National Institutes of Health News

National Institutes of Health News.

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  Wonder Spice

  By Courtney Rubin | Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:37 AM ET

  new cases. Less than 20 percent of people survive beyond five years after diagnosis.Curry to the rescue? Photo courtesy Carlos Lorenzo vi Read More

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  Helping Teens Kick the Habit

  By John Casey | Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  Division. Peterson and Kealey have papers on their work appearing in the most recent issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.The National Institutes of Health paid for the study of 2,100 teenage smokers from 50 high schools in Washington.The researchers used a "proactiv Read More

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  Mother-infant Bonding Patterns Same in Humans, Macaques

  By David Bois | Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  a 1 year-old human baby. Fuss all over them while you can, macaque moms—they grow up so fast!  Photo courtesy of laszlo-photo, via Flick Read More

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  Love Songs Certain to Drive the Ladies Batty

  By David Bois | Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:54 AM ET

  there are actually organized sequences within each phrase. They are made to attract and lure nearby females." Their study, made possible through National Institutes of Health support and currently published in the online journal PLoS ONE, found that the same species demonstrated a variety o Read More

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  $171 Million Grant Fosters Better Patient Care

  By John Casey | Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:56 PM ET

  total consortium members to 46. Organizing the efforts of these institutions is the National Center for Research Resources, which is part of the National Institutes of Health and has the goal of "working to accelerate the process that develops laboratory discoveries into treatments fo Read More

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  Sweet Nothings: Lack of Sweet Tooth May be Genetic

  By David Bois | Tue Aug 4, 2009 10:00 AM ET

  shot of looking great in that pair of jeans) may owe thanks to a pair of genes.As reported in ScienceNow by Constance Holden, a research team at the National Institutes of Health subjected a multi-ethnic test population to a taste test of solutions ranging from 0% to 4% sugar content, then aske Read More

  More like this in: Health, Europe, Diet, Ice Cream, Sugar, Science, Life & Style, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness
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  Raw Data and Public Records for All!

  By Steve Tanner | Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:34 PM ET

  health care, energy and education -- the three-legged stool of reform being advanced by the administration. Health care data would come from the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and the Census Bureau. This information, he points out in the interview, could b Read More

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• Supplement Slows Macular Degeneration

  By John Casey | Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:32 AM ET

  Zinc, which had been used in a previous study. AMD affects the macula, the part of the eye that allows you to see fine detail, according to the National Institutes of Health. AMD causes no pain. In some cases, the disease advances so slowly that people notice little change in their vision Read More

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  Riding the Short Bus

  By Mike Rohde | Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:45 AM ET

  develop their passions. Mooney’s advice is to "shed your expectations that he or she will learn and develop like the rest of the pack.” The National Institutes of Health estimates that 15 percent of the population is dyslexic. There is no cure for dyslexia, but that doesn’t stop peopl Read More

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