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NIH study in mice provides insight into how brain activity is fine-tuned

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Interneurons (green) in the hippocampus of a mouse. These cells play a subtle but powerful role in balancing...

NIH study in mice provides insight into how brain activity is fine-tuned

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Interneurons (green) in the hippocampus of a mouse. These cells play a subtle but powerful role in balancing...

NIH-funded study finds personalized kidney screening for people with type 1 diabetes could reduce costs, detect disease earlier

Taking a personalized approach to kidney disease screening for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) may reduce the time that chronic kidney disease (CKD) goes undetected, according to a new analysis performed by the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions...

WHO updates recommendations to guide family planning decisions

Nov.,15, the World Health Organization (WHO) released important updates to its landmark Family Planning Handbook, which provides health workers and policy makers with the most current information on contraceptive options.

WHO advises immediate skin to skin care for survival of small and preterm babies

WHO Nov.15 launched new guidelines to improve survival and health outcomes for babies born early (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) or small (under 2.5kg at birth).

CDC Releases UPDATED Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain

Pain affects the lives of millions of Americans every day and improving pain care and the lives of patients with pain is a public health imperative. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is releasing updated and expanded recommendations...

Joining forces to enable access to essential prevention and care services for people with diabetes and TB

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Marking World Diabetes Day: actions for better access to treatment and care

WHO has undertaken important actions that will promote better access to biosimilar insulins and medical devices for diabetes care. A year ago, WHO published a report, Keeping the 100-year-old promise: making insulin access universal. The report...

NIH-funded researchers to begin study of intravenous iron treatment for post-pregnancy anemia

Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health are launching a large study to evaluate a single dose of intravenous iron to treat women experiencing anemia after giving birth. The study will enroll nearly 5,000 women in Bangladesh, India,...

Experimental cancer vaccine shows promise in animal studies

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