NHLBI awards $68 million to fund clinical centers in pediatric heart disease
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded grants to four centers to accelerate research aimed at understanding heart development and treating pediatric heart disease. ... ...The research is part of a new program, the Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) program, which is designed to foster multidiscipl...NHLBI study finds improved heart failure survival
Survival after a heart failure diagnosis has greatly improved over the past 50 years, according to a study from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study, which analyzed data from the NHLBI's landmark Framingham Heart Study (FHS), found that the risk of dying after being diagnosed with heart failure had dropped by about a third in...NHLBI launches innovative proteomics centers
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a major initiative to develop innovative proteomic technologies by creating 10 special centers of research, each funded for 7 years. ... Proteomics is the study of all or large groups of proteins in cells, tissues, and organs, and how they respond, interact, and change.... Each new cente...NHLBI study finds DASH diet and reduced sodium lowers blood pressure for all
The DASH diet plus reduced dietary sodium lowers blood pressure for all persons, according to the first detailed subgroup analysis of the DASH study results. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension study was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).... The detailed analysis, published in the December 18, 2001, issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, showed the blo...Premenopausal women who use inhaled corticosteroids to treat persistent asthma may experience accelerated bone loss in the hip compared to those who do not use inhaled steroids, according to results of a new study of 109 women ages18 to 45 years old. ... In the September 27, 2001, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston rep...NHLBI unveils new resources to help consumers control their blood pressure
.The National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP) has several new and updated resources to help consumers and their clinicians better control their blood pressure. The print and online resources integrate the most current research findings, such as recently announced evidence of the effect of salt and sodium on blood pressure. NHBPEP is coordinated by the National Heart, Lung, and Bl...NHLBI study shows reduced fat intake to lower cholesterol is safe and beneficial for children
.Children with high blood cholesterol levels can benefit from reducing the amount of fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol in their diets without adversely affecting their normal development during puberty, according to new results from a long-term study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The study appears in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics. . .In the Die...Reducing sodium leads to substantial drop in blood pressure, finds NHLBI study
... Sodium reduction combined with either a typical U.S. diet or the DASH diet, which is rich in vegetables, fruit, and low-fat dairy products and low in total and saturated fat, substantially lowered blood pressure in persons with high blood pressure and persons with higher than optimal blood pressure, according to the results of a study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst...NHLBI launches genomic applications initiative -- $37 million awarded in initial effort
...National Institutes of Health ...National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ... ...The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has launched a major initiative to advance genomic research related to heart, lung, blood, and sleep health and disorders. On September 30, the NHLBI issued grants totaling $37 million to establish 11 Programs for Genomic Applications (PGAs)....Th...Two NHLBI studies confirm finding of gene in primary pulmonary hypertension
. Two separate groups of scientists funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health have simultaneously identified a genetic mutation associated with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), a rare but devastating lung disease. . The two groups, the International PPH Consortium (investigators from Vanderbilt University, Nashville; Children's...NHLBI study shows large blood pressure benefit from reduced dietary sodium
. The lower the amount of sodium in the diet, the lower the blood pressure, for both those with and without hypertension, according to a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-supported clinical study. The lowest sodium level tested, which produced the lowest blood pressure, was well below the currently recommended intake of 2,400 milligrams a day.. . Moreover, the effects of redu...