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- NIEHS Awards Discover Grants
- Brief Intervention Helps Emergency Patients Reduce Drinking
- Study Suggests Some Brain Injuries Reduce the Likelihood of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Delayed Adoption of New Treatments in Developing World Costs Lives
- NIH Launches Human Microbiome Project
- NIDDK’s Director Honored by Hematology Society
- Pheromones Trigger Aggression Between Male Mice
- Fitness Predicts Longevity in Older Adults
- Heart Attack Symptoms in Women
- Early Fine-Tuning of Neural Connections May Turn Destructive Later in Life
- NIH State-of-the-Science Panel Seeks to Dispel Stigma Associated With Fecal and Urinary Incontinence
- NIDA Survey Shows a Decline in Smoking and Illicit Drug Use Among Eighth Graders
- Researchers Test New Lab Method to Detect DNA Damage Throughout the Genome
- Heart Attack Symptoms in Women — Are they Different?
- Controlling Cholera with Oral Vaccines
- Preschool Program Improves Cognitive Control
- New Calculations Assess Breast Cancer Risk in Black Women
- NINDS Announces New Spanish Language Website
- NIH Announces Collaboration With National Council of Negro Women to Reduce Childhood Overweight
- New Software To Aid Early Detection of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
- Scientists Identify Gene That Influences Alcohol Consumption
- Pheromones Identified that Trigger Aggression between Male Mice
- NIH to Hold Conference on Fecal and Urinary Incontinence, December 10 – 12
- NIH to Hold Conference on Fecal and Urinary Incontinence, December 10 – 12
- Obesity May Skew Results of Prostate Cancer Test
- Embryonic Stem Cell Milestone Achieved in Primates
- Versatile Human Stem Cells Created Without Embryos
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health Announces New Strategic Plan
- Older Adults with Mild Memory Impairment Still Benefit from Cognitive Training in Areas not Reliant on Memorization
- Joint Statement from Drs. Elias Zerhouni, Jack Whitescarver, and Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health on World AIDS Day
- Acting U.S. Surgeon General Galson, NIH Director Zerhouni Announce Expanded Efforts to Address Nationwide Childhood Overweight Epidemic
- High-Trauma Fractures in Older Men and Women Linked to Osteoporosis
- People with Diabetes and Sickle Cell Trait Should Have Reliable A1C Test
- More Accurate Method of Estimating Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women Developed
- NCI Researchers Identify Novel Mechanism for Spread of Sarcoma Tumors
- Training Guide from the National Institute on Aging Helps Older Adults Find Health Information Online
- Ozone Can Affect Heavier People More
- NIDA Announces New Avant-Garde Award for Innovative AIDS Research
- Depression Linked to Bone-Thinning in Premenopausal Women
- National Institute on Drug Abuse Launches Public Service Campaign for Hispanic Youth on the Link between Non-Injection Drugs and HIV
- WHO Director-General to Deliver Barmes Lecture on “Climate Change and Health”
- Protein Key to Severity of Staph Infections
- Tracking Neural Progenitor Cells in the Human Brain
- Scientists Find New Genetic Alterations in Lung Cancer
- Protein Suppresses Allergic Response in Mice
- Family Members of Patients Who Die in the ICU Report Greater Satisfaction with Communication and Involvement than Family Members of ICU Survivors
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse Offers Summer Internship Opportunities
- NCI Researchers Uncover Unusual Association Between Cell Survival Proteins and Ovarian Cancer Aggressiveness
- Scientists Zero in on the Cellular Machinery that Enables Neurons to Fire
- Statement of Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, on World Diabetes Day
- Lucy Greene Appointed NIDDK Executive Officer
- Brain Matures a Few Years Late in ADHD, But Follows Normal Pattern
- NIH Funds 10 Science Education Partnership Awards
- Diabetes Rates Are Increasing Among Youth
- NCMHD Announces New Director for Scientific Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Decrease in Breast Cancer Rates Related to Reduction in Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy – April 18, 2007
The sharp decline in the rate of new breast cancer cases in 2003 may be related to a national decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to a new report in the April 19, 2007, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The report used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
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NIBIB Symposium Celebrates Fifth Anniversary – April 17, 2007
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) will hold a commemorative scientific symposium on technological innovation in medicine celebrating the first five years of the Institute on Friday, June 1, 2007. The symposium, entitled “Changing the World’s Healthcare through Biomedical Technologies,†will take place from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm in the Lister Hill Center Auditorium on the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland
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NHLBI Study: Having Elevated Risk Factors in Young Adulthood Significantly Raises Risk of Coronary Calcium Later On – April 16, 2007
Having above optimal levels of risk factors for heart disease between the ages of 18 and 30 can mean a two to three times greater risk of later developing coronary calcium, a strong predictor of heart disease, according to results of a new study from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.
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NIH Launches Study to Assess Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents – April 16, 2007
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today launched an observational study to evaluate the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery in adolescents. Bariatric surgery restricts stomach size and can decrease the amount of calories and nutrients the body absorbs. The Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) study will help to determine if it is an appropriate treatment option for extremely overweight teens.
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Researchers Discover Gene Crucial for Nerve Cell Insulation – April 16, 2007
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered how a defect in a single master gene disrupts the process by which several genes interact to create myelin, a fatty coating that covers nerve cells and increases the speed and reliability of their electrical signals
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Researchers Identify Gene Involved in Dog Size
An international team has identified a genetic variant that influences how big a dog can get. The gene involved is present in all dogs and other diverse species, including humans. Continue reading
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MRI Increases Detection of Second Cancer in Opposite Breast
When a woman is newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast, there’s up to a 10 percent chance that clinical exams and mammography will miss a tumor growing in the opposite breast. A new study found that magnetic resonance imaging improves the detection of cancer in the opposite breast. Continue reading
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Computers Don’t Help Mammogram Analysis
A computer software system designed to help doctors spot evidence of breast cancer instead appears to reduce the accuracy of mammogram readings and may lead to additional and unnecessary medical testing. Continue reading
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Dancers, Genome Scientists Invite Media to Preview New Dance, Ferocious Beauty:Genome – April 16, 2007
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange host a media event for Ferocious Beauty: Genome, a multi-media dance developed through an innovative collaboration between artists and scientists.
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Anthony S. Fauci Awarded the Highest Honor of the Association of American Physicians – April 15, 2007
Immunologist and AIDS researcher Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has been awarded the 2007 George M. Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians (AAP) for his outstanding contributions to academic medicine.
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