Gene Variant Affects Response to Asthma Drugs
A genetic variant may explain why some people with asthma don’t respond well to inhaled corticosteroids, the most widely prescribed...
New technique identifies first events in tumor development
A novel technique that enables scientists to measure and document tumor-inducing changes in DNA is providing new insight into the earliest events involved in the formation of leukemias, lymphomas and sarcomas, and could potentially lead to the...
A Quirky Picture For Risk Of Death After Hip Fracture
One takeaway point of the research is that older women should try to reduce the chances of getting a hip fracture, the lead author of the study...
Imaging of traumatic brain injury patients swifter and safer with new technology at NIH
Researchers have a new weapon in their arsenal to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among military service members and civilians. The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center began imaging...
NIH-funded study connects gene variant to response to asthma drugs
A genetic variant may explain why some people with asthma do not respond well to inhaled corticosteroids, the most widely prescribed medicine for long-term asthma control. Researchers found that asthma patients who have two copies of a specific gene...
SAMHSA announces grants awards totaling up to $13.2 million to build on Health Information Technology investments
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing up to $13.2 million in new grants to support the expansion of health information technology (HIT) in health care settings that serve people with mental and substance...
XMRV and related viruses not confirmed in blood of healthy donors or chronic fatigue syndrome patients
A study supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could not validate or confirm previous research findings that suggested the presence of one of several viruses in blood samples of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome. The...
SOMALIA: Drought IDPs forced to flee fighting in border town
Most of those displaced by the fighting were initially from the famine-stricken Bay and Bakool regions
Benefits of good nutrition take centre stage at UN high-level event
Representatives of governments, civil society and the private sector joined United Nations...
High risk of polio spreading from Pakistan, UN health agency warns
Child receives polio vaccine
