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| Mon, 21 May 2012 16:52 EDT NIH selects 11 Centers of Excellence in Pain Education The National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium has selected 11 health professional schools as designated Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPEs). The CoEPEs will act as hubs for the development, evaluation, and distribution of pain management curriculum resources for medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy schools to enhance and improve how health care professionals are taught about pain and its treatment. Twenty institutes, centers and offices at NIH are involved in the consortium. Click here to read this news article. |
| Mon, 21 May 2012 11:05 EDT NIH study finds sigmoidoscopy reduces colorectal cancer rates Flexible sigmoidoscopy, a screening test for colorectal cancer that is less invasive and has fewer side effects than colonoscopy, is effective in reducing the rates of new cases and deaths due to colorectal cancer, according to research sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. In a study that spanned almost 20 years, researchers found that overall colorectal cancer mortality (deaths) was reduced by 26 percent and incidence (new cases) was reduced by 21 percent as a result of screening with sigmoidoscopy. These results appeared online, ahead of print, on May 21, 2012, in the New England Journal of Medicine, and were presented at Digestive Disease Week, a scientific conference. Click here to read this news article. |
| Mon, 21 May 2012 09:52 EDT Concentrated saline therapy not effective in young children with cystic fibrosis Inhaling concentrated saline (salt water) mist does not reduce how often infants and young children with cystic fibrosis (CF) need antibiotics for respiratory symptoms, according to findings from a clinical trial sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. Click here to read this news article. |
| Fri, 18 May 2012 12:10 EDT Optogenetics project takes top NIDA Addiction Science Award A project that maps dopamine circuits in the prefrontal cortex through optogenetic manipulation was given top honors in this year?s annual Addiction Science Awards at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) -- the world's largest science competition for high school students. The awards were presented by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Friends of NIDA, a coalition that supports NIDA?s mission. The Intel ISEF Addiction Science Awards were presented at a ceremony Thursday night at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Click here to read this news article. |
| Thu, 17 May 2012 11:00 EDT NIH-led study finds genetic test results do not trigger increased use of health services People have increasing opportunities to participate in genetic testing that can indicate their range of risk for developing a disease. Receiving these results does not appreciably drive up or diminish test recipients? demand for potentially costly follow-up health services, according to a study performed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and colleagues at other institutions. Click here to read this news article. |
| Thu, 17 May 2012 08:20 EDT NIH study finds that coffee drinkers have lower risk of death Older adults who drank coffee -- caffeinated or decaffeinated -- had a lower risk of death overall than others who did not drink coffee, according a study by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and AARP. Click here to read this news article. |
| Wed, 16 May 2012 13:46 EDT Paralyzed individuals use thought-controlled robotic arm to reach and grasp In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her own -- for the first time in nearly 15 years -- by using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm. The trial, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, is evaluating the safety and feasibility of an investigational device called the BrainGate neural interface system. Click here to read this news article. |
| Wed, 16 May 2012 13:41 EDT NIH-funded research provides new clues on how ApoE4 affects Alzheimer's risk Common variants of the ApoE gene are strongly associated with the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease, but the gene's role in the disease has been unclear. Now, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that in mice, having the most risky variant of ApoE damages the blood vessels that feed the brain. Click here to read this news article. |
| Tue, 15 May 2012 08:40 EDT NINR welcomes five new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) announces five new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR), the institute's principal advisory board. Members of the council are drawn from the scientific and lay communities, embodying a diverse perspective from the fields of nursing, public and health policy, law, and economics. NINR, a component of the National Institutes of Health, is the primary federal agency for the support of nursing research. Click here to read this news article. |
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