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Organ transplant recipients have a high risk of developing 32 different types of cancer, according to a new study.

A new study in mice shows how tobacco products could act as gateway drugs, opening the door to use of illicit drugs.

The scarcity of ADHD medications is a problem faced by an untold number of children and adults with the disorder.

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H5N1 avian flu viruses (seen in gold) grow inside canine kidney cells (seen in green).

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Persistent shortages of life-saving drugs led President Obama to issue an executive order last month to try and ease what one administration official called a "dire public health situation" that has created problems for patient care.

Researchers will begin drug development projects for rare and neglected diseases that include potential treatments for a musculoskeletal disorder, a cognitive dysfunction disorder, a virus that affects the central nervous system of newborns, a parasitic worm infection, a form of muscular dystrophy and a rare lung disease. The six new projects are part of the National Institutes of Health’s Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases (TRND) program.

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Building on scientific advances that link sleep problems to health and safety risks, the National Institutes of Health today released the 2011 NIH Sleep Disorders Research Plan.

Children with autism have more brain cells and heavier brains compared to typically developing children, according to researchers partly funded by the National Institutes of Health. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Nov. 9, 2011, the small, preliminary study provides direct evidence for possible prenatal causes of autism.

Women encouraged to move with their families from a poor neighborhood to a more affluent one had lower rates of extreme obesity and diabetes 10 to 15 years later, a new study found. Future research into the reasons why may yield insights into how to design healthier communities.

Two related studies revealed gene activity in the brains of people of different genders and ethnicities, from fetal development to old age. The accomplishment provides a broad foundation for understanding both normal brain development and what goes awry in mental disorders.