The International Association of Clinical Research Nurses (IACRN) annual conference — cosponsored by the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — holds three days of lectures, breakout sessions, and poster presentations connecting clinical research nurses who balance clinical care with research protocol management and support.
Cooking stoves with chimneys can lower exposure to indoor wood smoke and reduce the rate of severe pneumonia by 30 percent in children less than 18 months of age, according to a new air pollution study funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Stem cells obtained from bone marrow, known as BMCs, can be safely injected into people 2-3 weeks following a heart attack, reports a new clinical trial supported by the National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. However, while safe, the BMCs did not improve heart function six months … Read more
Controlling blood glucose early in the course of type 1 diabetes yields huge dividends, preserving kidney function for decades.
Xin Jin, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, received the Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award from the Society for Neuroscience today during the society@apos;s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Make your holiday air travel hassle-free with tips on family lanes, traveling with food and gifts, the 3-1-1 policy for liquids, gels, and aerosols, and more.
Researchers will begin drug development projects for rare and neglected diseases that include potential treatments for a musculoskeletal disorder, a cognitive dysfunction disorder, a virus that affects the central nervous system of newborns, a parasitic worm infection, a form of muscular dystrophy and a rare lung disease.
Dr. Insel describes how precision medicine may put us on the path to better diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
Awareness of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), the nation’s third leading killer, continues to rise in the United States, according to the results of a Web-based survey released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.
Toddlers receiving anti-HIV drugs have higher cholesterol levels, on average, than do their peers who do not have HIV, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.
National Institutes of Health-funded researchers have identified two proteins that may be the key components of the long-sought after mechanotransduction channel in the inner ear — the place where the mechanical stimulation of sound waves is transformed into electrical signals that the brain recognizes as sound.
The VAntage Point blog provides a forum for veterans, service members, and their spouses and children to learn about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
About 5 million Americans are estimated to have Alzheimer’s disease, an irreversible, progressive brain disease. Information about the disease, support groups, services, research studies, and useful publications are available to you.
A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an antiretroviral-containing oral tablet or vaginal gel can prevent HIV infection in women is being modified because an interim review found that the gel, an investigational microbicide, was not effective among study participants.
New findings in mice suggest that the timing when the neurotransmitter acetylcholine is released in the brain’s hippocampus may play a key role in regulating the strength of nerve cell connections, called synapses. Understanding the complex nature of neuronal signaling at synapses could lead to better understanding of learning and memory, and novel treatments for … Read more
Through summer reading, kids may discover a favorite author who sparks a lifelong love of reading. Summer reading can also prevent learning loss and help prepare a child for the next academic year. Find a variety of reading resources on Kids.gov.
Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new statistical technique to forecast changes in fertility rates. The new method mathematically compensates for uncertainty and is expected to allow governments to plan more reliably for the infrastructure and social services needed to accommodate large-scale population changes.