The National Institutes of Health will award $9.4 million over three years to support four research projects in regulatory science. This research is conducted in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which will contribute approximately $950,000. These projects will better inform scientists and regulatory reviewers alike about medical product safety, and improve the … Read more
About 20 percent of U.S. youth during their lifetime are affected by some type of mental disorder to an extent that they have difficulty functioning, according to a new NIMH survey published in the October 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The data support the observation from … Read more
The National Institutes of Health announces the transition of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) to the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). The transition gives the institute a more defined role in the NIHs research agenda against health disparities, which it defines as differences in the incidence, … Read more
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will begin a year-long commemoration of nursing science’s contributions to solving some of America’s most important health challenges at the “Bringing Science to Life” scientific symposium.
Do you ever get the urge to purge? Well, I’ve got the urge, and my file drawers full of paper are headed to the bonfire. External forces have gotten to me. My office is moving to a new building in a few months and everyone is working hard to get rid of unnecessary paper. On … Read more
Happy 3rd birthday to us! It was three years ago today that we launched GovGab and to celebrate we’ve decided to open GovGab up to your stories! Today we are introducing the “Share Your Story: GovGab Guest Writer Challenge.” From back to school immunizations to sales tax holidays, each day at GovGab we have shared … Read more
Is your child’s safety seat properly installed? If you’re not sure, visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to review four configurations based on age and height/weight. You’ll also find a link to an Inspection Station Locator.
Unlike traditional forms of bullying, youth who are the targets of cyber bullying at school are at greater risk for depression than are the youth who bully them, according to a survey conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
Jeremy M. Berg, Ph.D., director of NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), is the recipient of the 2011 Howard K. Schachman Public Service Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB).
The tenth anniversary of the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) will be observed on Sept. 23-24 in Jackson, Mississippi. The JHS is the largest study in history to investigate genetic factors that affect high blood pressure, heart and lung disease, stroke, diabetes, and other important diseases in African-Americans.
As the United States prepares for the upcoming flu season, a group of researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health continues to model how H1N1 may spread.
A potential immunotherapy, a new gene therapy, an enzyme inhibitor, and a compound originally isolated from a Chinese herb are among the latest approaches scientists are proposing to treat addiction. The recipients of the first-ever Avant-Garde Awards for Innovative Medication Development Research by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes … Read more
The National Institutes of Health announced today that it has awarded the first new grants under the Biomedical Research on the International Space Station (BioMed-ISS) initiative, a collaborative effort between NIH and NASA. Using a special microgravity environment that Earth-based laboratories cannot replicate, researchers will explore fundamental questions about important health issues, such as how … Read more
A drug commonly used for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) successfully treats adults whose asthma is not well-controlled on low doses of inhaled corticosteroids, reported researchers supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
The third annual National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Sept. 27, 2010, marks an occasion to reflect on how profoundly HIV/AIDS has affected gay and bisexual men. It also is a fitting time to recognize how much this group has influenced the development and implementation of strategies to prevent and treat the virus and … Read more
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have found that exposure to lead in childhood may delay the onset of puberty in young girls, with higher doses increasing the chance for later maturation.
We’re trying something new here at GovGab – once a month, I’ll review a recipe from the government. Think Julie and Julia. Our first recipe is from FDA’s Office of Women’s Health: Diabetes Recipe Cards (also available in Spanish). You can order this free recipe and other recipes online from the Federal Citizen Information Center. … Read more