Archive for January, 2007
January 31st, 2007 at 04:12pm
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For the first time, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, will bring together the research and clinical practice communities to draw attention to the growing problem of prescription opioid misuse by patients with chronic, nonmalignant pain conditions.
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January 31st, 2007 at 03:00pm
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Researchers have begun a clinical study of oral insulin to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in at-risk people, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today.
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January 30th, 2007 at 01:58pm
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HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt has appointed three new members to the National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council. Another membership change is the ex officio representative to the committee from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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January 29th, 2007 at 01:45pm
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NIH Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni has created the Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers to examine issues raised in the recent National Academies report, "Beyond Bias and Barriers, Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering," and to respond to the challenges issued to government funding agencies to maximize the potential of women scientists and engineers.
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January 29th, 2007 at 10:00am
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The gene varieties we inherit and the environment we've been raised in work together to shape who we are. But there's something else involved, according to a new study: how our genes behave.
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January 29th, 2007 at 10:00am
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Researchers have identified a unique set of genes?a genetic signature?that may help to spot breast cancers that are more likely to spread or prove deadly.
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Continue Reading Genetic Signature Marks Breast Cancer Prognosis
January 29th, 2007 at 10:00am
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Variations in a gene known as SORL1 may be a factor in the development of late onset Alzheimer's disease, an international team of researchers has discovered.
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January 26th, 2007 at 03:12pm
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The difference between MRI and CT was attributable to MRIs superiority for detection of acute ischemic stroke — the most common form of stroke, caused by a blood clot. The study was conducted by physicians at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Continue Reading MRI More Sensitive Than CT in Diagnosing Most Common Form of Acute Stroke, Finds NIH Study - January 26, 2007
January 26th, 2007 at 02:12pm
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), "MRI More Sensitive Than CT in Diagnosing Most Common Form of Acute Stroke, Finds NIH Study" January 26, 2007
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January 26th, 2007 at 10:36am
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Access to information about this vital area of science and the programs of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), one of 27 Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health, just got easier with the recent launch of the Institute’s improved website: www.ninr.nih.gov.
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Continue Reading The National Institute of Nursing Research Launches Improved Website - January 26, 2007
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