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March 2007 - Posts
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The NLH Women's Health Specialist Library is holding it's first National Knowledge Week on Endometriosis.
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A new way of treating asthma gives hope to millions of sufferers, reported six newspapers on 29 March 2007 (1-6). The reports were based on a small well conducted trial (7) of bronchial thermoplasty; further research is underway. The news reports of the main findings were broadly accurate but some important points were omitted.
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For depressed people with bipolar disorder who are taking a mood stabilizer, adding an antidepressant medication is no more effective than a placebo (sugar pill), according to results published online on March 28, 2007 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results are part of the large-scale, multi-site Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD), a $26.8 million clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
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Award-winning journalist George A. Strait, Jr., will be the new director of communications at the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Bethesda, Maryland.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of women who were diagnosed with cancer in one breast detected over 90 percent of cancers in the other breast that were missed by mammography and clinical breast exam at initial diagnosis, according to a new study. Given the established rates of mammography and clinical breast exams for detecting cancer in the opposite, or contralateral breast, adding an MRI scan to the diagnostic evaluation effectively doubled the number of cancers immediately found in these women.
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Aspirin reduces the risk of death in women reported two newspapers (27 March 2007). Details of the research were accurately reported by the newspapers, but the findings need to be interpreted with caution as this type of study design can only indicate an association and not causation.
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A new study shows that as rates of diabetes have risen in the U.S., the proportion of cardiovascular disease (CVD) linked to diabetes has also increased.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is convening a scientific conference to evaluate and explore the latest research on epilepsy. "Curing Epilepsy 2007: Translating Discoveries Into Therapies” is sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will mark the fifth annual National DNA Day on April 25 with events aimed at building high school students’ awareness of genetics and genomics. April 25 commemorates both the discovery in 1953 of DNA’s double helix and the 2003 completion of the Human Genome Project.
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Having a build-up of calcium plaque in the arteries means increased risk of heart attacks and death from heart disease in multiple ethnic groups, according to new findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
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Having a build-up of calcium plaque in the arteries means increased risk of heart attacks and death from heart disease in multiple ethnic groups, according to new findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
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The most recent analysis of a long-term NIH-funded study found that children who received higher quality child care before entering kindergarten had better vocabulary scores in the fifth grade than did children who received lower quality care.
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Thousands of patients may be denied their best chance of long-term survival by being given stents rather than undergoing heart bypass surgery reported two newspapers (23 March 2007). The newspapers accurately reported some of the findings of a well-conducted meta-analysis, including that there was no difference in death rates.
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On March 24, 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). Dr. Koch’s remarkable scientific achievement was the first step toward developing tools to control the disease.
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The NLH Specialist Library for Infection is presenting its first National Knowledge Week to tie in with World TB day on the 24th March.
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The NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) today is launching a large-scale clinical trial to learn if the nutritional supplement creatine can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). While creatine is not an approved therapy for PD or any other condition, it is widely thought to improve exercise performance. The potential benefit of creatine for PD was identified by Parkinson’s researchers through a new rapid method for screening potential compounds.
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Researchers studying influenza transmission patterns in the Southern Hemisphere and in tropical areas, specifically Brazil, uncovered the unexpected finding that each season influenza travels from low populated regions near the equator to the more populated centers. Their work, funded by the Fogarty International Center (NIH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), can improve planning for influenza control in tropical areas.
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Today sees the start of the 2nd annual NWK for Prostate Cancer...
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Tiny gene mutations, each individually rare, pose more risk for autism than had been previously thought, suggests a study funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, a component of the National Institutes of Health.
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TResearchers have created a new imaging compound in mice that selectively binds to certain cancer cells and glows, or fluoresces, only when processed by these cells. This cancer-specific fluorescence allowed the investigators to successfully visualize very small tumors in the peritoneum — the tissue that lines the wall of the abdomen — in mice with ovarian cancer. The sensitivity — or ability to accurately detect small clusters of tumor cells — of this approach was 92 percent. The study, conducted by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and colleagues, appears in the March 15, 2007 issue of Cancer Research.
