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By NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Continue Reading A Brain Receptor’s Role in Alcohol’s Pleasure and Problems
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If one or both of your parents survive to at least 85 years of age, a new study shows, you're less likely to develop risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle age than if your parents had died younger.By NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Continue Reading Long-Lived Parents Confer Lower Heart Risks to Offspring
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A systematic study of a gene family commonly associated with cancer has implicated a much larger repertoire of cancer genes than researchers had anticipated.By NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Continue Reading Study Reveals Large Number of Cancer Genes
March 12th, 2007 at 12:27pm Under Heart Attack Symptoms
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced 60 U.S. and international institutions selected as HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) in a newly restructured system of six HIV/AIDS clinical research networks. NIAID expects to fund additional CTUs within the next several months, bringing the total to 73.By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading Clinical Trials Units Selected for Newly Restructured HIV/AIDS Research Networks - March - 12, 2007
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Understanding how amphibians like frogs regenerate their body parts may one day lead to therapeutic approaches for people. Researchers have now revealed the molecular events behind frog tail regeneration.By NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Continue Reading New Insight Into Regeneration
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Even minor irregularities on a standard electrocardiogram (ECG) test can be a sign of increased risk for cardiovascular events or death in seemingly healthy older women.By NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Continue Reading ECG Abnormalities Warn of Heart-Related Risks in Older Women
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An experimental vaccine appears safe and effective in preventing hepatitis E, a sometimes-deadly viral disease prevalent in developing countries.By NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Continue Reading Vaccine Shows Promise in Preventing Hepatitis E
March 9th, 2007 at 09:07am Under Heart Attack Symptoms
NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., today announced a special program to fund new investigators who propose highly innovative research projects that could have an exceptionally great impact on biomedical or behavioral science. The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award offers grants of up to $1.5 million in direct costs over five years.By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading NIH Director Launches Program for Innovative New Investigators - March - 09, 2007
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Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that older mothers with normal, full-term pregnancies ? particularly first-time older mothers ? were more likely to undergo Caesarean delivery than were younger women with similarly low-risk pregnancies.By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading Older Mothers More Likely Than Younger Mothers To Deliver By Cesarean - March - 08, 2007
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Researchers funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, are launching the first large-scale national study evaluating a treatment for addiction to prescription opioid analgesics (i.e., painkillers) such as Vicodin and OxyContin. NIDA’s National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) is conducting the multi-site study, known as the Prescription Opiate Addiction Treatment Study (POATS).By National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases Continue Reading NIDA Launches First Large-Scale National Study to Treat Addiction to Prescription Pain Medications - March - 07, 2007