Author Archives: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases

Chest pain is still the most common sign of a heart attack for
most women, although studies have shown that women are more likely
than men to have symptoms other than chest pain or discomfort when
experiencing a heart attack or other form of acute coronary syndrome
(ACS), according to an article “Symptom Presentation of Women
With Acute Coronary Syndromes — Myth vs. Reality” published
online Dec. 10 in the . The
study was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Continue reading →

Free, accurate information on many neurological disorders is now
available on a new Spanish language website from the National Institute
of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). Continue reading →

Officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced
a collaboration today with the National Council of Negro Women
(NCNW) to help African American children maintain a healthy weight. Continue reading →

A newly released software program will let health authorities
at the site of an infectious disease outbreak quickly analyze data,
speeding the detection of new cases and the implementation of effective
interventions. The program, called TranStat, was developed by a team of epidemiologists
and computer scientists from the Models of Infectious Disease Agent
Study (MIDAS), an international program supported by the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) to build computational models for studying
disease spread. Continue reading →

A variant of a gene involved in communication among brain cells has a direct influence on alcohol consumption in mice, according to a new study by scientists supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the U.S. Army. Continue reading →

A family of proteins commonly found in mouse urine is able to trigger fighting between male mice, a study in the Dec. 6, 2007, issue of Nature has found. The study, which is the first to identify protein pheromones responsible for the aggression response in mice, was funded in part by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health. Continue reading →

Experts will summarize the available evidence on prevention of fecal and urinary incontinence in adults December 10 – 12. Following a series of scientific presentations and open public discussions, an impartial, independent panel will issue a statement of its findings on the final day of the conference, and will hold a press conference at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12. Convened by the Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the NIH, this conference is free and open to the public and the media. Continue reading →

Experts will summarize the available evidence on prevention of fecal and urinary incontinence in adults December 10 – 12. Following a series of scientific presentations and open public discussions, an impartial, independent panel will issue a statement of its findings on the final day of the conference, and will hold a press conference at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12. Convened by the Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the NIH, this conference is free and open to the public and the media. Continue reading →

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health today announced a new strategic plan to guide its next decade of research, training, and education to reduce the national burden of cardiovascular, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. Continue reading →

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 →