New NHLBI-sponsored study shows programs can teach children to eat healthier
...al Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), which sponsored the study. NHLBI is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study provides glimpses of real-world eating behavior and reveals the challenges of trying to eat a healthy diet in a fast-paced world. For example, the study documents a long...International conference on bipolar disorder June 16-18 a forum for new research
... in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, and is being sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Held every two years, the conference offers the only venue in the world devoted exclusively to highligh...NIEHS brings researchers and leaders together to find environmental solutions to childhood obesity
...ronmental Solutions to Obesity in America's Youth" sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health. "We all know that eating nutritious foods and getting plenty of physical activity will help kids maintain a healthy weight. But how can kids make t...Diabetes, hypertension and obesity negatively effect joint replacement outcomes
...ionwide Inpatient Samples (NIS) database. The NIS, sponsored by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, is a publicly available database of more than 8 million patients from more than 1,000 U.S. hospitals. The hospitals vary by region, size, location, teaching status and ownership. The Duke team's...Fitter by degress? Higher education no panacea for adult health
...adults are fit and well, according to new research sponsored by the ESRC. Though highly educated men and women are generally healthier, what happens in childhood and beyond is key to our well-being later in life, says the study led by Dr. Tarani Chandola, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Universit...Northwestern Memorial researchers aim to find answer to halting the progression of fatty liver
...he trial, which aims to enroll 50 participants, is sponsored by Northwestern University's Department of Hepatology with support from the NIH-funded General Clinical Research Center. Northwestern Memorial is the only site for the research. The study is blinded and placebo-controlled, with two-thirds of partic...UVa Health System doctors study surgery to stop epileptic seizures
...RSET (Early Randomized Surgical Epilepsy Trial) is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and will compare the ability of surgery and medications versus medications alone to eliminate seizures and side effects, improving the quality of life for epilepsy patients and rescuing some from a lifetime of dis...Leading sleep expert at Wake Forest to speak at NIH Consensus Conference
...ilable at www.consensus.nih.gov . The conference, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Office of Medical Applications Research of NIH, will be answering the following questions: How is chronic insomnia defined, diagnosed and classified and what is known about its causes? What is the...Digital mammography does not improve breast cancer detection rates, study finds
...logy for breast cancer. A new large clinical trial sponsored by the National Cancer Institute has recently been completed, and published results are expected soon. Nearly 50,000 women in the United States and Canada received both types of mammograms and were asked to return one year later for follow-up exams t...Search for bipolar gene, toll of disease topics of conference call briefings June 16, 17
... in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, and is being sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. To accommodate media, a press room will be located in Rooms 310-311 of the Convention Center and will be o...Diabetic retinopathy occurs in pre-diabetes
...f developing diabetes by 31 percent. The DPP was sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestiv...ogram (NDEP) ( http://www.ndep.nih.gov/ ), jointly sponsored by the NIH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 200 partner organizations including ...Promising new TB drug enters clinical trial
.... Now, a clinical trial to assess PA-824's safety, sponsored by the TB Alliance, has opened at a medical clinic in Lincoln, NE. "The rapid movement of PA-824 through the development pipeline is a testament to the successful partnership between NIAID and the TB Alliance. It marks a significant milestone in pro...Many drugs prescribed for chronic insomnia are not approved for that purpose
...ions and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and Office of Medical Applications Research, will continue through Wednesday, seeking to build consensus on a series of questions on chronic insomnia. "There is widespread use of off-label prescribed medicat...Panel calls for a new look at treatments commonly used for chronic insomnia
...ressing a wide range of issues. The conference was sponsored by the Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR) and the National Institute of Mental Health. Cosponsors included the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Inst...BIDMC investigator receives Novartis Award in Diabetes
...California. The annual Young Investigator award is sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals to recognize a licensed physician under the age of 45 for innovative, patient-oriented research in the fields of physiology, pathophysiology or epidemiology of diabetes mellitus and its complications. An Associate Profess...Tight glucose control lowers CVD by about 50 percent in diabetes
...s Education Program ( www.ndep.nih.gov/ ), jointly sponsored by the NIH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 200 partner organizations including the American Diabetes Association (ADA), encourages people with diabetes to control their blood glucose as well as their blood pressure and cholestero...Bipolar disorder more prevalent and costly than believed; Lithium could curb suicide rate
... in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, and is being sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center....Non-invasive MRI technique distinguishes between Alzheimer's and frontotemporal dementia
...d June 18-21 in Washington, D.C. The conference is sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association. Frontotemporal dementia is a degenerative condition involving the front part of the brain. It is the second-most common dementia after Alzheimer's disease, which mainly affects other brain areas such as the hippocampus...Neurology Now, patient magazine of American Academy of Neurology, wins national award
...nce America Awards program, a national competition sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives of Washington, D.C. Neurology Now focuses on the care, treatment, and management of a wide range of neurological disorders. Written expressly for patients and their families in an easy-to-read style, ...Gene testing doesn't increase anxiety, depression in children of people with Alzheimer's
...national Conference on the Prevention of Dementia, sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association. Green, a medical doctor and professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, led the team that conducted the study. The study focused on the psychological and behavioral impact of testing for the well-k...