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NCCAM's Advisory Council Welcomes Five New Members
02/05/10
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) welcomes five new members to the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM). The council serves as the principal advisory body to NCCAM, the...
NIA Funds Roybal Centers for Translational Research in Aging
02/04/10
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced that it has renewed funding for nine Edward R. Roybal Centers for Research on Applied Gerontology and designated four new centers. The goal of the...
Four New Members Appointed to National Neurological Disorders and Stroke Advisory Council
02/04/10
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) announced that four new members have joined its National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council. The council serves as the principal advisory body to NINDS regarding the...
Panel Calls for Reducing Colorectal Cancer Deaths by Striking Down Barriers to Screening
02/04/10
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Despite evidence and guidelines supporting the value of screening for this disease, rates of screening for colorectal cancer are consistently lower than...
NIH Scientists Identify Maternal and Fetal Genes That Increase Preterm Birth Risk
02/04/10
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified DNA variants
in mothers and fetuses that appear to increase the risk for preterm labor
and delivery. The DNA variants were in genes involved in the regulation
...
Effectiveness of a Second Cochlear Implant, New Life for Damaged Hair Cells Among Topics to be Featured at International Conference of Ear, Nose, and Throat Researchers
02/04/10
Scientists supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health, will be presenting their latest research findings at the 2010 Midwinter Meeting of the Association for...
NHLBI Funds Preclinical Tests on Devices for Infants and Children with Congenital Heart Defects
02/04/10
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded four contracts totaling $23.6 million to begin preclinical testing of devices to help children born with congenital heart defects or those...
SIDS Linked to Low Levels of Serotonin
02/02/10
The brains of infants who die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
produce low levels of serotonin, a brain chemical that conveys messages
between cells and plays a vital role in regulating breathing, heart rate,
and sleep,...
Even With Heart Disease Awareness on the Rise, Prevention Remains Critically Important for American Women
02/02/10
In recognition of American Heart Month, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and its heart disease awareness campaign -- The Heart Truth -- is reminding all American women that heart disease prevention remains critically important,...
Antibodies Against Abnormal Glycoproteins Identified as Possible Biomarkers for Cancer Detection
02/02/10
Scientists have found that cancer patients produce antibodies that target abnormal glycoproteins (proteins with sugar molecules attached) made by their tumors. The result of this work suggests that antitumor antibodies in the blood may provide a...
NIA Funds Centers to Study Demography of Aging
02/02/10
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced that it has committed more than $36.7 million over the next five years to support and expand its Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging. The...
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day February 7, 2010
02/01/10
African-Americans continue to bear the largest and most disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States. While black men and women made up 13 percent of the U.S. population in 2007, they accounted for more...
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