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January 2008 - Posts
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the selection
of five individuals to serve as members of the Advisory Committee
to the Director (ACD). Since 1966, the ACD has advised the NIH
Director on policy and planning issues important to the NIH mission
of conducting and supporting biomedical and behavioral research,
research training, and translating research results for the public.
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Folic acid taken for at least a year before pregnancy can cut the risks of premature birth by 50 to 70 per cent, reported three newspapers (31 January 2008). The reports were based on a press release that summarised the findings of an unpublished observational study.
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Folic acid taken for at least a year before pregnancy can cut the risks of premature birth by 50 to 70 per cent, reported three newspapers (31 January 2008). The reports were based on a press release that summarised the findings of an unpublished observational study.
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Dr. Kyu Rhee, a primary care physician and member of the Institute
of Medicine (IOM) committee that assessed the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) plan to eliminate health disparities, has been
named director of the Office of Innovation and Program Coordination
(OIPC) at the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
(NCMHD) at the NIH.
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For children who struggle to learn language, the choice between
various interventions may matter less than the intensity and format
of the intervention, a new study sponsored by the National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) suggests.
The study, led by Ronald B. Gillam, Ph.D., of Utah State University
is online in the February 2008 "Journal of Speech, Language,
and Hearing Research." NIDCD is one of the National Institutes
of Health.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt
announced the appointment of three new members to the National
Advisory Council on Aging (NACA). The group advises the National
Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the department's National Institutes
of Health (NIH), on the conduct and support of biomedical, social,
and behavioral research on the diseases and conditions associated
with aging.
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Using a brain imaging technology called functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI), scientists have discovered that cocaine-related
images trigger the emotional centers of the brains of patients
addicted to drugs -- even when the subjects are unaware they've
seen anything. The study, published Jan. 30 in the journal "PLoS
One", was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),
part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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An international research team has identified a link between the
expression patterns of a class of molecules called microRNAs and
how a patient's colon cancer may progress. These data, the first
to make such a link, may lead to a new tool for clinicians to help
them assess a colon cancer patient's prognosis and decide on appropriate
treatment, while potentially providing a new target for the development
of colon cancer therapies. The findings, by scientists at the National
Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), Ohio State University, and the University of Hong Kong,
China, were published in the January 30, 2008, issue of the "Journal
of the American Medical Association"
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) yesterday 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 (HHS).
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Results of an early study suggest that dairy-free diets and unconventional
food preferences could put boys with autism and autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) at higher than normal risk for thinner, less dense
bones when compared to a group of boys the same age who do not
have autism. The study, by researchers from the National Institutes of Health
and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, was published
online in the "Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders"
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The latest findings from the "Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering
Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial" or ALLHAT, sponsored
by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the
National Institutes of Health, are published in the January 28
issue of "Archives of Internal Medicine"
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Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt appointed four
new members to the Advisory Council of the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the institute
announced today. NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part
of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today issued "Investing
in Discovery", a strategic plan that will guide the Institute's
decision-making over the next 5 years.
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director, Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., has named Josephine P. Briggs, M.D., to be the director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).
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Non-prescription cough medicines 'could be a waste of money', reported the Daily Telegraph (23 January 2008). The newspaper was accurate in its reporting of a well-conducted review that appropriately concluded that there was no evidence for or against the effectiveness of over-the-counter medicines due to the lack of good quality trials.
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Non-prescription cough medicines 'could be a waste of money', reported the Daily Telegraph (23 January 2008). The newspaper was accurate in its reporting of a well-conducted review that appropriately concluded that there was no evidence for or against the effectiveness of over-the-counter medicines due to the lack of good quality trials.
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The National Institutes of Health has developed a research plan
to advance understanding of Down syndrome and speed development
of new treatments for the condition, the most frequent genetic
cause of mild to moderate mental retardation and associated medical
problems.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will invest more than
$190 million over the next five years to accelerate an emerging
field of biomedical research known as epigenomics.
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An international research consortium today announced the 1000
Genomes Project, an ambitious effort that will involve sequencing
the genomes of at least 1,000 people from around the world to create
the most detailed and medically useful picture to date of human
genetic variation. The project will receive major support from
the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Hinxton, England, the Beijing
Genomics Institute, Shenzhen (BGI Shenzhen) in China and the National
Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH).
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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are caused primarily by a single
strain -- USA300 -- of an evolving bacterium that has
spread with "extraordinary transmissibility" throughout
the United States during the past five years, according to a
new study led by National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists.
