoveries and Careers
March 18th, 2010 at 01:18am
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Having a build-up of calcium plaque in the arteries means increased risk of heart attacks and death from heart disease in multiple ethnic groups, according to new findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
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Continue Reading Early Child Care Linked to Increases in Vocabulary, Some Problem Behaviors in Fifth and Sixth Grades
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