NHLBI study shows smoking cessation programs improve survival
New findings from the Lung Health Study (LHS) show that intensive smoking cessation programs can significantly improve long-term survival among smokers. Supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), LHS is a landmark study that differs from many other studies of cigarette smoking in that it was a randomized, controlled clinical trial -- considered the gold standard in determ...Frequent fast food meals increase weight, diabetes risk, NHLBI study says
Young adults who eat frequently at fast-food restaurants gain more weight and have a greater increase in insulin resistance in early middle age, according to a large multi-center study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and published in the January 1 issue of *....... After 15 years, those who ate at fast-food restaurants at least twice each week compared to less th...NHLBI statement on oral contraceptive study
A Women's Health Initiative (WHI) review of a recent abstract on the effects of oral contraceptive use on cardiovascular disease has found flaws in both the design and interpretation of the WHI data used in the study. The October presentation of the abstract at the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and subsequent media coverage may have created the impr...NHLBI stops sickle cell anemia transfusion study
San Diego, CA, Dec. 5, 2004 The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped early a clinical trial studying whether children with sickle cell anemia at high risk for stroke could at some point after a minimum of 30 months (range 30-91 months) safely stop receiving the periodic blood transfusions that prevent strokes. The study found a...Statement from Barbara Alving of NHLBI on guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health endorses the evidence based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women released today by the American Heart Association. These guidelines promise to improve and enhance efforts to reduce the terrible burden of cardiovascular disease among women. Although there have been tremend...Former NHLBI director Lenfant receives Lifetime Achievement Award
(Orlando, Florida, October 26, 2003) -- The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) today named Claude Lenfant, MD, FCCP(Hon), former Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the first-ever recipient of the ACCP Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented to Dr. Lenfant during the Convocation Awards Ceremony at CHEST 2003, the ACCP's annual international sci...NHLBI study finds hostility, impatience increase hypertension risk
Impatience and hostility--two hallmarks of the "type A" behavior pattern--increase young adults' long-term risk of developing high blood pressure, according to a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. Further, the more intense the behaviors, the greater the risk. ... However, other psychological and social factors, such a...NHLBI study finds moderate physical activity promotes weight loss as well as intense exercise
Women trying to lose weight can benefit as much from a moderate physical activity as from an intense workout, according to a new study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.... Prior studies had focused on short-term weight loss. Data were lacking about the optimal degree and amount of physical activity for...NHLBI funds new heart-health education projects in high-risk communities
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) today announced the funding of six new community-based education projects, which will focus on improving the cardiovascular health of those at increased risk for heart disease and stroke. ... The new awards extend to12 the NHLBI's nationwide network of community-based organizations known as Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Centers (EDU...NHLBI study shows weight concerns increase girls' risk of becoming smokers
Concern about weight and the drive to be thin increase the risk a girl will become a daily smoker by the time she's 18 or 19 years old, according to a new study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Weight concerns increased the risk for both black and white girls....... The study found that other factors early in life also increased the risk of later smoking, incl...NHLBI study shows vast majority of middle-aged Americans at risk of developing hypertension
Middle-aged Americans face a 90 percent chance of developing high blood pressure at some time during the rest of their lives, according to a new study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). ... However, the study also had some good news for Americans: The risk of developing severe degrees of high blood pressure has decreased in the past 25 years, due partly to impro...NHLBI-VA study finds no increased survival from beta-blocker for moderate to advanced heart failure
.A study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) found that, overall, the beta-blocker bucindolol did not increase survival for moderate to severe heart failure. .The results also showed racial differences in the drug's effects, although the reasons for these differences are not yet clear. Black heart failure patients receiv.... Researchers supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) today report findings from two studies that address an ongoing controversy about whether long-acting beta-agonists (LABs) should replace or supplement inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in the treatment of adults with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma. . The scientists found that using LABS alone is not as effe...NHLBI launches sleep & children education program with Garfield the Cat as "Spokescat"
. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) today launched a major five-year educational initiative to reach young children their parents, teachers, and health care providers with the message that adequate nighttime sleep at least nine hours each night is important to their health, performance, and safety. . At a press conference attended by Garfield the Cat, three Garfiel...NHLBI to launch sleep and children education campaign
. . .WHAT: The Sleep Well. Do Well. Star Sleeper Campaign, featuring Garfield the Cat as "spokescat," will be launched at a special event at the Capital Children's Museum in Washington, DC. This five-year national initiative is designed to educate America's children their parents, teachers, and health care providers about the importance of adequate nighttime sleep at least nine hours ea...NHLBI study shows relationship between sleep apnea and hypertension
. . . . . . . . . . . . People with sleep apnea are at special risk for hypertension, according to a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Data from the NHLBI's "Sleep Heart Health Study" (SHHS), which are reported in the April 12, 2000 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, show that middle-aged and older...NHLBI funds asthma coalitions to improve care among high risk populations
. Asthma coalitions in seven communities with exceptionally high asthma death rates have been awarded contracts by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The contracts are designed to establish partnerships between the NHLBI and local asthma coalitions to develop innovative, model programs for improving asthma care. The coalitions will implement activities to eliminate disparit.... Heart bypass patients treated with a timed-release capsule of a substance that promotes the growth of new blood vessels showed evidence of improved blood supply and heart function, according to a study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.. "Growing" blood vessels, a strategy called angiogenesis, is a promising experimental t...Statement from Dr. Claude Lenfant, director, NHLBI and Dr. Phillip Gorden, director, NIDDK
. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and National.Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National.Institutes of Health (NIH) have collaborated with three leading private health.organizations on a major public health statement to alert physicians, patients,.and the general public to the increasing significance of diabetes mellitus as a.maj...NHLBI Urges Americans To Take Control Of Their Hypertension
.May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month and this year's.theme highlights the threat of uncontrolled hypertension. The National Heart,.Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) urges Americans: "If Your Blood Pressure Is.Not Lower Than 140/90, Ask Your Doctor Why.". . The NHLBI is part of the National Institutes of Health. NHLBI sponsors.the hypertension month effort with the Natio...Statement from Claude Lenfant, M.D., NHLBI Director, on Trends in Hypertension
.New information gathered by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's.Framingham Heart Study, and reported in the April 22 New England Journal of.Medicine, indicates that a five- to tenfold increase in use of antihypertensive.medication from the 1950s through the 1980s was accompanied by striking declines.in the prevalence of the highest blood pressure levels (3 and 4) down to more.modera.... The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes.of Health today announced that a large clinical trial of mechanical ventilator.use for intensive care patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).has been stopped early. The decision was recommended by the study's Data Safety.and Monitoring Board (DSMB) on March 10, 1999, based on data on the first 800...