Category Archives: Heart Attack Symptoms

An independent panel convened this week by the NIH found that
fewer than half of individuals experiencing fecal or urinary incontinence — the
inability to control bowel movements or urination, respectively — report
their symptoms to healthcare providers without being prompted. Continue reading →

The Monitoring the Future project — now
in its 33rd year — is a series of independent surveys of
8th, 10th, and 12th graders conducted by researchers at the University
of Michigan under a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Continue reading →

In laboratory experiments using budding yeast, the same type used
in baking and brewing, scientists at the National Cancer Institute
(NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, developed a new
approach to determine the location of unrepaired breaks in DNA. Continue reading →

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 →

Researchers have devised a new and improved method for calculating
breast cancer risk in African American women. The technique finds
that earlier formulas may have underestimated black women�s odds
of developing breast cancer. Continue reading →

An innovative curriculum significantly improved cognitive skills
in low-income, urban preschool children. The improvement came
without any special equipment, using regular teachers in public
school classrooms. Continue reading →

Although virtually eliminated in the United States, cholera continues
to pose problems in many developing nations. The disease might
be controlled, however, if just half the people in susceptible
regions got an oral cholera vaccine, according to a new study. 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 →