February 12th, 2007 at 08:00am Under Heart Attack Symptoms
By NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Continue Reading Understanding Extreme Irritability in Children
February 12th, 2007 at 08:00am Under Heart Attack Symptoms
Repeated topical use of products containing lavender oil and/or tea tree oil may cause prepubertal gynecomastia, a rare condition that results in enlarged breast tissue in boys.By NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Continue Reading Lavender and Tea Tree Oils May Cause Breast Growth in Boys
February 9th, 2007 at 09:22am Under Heart Attack Symptoms
Most people inherit a version of a gene that optimizes their brain’s thinking circuitry, yet also appears to increase risk for schizophrenia*, a severe mental illness marked by impaired thinking, scientists at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered.By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading Common Gene Version Optimizes Thinking ? but With a Possible Downside – February 8, 2007
February 8th, 2007 at 03:30pm Under Heart Attack Symptoms
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have found a second genetic defect that accounts for previously unexplained forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a disorder that weakens bones, sometimes results in frequent fractures and is sometimes fatal.By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading Second Gene Discovered for Recessive Form of Brittle Bone Disease – February 8, 2007
February 8th, 2007 at 11:52am Under Heart Attack Symptoms
Conducted jointly by the South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI) and the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), the trial is supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading First Large-Scale HIV Vaccine Trial in South Africa Opens – February 8, 2007
February 8th, 2007 at 10:07am Under Heart Attack Symptoms
Metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes and thought to hold great promise at overcoming the infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is less useful for helping women with the condition achieve pregnancy than is the standard treatment with the infertility drug clomiphene, report researchers in an NIH research network.By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading Standard Therapy More Effective Than Diabetes Drug for Achieving Pregnancy in Common Fertility Disorder – February 7, 2007
February 7th, 2007 at 03:17pm Under Heart Attack Symptoms
Current research funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health, will be featured at the 2007 Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO).By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading Federally Funded Research on Cochlear Implants, Genetics of Hearing Loss, Hair Cell Generation Featured at ARO Conference in Denver – February 7, 2007
February 7th, 2007 at 02:35pm Under Heart Attack Symptoms
At the 2007 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a component of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Nora D. Volkow will take part in a symposium featuring world-renowned neuroscientists presenting the recent advances in brain-imaging that have revolutionized our understanding of addiction as a chronic disease.By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow to Discuss New Data Showing Similarities in the Processes Underlying Craving for Food and Drugs – February 7, 2007
February 7th, 2007 at 12:15pm Under Heart Attack Symptoms
The first draft of the horse genome sequence has been deposited in public databases and is freely available for use by biomedical and veterinary researchers around the globe, leaders of the international Horse Genome Sequencing Project announced today.By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading Horse Genome Assembled – February 7, 2007
February 7th, 2007 at 09:20am Under Heart Attack Symptoms
Doctors have long wondered why, in some people, the immune system turns against parts of the body it is designed to protect, leading to autoimmune disease. Now, researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), in collaboration with the Oklahoma MedicalResearch Foundation, have provided some new clues into one likely factor: the early development of immune system cells called B cells.By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading Scientists Learn the Origin of Rogue B Cells – February 7, 2007