Monthly Archives: February 2007


Understanding Extreme Irritability in Children

Results of a new study may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of two debilitating childhood mental disorders?pediatric bipolar disorder and a syndrome called severe mood dysregulation. Continue reading

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Air Pollution Tied to Cardiovascular Risks in Women

Where a woman lives?and how polluted the air is in her neighborhood?may affect her risk of developing or dying from cardiovascular disease. Continue reading

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Common Gene Version Optimizes Thinking ? but With a Possible Downside – February 8, 2007

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.
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Second Gene Discovered for Recessive Form of Brittle Bone Disease – February 8, 2007

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.
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First Large-Scale HIV Vaccine Trial in South Africa Opens – February 8, 2007

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).
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Standard Therapy More Effective Than Diabetes Drug for Achieving Pregnancy in Common Fertility Disorder – February 7, 2007

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.
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Federally Funded Research on Cochlear Implants, Genetics of Hearing Loss, Hair Cell Generation Featured at ARO Conference in Denver – February 7, 2007

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).
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NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow to Discuss New Data Showing Similarities in the Processes Underlying Craving for Food and Drugs – February 7, 2007

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.
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Horse Genome Assembled – February 7, 2007

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.
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Scientists Learn the Origin of Rogue B Cells – February 7, 2007

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.
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