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A drug originally developed for arthritis can reduce symptoms of psoriasis in children, reported the Daily Telegraph (17 January 2008). The newspaper briefly but accurately reported the main result of a well-conducted randomised controlled trial.
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A drug originally developed for arthritis can reduce symptoms of psoriasis in children, reported the Daily Telegraph (17 January 2008). The newspaper briefly but accurately reported the main result of a well-conducted randomised controlled trial.
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Now,
in an international collaboration supported primarily by the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have discovered more than
25 genetic variants in 18 genes connected to cholesterol and lipid
levels.
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In studies involving more than 35,000 people and a survey across
the entire human genome, an international team supported in part
by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found evidence that
common genetic variants recently linked to osteoarthritis may also
play a minor role in human height.
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Scientists have found a variation in a gene that may raise the
risk of developing autism, especially when the variant is inherited
from mothers rather than fathers. The research was funded by the
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National
Institutes of Health.
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Breast cancer deaths have been nearly halved by NHS breast cancer screening, reported four newspapers (9 January 2008). The newspaper reports were based on a case-control study. The newspaper reports were generally accurate but only one raised the possibility that the study could have over-estimated the benefit of screening.
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Breast cancer deaths have been nearly halved by NHS breast cancer screening, reported four newspapers (9 January 2008). The newspaper reports were based on a case-control study. The newspaper reports were generally accurate but only one raised the possibility that the study could have over-estimated the benefit of screening.
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A disease most Americans have never heard of could soon become
more prevalent if dengue, a flu-like illness that can turn deadly,
continues to expand into temperate climates and increase in severity,
according to a new commentary by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director
of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
part of the National Institutes of Health, and David M. Morens,
M.D., Fauci's senior scientific advisor.
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Now in its seventh year, the National Institutes of Health
is pleased to present a free annual training opportunity to help
develop journalists' ability to critically evaluate and report
on medical research.
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Youth who are going to develop psychosis can be identified before
their illness becomes full-blown 35 percent of the time if they
meet widely accepted criteria for risk, but that figure rises to
65 to 80 percent if they have certain combinations of risk factors,
the largest study of its kind has shown. Knowing what these
combinations are can help scientists predict who is likely to develop
the illnesses within two to three years with the same accuracy
that other kinds of risk factors can predict major medical diseases,
such as diabetes. The research was conducted in youth with a median age of 16 and
was funded primarily by the National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health.
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In experiments done in lab and animal studies, a breakdown in
proper cell development has been shown to cause brain-specific
stem cells to become starter seeds for aggressive brain tumors
called glioblastoma multiforme, according to research from a team
of researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National
Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke (NINDS), parts of
the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Leading research scientists, physicians, and public healthspecialists
from around the world have published new insights into the international
burden of malaria and how the global community can best combat
the disease, it was announced today by malaria experts at the Fogarty
International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health.
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Hepatology, was conducted by researchers at the
National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes
of Health, and colleagues at Ohio State University, Columbus, and
the Liver Cancer Institute in Shanghai, China.
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Two potent and targeted therapies
for treatment of a subtype of breast cancer will be tested
with participation of thousands of women across several continents,
providing a model for international collaboration that furthers
cancer care.
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Nature
Biotechnology and funded by the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), offers new insights into how the H5N1 avian flu virus currently
circulating in birds would have to change in order to gain a foothold
in human populations.
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A vaccine that could protect against all forms of flu has been developed by British scientists, reported five newspapers (4 January 2008). The reports are based on limited information about early-stage research distributed in a press release, so the reliability of the evidence cannot be assessed.
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A vaccine that could protect against all forms of flu has been developed by British scientists, reported five newspapers (4 January 2008). The reports are based on limited information about early-stage research distributed in a press release, so the reliability of the evidence cannot be assessed.
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Participating in Clinical Trials, a new topic just
added to NIHSeniorHealth (www.nihseniorhealth.gov),
a Web site developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), both components of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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An early short course of hormone treatment can slow the spread of prostate cancer by up to eight years, reported two newspapers (3 January 2008). The newspapers briefly summarised the findings of a well conducted randomised trial, which found adding four months' hormone therapy to radiotherapy improved disease-specific outcomes in men with advanced prostate cancer.
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An early short course of hormone treatment can slow the spread of prostate cancer by up to eight years, reported two newspapers (3 January 2008). The newspapers briefly summarised the findings of a well conducted randomised trial, which found adding four months' hormone therapy to radiotherapy improved disease-specific outcomes in men with advanced prostate cancer.
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