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A new Top Tips for Top Mums campaign is encouraging parents across the country to share tips and ideas about how to get children to eat more fruit and vegetables.
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) today announced the appointment of five new members to the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council, its principal advisory body. NIAID is part of National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services.
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New evidence suggests that if you could choose your parents, you could reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers from the long-standing Framingham Heart Study (FHS), a program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, report that people whose parents live longer were more likely to avoid developing high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle age than their peers whose parents died younger. They also found that the risk factor advantages persisted over time.
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced 60 U.S. and international institutions selected as HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) in a newly restructured system of six HIV/AIDS clinical research networks. NIAID expects to fund additional CTUs within the next several months, bringing the total to 73.
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Newspapers reports, based on a press release, stated that taking fish oil supplements boosted brain development (12 March 2007). Four overweight children showed improved arithmetical and construction skills, memory, concentration, and brain growth, after three months. The results can not be deemed reliable, or generalisable to other young people.
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Find the latest evidence on hearing disorders
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NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., today announced a special program to fund new investigators who propose highly innovative research projects that could have an exceptionally great impact on biomedical or behavioral science. The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award offers grants of up to $1.5 million in direct costs over five years.
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Find the latest evidence on this hot topic.
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Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that older mothers with normal, full-term pregnancies — particularly first-time older mothers — were more likely to undergo Caesarean delivery than were younger women with similarly low-risk pregnancies.
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A series of television and radio advertisements has been launched to highlight the rewards of working in the social care sector.
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Researchers funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, are launching the first large-scale national study evaluating a treatment for addiction to prescription opioid analgesics (i.e., painkillers) such as Vicodin and OxyContin. NIDA’s National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) is conducting the multi-site study, known as the Prescription Opiate Addiction Treatment Study (POATS).
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), components of the National Institutes of Health, have collaborated with HBO to create an eye-opening documentary, ADDICTION, to air on Thursday, March 15 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT).
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A genetic variant of a receptor in the brain’s reward circuitry heightens the stimulating effects of early exposures to alcohol and increases alcohol consumption, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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The commemoration of the second annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day reminds us that worldwide, our mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, cousins and friends are struggling with HIV/AIDS in growing numbers, and becoming infected with HIV at alarming rates. The imperative to bolster our collective commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS among women and girls has never been stronger.
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“Who is most at risk for addiction to pain killers?” and “How do you balance getting adequate pain relief with the risk of addiction?” were only two of the many questions discussed at today’s Pain, Opioids, and Addiction: An Urgent Problem for Doctors and Patients conference, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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This issue of NewsScan highlights NIDA - Physical Concerns Regarding Prescribing Opiates for Chronic Pain
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Americans in their early to mid-50s today report poorer health, more pain and more trouble doing everyday physical tasks than their older peers reported at the same age in years past, a recent analysis has shown. The research, published in print and online this week by the nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), was supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a component of the National Institutes of Health.
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The National Children’s Study has issued a request for proposals to award contracts to up to 20 new study centers. These centers will manage operations in up to a total of 30 communities across the United States.
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This new Specialist Library is now available from the NLH website...
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A new coughs and sneezes campaign has been launched to tackle the public's lack of knowledge about good hygiene practice.
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Vitamin pills increase risk of death, reported five newspapers (28 February 2007). The newspapers accurately reported the findings of a generally well-conducted systematic review.
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“Preoperative Therapy in Invasive *** Cancer: Reviewing the State of the Science and Exploring New Research Directions” will seek to determine the state of the science on this topic because preoperative therapy is increasingly being administered to women with *** cancer. Controversies exist, however, regarding optimal approaches.
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Two new studies from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials for Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) provide more insights into comparing treatment options, and to what extent antipsychotic medications help people with schizophrenia learn social, interpersonal and community living skills. The new studies are published in the March 2007 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. CATIE, a $42.6 million, multi-site study, was funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
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Grant Information
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This Web site was made possible in part by NIH Grant Number R43 DK70418
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