http://www.nih.gov/news/ News Releases from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) en-us 60 http://www.nih.gov/images/nih50.gif http://www.nih.gov/news/ 50 50 http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nichd-08.htm Higher blood levels of cadmium in females, and higher blood levels of lead in males, delayed pregnancy in couples trying to become pregnant, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other academic research institutions. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:16 EST 42672830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nichd-08.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nhlbi-06.htm Acute lung injury patients on ventilators who require a feeding tube have a similar number of ventilator-free hospital days and similar mortality rates if they receive a low-calorie feeding program initially followed by a full-calorie program compared to a full-calorie program right away. These results are part of a new clinical study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:51 EST 42672830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nhlbi-06.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/od-06a.htm Always There: the Remarkable Life of Ruth Lillian Kirschstein, M.D., a new biography released Feb. 6, tells the rare story of a woman who was as comfortable conversing with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as she was bringing science to children in inner-city classrooms. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:51 EST 42572830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/od-06a.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/od-06.htm The National Institutes of Health has created a new website, NIH Clinical Research Trials and You to help people learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:12 EST 42472830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/od-06.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nimh-02.htm For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain's executive hub. Among key findings of the study by National Institutes of Health scientists: genes implicated in schizophrenia and autism turn out to be members of a select club of genes in which regulatory activity peaks during an environmentally-sensitive critical period in development. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:01 EST 42372830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nimh-02.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nhlbi-02.htm National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:01 EST 42272830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nhlbi-02.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nccam-02.htm The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) welcomes six new members to the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The council serves as the principal advisory body to NCCAM, the lead federal agency for research on complementary medicine, and a component of the National Institutes of Health. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:36 EST 42172830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nccam-02.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nhlbi-01.htm As part of American Heart Month, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI's) The Heart Truth campaign, with the support of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), will showcase its signature event, the Red Dress Collection 2012 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:31 EST 41172830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2012/nhlbi-01.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2012/niaid-31.htm Several U.S. government-funded HIV/AIDS clinical research sites in Africa will join other collaborators in an ongoing clinical trial testing an investigational tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in infants at risk for TB infection. "We are pleased to be able to tap into our existing HIV/AIDS clinical research infrastructure to help test promising investigational vaccines against TB," said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. The sites are funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:31 EST 40172830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2012/niaid-31.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2012/nimhd-30.htm The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) announced today the appointment of M. Roy Wilson, M.D., M.S., an award-winning physician and academic administrator, as NIMH's Deputy Director Strategic Scientific Planning and Program Coordination. NIMHD is part of the National Institutes of Health. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:01 EST 39172830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2012/nihmd-30.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2012/niddk-26.htm A new fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health explains the A1C test, a widely used and important test to diagnose type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, and to monitor blood glucose levels of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:36 EST 38172830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2012/niddk-26.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2012/nhlbi-26.htm The National Institutes of Health has launched two multi-site clinical trials to evaluate treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. One will compare continuous chest compressions (CCC) combined with pause- free rescue breathing to standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which includes a combination of chest compressions and pauses for rescue breathing. The other trial will compare treatment with the drug amiodarone, another drug called lidocaine, or neither medication (a salt-water placebo) in participants with shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation, a condition in which the heart beats chaotically instead of pumping blood. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:36 EST 37172830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2012/nhlbi-26.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2012/nichd-26.htm Asian women who consumed an average of 200 milligrams or more of caffeine a day -- the equivalent of roughly two cups of coffee -- had elevated estrogen levels when compared to women who consumed less, according to a study of reproductive age women by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:21 EST 36172830@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2012/nichd-26.htm