Monthly Archives: November 2007

Older adults with pre-existing mild memory impairment benefit as much as those with normal memory function from certain forms of cognitive training that don’t rely on memorization, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. This study was conducted as part of the multi-site Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) clinical trial, which was co-funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) — both components of the NIH. Continue reading →

On December 1, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) joins with people around the globe in commemorating World AIDS Day. Continue reading →

A new partnership between the National Institutes of Health’s We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition) program and the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) will expand efforts to address the epidemic of childhood overweight, national leaders in public health said today. Continue reading →

Researchers at the California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Research Institute are challenging a widely held belief that fractures resulting from major trauma, such as automobile accidents, are not related to osteoporosis, the common disease that makes bones weak and prone to fracture. Their study, published in the November 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), and the National Institute on Aging (NIA). NIAMS and NIA are components of the National Institutes of Health. Continue reading →

A new information campaign of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health, highlights the importance of using accurate methods to test hemoglobin A1C in people with diabetes who have sickle cell trait or other inherited forms of variant hemoglobin. Continue reading →

A new model for calculating invasive breast cancer risk, called the CARE model, has been found to give better estimates of the number of breast cancers that would develop in African American women 50 to 79 years of age than an earlier model which was based primarily on data from white women. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their collaborators report on the study methodology and results online in “JNCI” on November 27, 2007. Continue reading →

A team of researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), using a mouse model, have uncovered a novel protein interaction that promotes the spread of cancer cells (a process known as metastasis) in a class of tumors collectively called sarcomas. Continue reading →

To broaden the numbers of older adults able to search for and find reliable health information online, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has developed a free training curriculum for those who teach and work with older adults. This Toolkit for Trainers is now available on , a senior-friendly Web site developed by the NIA and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Continue reading →

Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) analyzed data on young (18–35 years), healthy, non-smoking men and women to see if BMI — a measure of the amount of fat a person has — had an effect on lung response to acute ozone exposure. Continue reading →

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today it is looking for scientists of exceptional creativity to apply for its new NIDA Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS research. Continue reading →