Monthly Archives: December 1969


MRI Detects Cancers in the Opposite Breast of Women Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer – March 28, 2007

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of women who were diagnosed with cancer in one breast detected over 90 percent of cancers in the other breast that were missed by mammography and clinical breast exam at initial diagnosis, according to a new study. Given the established rates of mammography and clinical breast exams for detecting cancer in the opposite, or contralateral breast, adding an MRI scan to the diagnostic evaluation effectively doubled the number of cancers immediately found in these women.
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Veteran Journalist Appointed Communications Director at National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities – March 28, 2007

Award-winning journalist George A. Strait, Jr., will be the new director of communications at the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Bethesda, Maryland.
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Increasing Proportion of Cardiovascular Disease Due to Diabetes Over the Last 50 Years – March 27, 2007

A new study shows that as rates of diabetes have risen in the U.S., the proportion of cardiovascular disease (CVD) linked to diabetes has also increased.
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Protein Implicated in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Researchers have identified a protein involved in the development of rheumatoid arthritis and were able to reduce arthritis in mice by targeting the protein. Continue reading

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Chronic Family Stress Linked to Illness in Children

A new study found that chronic family stress was associated with increased illnesses in a diverse group of school-aged children. Continue reading

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Rubbing Out Fearful Memories

Scientists report that a protein-blocking drug can disrupt specific fearful memories in rats while leaving similar memories intact. Continue reading

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Early Child Care Linked to Increases in Vocabulary, Some Problem Behaviors in Fifth and Sixth Grades

The most recent analysis of a long-term NIH-funded study found that children who received higher quality child care before entering kindergarten had better vocabulary scores in the fifth grade than did children who received lower quality care.
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Early Child Care Linked to Increases in Vocabulary, Some Problem Behaviors in Fifth and Sixth Grades

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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Fifth National DNA Day to Showcase Genomic Discoveries and Careers

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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Scientific Meeting on Epilepsy March 29-30, 2007

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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