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Last Update: Sat Jun 7 15:15:19 2008

- ACCORD Clinical Trial Publishes Results - Intensively targeting blood sugar to near-normal levels in adults with type 2 diabetes at especially high risk for [...] levels, and pre-existing heart disease or at least two cardiovascular disease risk factors in addition to diabetes.

- Time To Talk About CAM - The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), part of the National Institutes of Health [...] older — and their health care providers to openly discuss the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM ).

- NIH Director Announces Enhancements to Peer Review - National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., announced today at the 96th Meeting of the ...

- Findings Offer Insights into Role of Breastfeeding in Preventing Infant Death, HIV Infection in Resource Poor Countries - Now, two studies supported by the National Institutes of Health offer insights into preventing early death and HIV ...

- Long-term Pesticide Exposure May Increase Risk of Diabetes - Licensed pesticide applicators who used chlorinated pesticides on more than 100 days in their lifetime were at greater [...] with the NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

- Clusters of Genetic Variants Linked to Distinct Treatment Responses for Smoking Cessation - Scientists have identified distinct clusters of genetic markers associated with the likelihood of success or failure of [...] the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was published in the June issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry.

- NIDA Highlights Best Drug Abuse Treatment Approaches At Blending Conference - The most difficult challenge in finding substance abuse treatment for a loved one is how to know which programs have a [...] conference is hosted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health.

- Media Availability Following Briefing for Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin on the Bayview Biomedical Research Center - Senators Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) will visit the National Institutes of Health’s ...

- Spontaneous Mutations Rife in Non-Familial Schizophrenia - People with schizophrenia from families with no history of the illness were found to harbor eight times more [...] in a study supported in part the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

- NIH Researchers Find That Rett Syndrome Gene is Full of Surprises - By manipulating the number of copies of the MECP2 gene in mice, the authors of the new study found that it [...] the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), both part of NIH.

- NIH Expands National Consortium Dedicated to Transforming Clinical and Translational Research - Fourteen academic health centers in 11 states are the latest members of the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical [...] researchers. The consortium is led by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the NIH.

- NIDA to Highlight Latest Drug Abuse Research at Cincinnati Conference Blending Addiction Science and Treatment - The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health, will convene a 2-day ...

- Francis S. Collins to Step Down as Director of National Human Genome Research Institute - Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the [...] announced his intention to step down on August 1 to explore writing projects and other professional opportunities.

- Scientists Identify a Brain Mechanism Underlying Persistent Cocaine Craving - Scientists have identified a mechanism in the brain that helps to explain why craving for cocaine, and the risk of [...] The research was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.

- NCI Scientists Visualize Gene Regulation in Living Cells - A research team led by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health [...] the May 23, 2008 issue of "Molecular Cell", shed new light on the means by which living cells regulate gene activity.

- Reducing Blockage Fails to Improve Access to the Bloodstream for Kidney Dialysis - Reducing early blockages in bloodstream access for kidney failure treatment does not increase the likelihood that the [...] Institutes of Health. Results were published May 14, 2008, in the " Journal of the American Medical Association".

- More Intensive Dialysis Does Not Improve Outcomes among Patients with Acute Kidney Injury - No significant difference in death rates or other outcomes was found between a group of patients with acute kidney [...] and National Institutes of Health (NIH) study published in the June issue of the "New England Journal of Medicine".

- Smokers Flock Together and Quit Together - Researchers analyzing changes in smoking behavior over the past three decades within a large social network found [...] of the NIH, could play a role in developing clinical and public health interventions to reduce and prevent smoking.

- NIAID to Advance B-Cell Approach to HIV Vaccines - To advance underdeveloped approaches to designing a preventive HIV vaccine, the National Institute of Allergy and [...] program to foster the study of B cells, immune cells that can produce antibodies with the capacity to neutralize HIV.

- NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced a new clinical research program that will aim to provide [...] the most puzzling medical cases referred to the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., by physicians across the nation.

- Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, May 19, 2008 - The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, [...] AIDS and in commending those who provide HIV/AIDS prevention services and who care for people living with HIV.

- NINR Welcomes Three New Members to Advisory Council for Nursing Research - Three new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR), the principal advisory board [...] and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the lifespan.

- Researchers Develop First Transgenic Monkey Model of Huntington's Disease - Scientists have developed the first genetically altered monkey model that replicates some symptoms observed in ...

- Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, May 18, 2008 - This year's HIV Vaccine Awareness Day provides us with an opportunity to renew and strengthen our [...] a safe and effective HIV vaccine that will slow, and hopefully one day end, the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

- NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program - Teleconference to discuss new trans-NIH clinical research program and its anticipated service to the medical community ...

- Free NIH Teaching Tools Help Educators Meet State Science Education Standards - A popular series of curriculum supplements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at promoting [...] standards in science, math, health and English language arts for kindergarten through the 12th grade.

- Statement of Daniel Rotrosen, M.D., Director, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Raising Awareness to the Personal and Research Challenges of Food Allergy - The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health ...

- Molecular Pathway in Muscle Helps Explain Effectiveness of Diabetes Interventions - Scientists at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of the [...] refrain from differentiating, an energy-demanding process by which cells mature and specialize.

- First Addiction Science Award to be Given to Students at International Science Fair - This year, for the first time, three students will receive awards for exemplary projects in Addiction Science at the [...] National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company.

- Mothers' High Normal Blood Sugar Levels Place Infants at Risk for Birth Problems - Pregnant women with blood sugar levels in the higher range of normal -- but not high enough to be considered diabetes [...] women with diabetes during pregnancy, according to a study funded in large part by the National Institutes of Health.

- Duck-Billed Platypus Genome Sequence Published - The first analysis of the genome sequence of the duck-billed platypus was published today by an international [...] the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

- NIHSeniorHealth Offers Tips on Eating Well as You Get Older - How should you eat as you get older? Which foods are likely to keep you most healthy and which ones should you [...] Aging (NIA) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), both part of the National Institutes of Health.

- Mental Disorders Cost Society Billions in Unearned Income - Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a ...

- Kidney Disease Substantially Worsens in a Fourth of African Americans despite Therapy for Hypertension - The best available treatment for chronic kidney disease from high blood pressure did not keep the disease from [...] of a National Institutes of Health study published April 28, 2008, in the "Archives of Internal Medicine".

- Studies Test New Approaches to Islet Transplantation - Researchers from 11 medical centers in the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Norway have begun testing new [...] islet transplantation lead to improved, long-lasting control of blood glucose with fewer side effects.

- Researchers Find that a Small Molecule Can Activate an Important Cancer Suppressor Gene - By activating a cancer suppressor gene, a small molecule called nutlin-3a can block cancer cell division, ...

- Intensive Training for Medical Staff in Latin American Hospitals Reduces Serious Complication of Pregnancy - An intensive educational program for physicians and midwives involving 19 hospitals in Argentina and Uruguay [...] postpartum hemorrhage, according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.

- Researchers Produce First Sequence Map Of Large-Scale Structural Variation in Human Genome - A nationwide team of researchers, funded in part by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part [...] (NIH), has produced the first sequence-based map of large-scale structural variation across the human genome.

- Researchers Find Quick Way to Make Human Monoclonal Antibodies against Flu - Human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) -- highly specific, identical, infection-fighting proteins produced in large [...] produced in the lab, according to a new report from scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

- Research Findings Open New Front in Fight against AIDS Virus - A research group supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has uncovered a new route for attacking ...

- Scientists Form International Cancer Genome Consortium - "Cancer's complexity poses an enormous challenge. NIH is highly encouraged that the worldwide scientific [...] director of the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. research organization taking part in the ICGC.

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