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New Study Finds Direct Correlation between NIH Funding and Population Changes

Office of the Director - July 1, 2009

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on June 22, 2009, published an article titled, “NIH Funding Trajectories and Their Correlations with U.S. Health Dynamics from 1950 to 2004,” which explores the prospective effects of the NIH funding and its direct correlation with population changes in the risk of specific diseases.

In the article, authors Kenneth G. Manton, Xi-Liang Gu, Gene Lowrimore, Arthur Ullian, and H. Dennis Tolley examine four major chronic diseases: cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes. As part of their research, they identify four major shifts in U.S. national health between 1938 and 2004 that correlate with funding from the NIH, particularly from the NHLBI.

To learn more, please read the PNAS article.





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