Press Release Archives

April 22-30, 2007

• Love Your Heart: New NHLBI Resource Helps Women Reduce Heart Disease Risk, April 27, 2007
• NIDA Experts to Discuss Latest Science on Stimulant Abuse at ASAM Annual Scientific Meeting, April 25, 2007
• NIH Launches We Can! City Program, April 25, 2007
• NIDCD Director to Be Named First Recipient of International Scientific Organization's Distinguished Service Award, April 24, 2007
• Cortex Area Thinner in Youth with Alzheimer's-Related Gene, April 23, 2007
• Statement of B. F. (Lee) Hall, M.D., Ph.D., and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., on Africa Malaria Day and Malaria Awareness Day, April 25, 2007, April 23, 2007
• Reducing Sodium Decreases Long-Term Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, April 23, 2007
• Study Links Faulty DNA Repair to Huntington's Disease Onset, April 22, 2007

April 15-21, 2007

• NIH Pain Consortium Meeting to Look at Advances in Pain Research, April 20, 2007
• NIDA Highlights State of the Science on Addiction and Mental Illnesses, April 19, 2007
• Researchers Find That Childhood Sarcoma Increases Risk of Blood Clots, April 18, 2007
• Decrease in Breast Cancer Rates Related to Reduction in Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy, April 18, 2007
• NIBIB Symposium Celebrates Fifth Anniversary, April 17, 2007
• NHLBI Study: Having Elevated Risk Factors in Young Adulthood Significantly Raises Risk of Coronary Calcium Later On, April 16, 2007
• NIH Launches Study to Assess Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents, April 16, 2007
• Researchers Discover Gene Crucial for Nerve Cell Insulation, April 16, 2007
• Dancers, Genome Scientists Invite Media to Preview New Dance,Ferocious Beauty:Genome, April 16, 2007
• Anthony S. Fauci Awarded the Highest Honor of the Association of American Physicians, April 15, 2007

April 8-14, 2007

• Gleevec Decreases Cancer Recurrence for Patients with Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, April 12, 2007
• Analysis of Rhesus Monkey Genome Uncovers Genetic Differences With Humans, Chimps, April 12, 2007
• Salivary Diagnostic Device Shows Promise, April 11, 2007
• Scientists Implicate Gene in Vitiligo and Other Autoimmune Diseases, April 10, 2007
• NIH Director's Council of Public Representatives Welcomes Four New Members, April 10, 2007

April 1-7, 2007

• Tai Chi Boosts Immunity to Shingles Virus in Older Adults, NIH-Sponsored Study Reports, April 6, 2007
• Researchers Identify Gene Involved in Dog Size, April 5, 2007
• Computer-Aided Detection Reduces the Accuracy of Mammograms, April 5, 2007
• Low-dose Steroid Combined with Lenalidomide Prolongs Survival Compared with High-dose Steroid for Multiple Myeloma Treatment, April 4, 2007
• NIDA Meeting to Look at Drug-Impaired Decision-Making and HIV Transmission, April 4, 2007
• Effect of Hormone Therapy on Risk of Heart Disease May Vary by Age and Years Since Menopause, April 3, 2007
• National Cancer Institute Hosts Symposium on Chromosome Biology, April 3, 2007
• NIDA-Supported Study Shows Significant Association between Smoking, Mental Disorders in Pregnant Women, April 3, 2007
• NIH and Institut Pasteur Extend Collaboration Agreement for HIV-1 Diagnostics, April 3, 2007
• Rapid Response was Crucial to Containing the 1918 Flu Pandemic, April 2, 2007
• Barbara Alving Named Director of NIH's National Center for Research Resources, April 2, 2007
• Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., Named Director of NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, April 2, 2007
• Intensive Psychotherapy More Effective Than Brief Therapy for Treating Bipolar Depression, April 2, 2007
• NIAID Expands Capability for Influenza Research and Surveillance, April 2, 2007
• NIDA Study Identifies Genes That Might Help Some People Abstain From Smoking, April 2, 2007
• NIDA Survey Shows Lack of Substance Abuse Treatment Options for Offenders, April 2, 2007
• Researchers Discover a Common Variation in a Gene Segment that Increases the Risk for Prostate Cancer, April 1, 2007
• Immunosuppressant Drug Prevents Tobacco Induced Lung Cancer in Mice, April 1, 2007