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Bacteria in Household Dust May Trigger Asthma Symptoms

...alth and Human Services. It is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov. ...

Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In U.S.

... The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies. For more i...

Female volunteers prepare for a second 'bedrest'

...s due to begin in September, ESA, the French space agency CNES and the MEDES Institute are looking for twelve new female volunteers from the European Union. " The international aspect of the selection process is equally important in terms of the psychological factors we will be studying ," explains Peter J...

Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreading in Uganda

... research arm of the federal government. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service...alth and Human Services. It is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and investigates ...

Drug Offers Alternative to Surgical Treatment After Miscarriage

... research arm of the federal government. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service...alth and Human Services. It is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and investigates ...

Depression gene may weaken mood-regulating circuit

... of Health (NIH), the Federal Government's primary agency for biomedical and behavioral research. NIH is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. * Information on Depression http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/depressionmenu.cfm ** Gene More Than Doubles Risk of Depression Fo...

Cancer drug slows poxvirus in mice

...component of the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, influenza, tuberculosis, malaria and illness...

Census of Marine Life explorers surprised by diversity, density of Arctic creatures

...l Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, an agency of the US Department of Commerce) sailed aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy with 24 scientists from four countries (the US, Canada, Russia and China). Eleven of the scientists are engaged in the Census of Marine Life (www.CoML.org), an independe...

UN environmental agency steps up battle against marine pollution

...reement signed by the United Nations environmental agency and an international treaty body controlling hazardous wastes. The Memorandum of Understanding, signed last week in Nairobi, Kenya, by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Seas Programme and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Cont...

FDA Warns About Antipsychotic Drugs and Elderly

...tic medications in all three chemical classes, the agency has concluded that the effect is probably related ... not been studied in the dementia population. The agency is considering adding a warning to the labeling of older antipsychotic medications because limited d...

FDA Works To Speed The Advent Of New, More Effective Personalized Medicines

...guidance and the new pharmacogenomic Web page, the agency also reminded the public of the April 11 to 13 meeting being held at the Mariott Hotel in Bethesda , MD on pharmacogenomics issues. The meeting is being sponsored jointly by FDA and the Drug Information Association. The joint FDA/DIA meeting, "Pharma...

Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny

...ministration as cosmetics and color additives, the agency has not traditionally regulated them, letting the task fall to local jurisdictions, according to a fact sheet issued by the FDA Office of Cosmetics and Colors http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-204.html. This effectively gives a tattoo artist license ...

New Drugs For Bad Bugs: UF Approach Could Bolster Antibiotic Arsenal

...according to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency warns that unless problems are detected early and swift action taken to find substitute drugs, previously treatable diseases could again emerge in more virulent forms. Public health officials cite antibiotic resistance as a growing problem for a host...

Wiley announces publication of Databasing the Brain

...nating the Human Brain Project, a multi-government agency informatics initiative, he is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American College of Medical Informatics, and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Shankar Subramaniam, Ph.D., is a Professor in t...

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