National Institutes of Health News

What: A new study, supported in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, suggests that a combination of mobile technology and remote coaching holds promise in encouraging healthier eating and physical activity behavior in adults.

Clinical Neurocardiology Section, Clinical Neurosciences Program, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1620, USA D, Clinical Neurocardiology Section, NINDS, NIH, 10 Center Drive MSC-1620, Building 10 Room 5N220, Bethesda, MD 20892-1620 USA E-mail: ... (more)

Dela Technology of Rockville won from the Defense Logistics Agency $44,175 for direct current motors, $63,588 for fuel-injection nozzle parts kits and $25,241 for metering and distributing fuel pumps.

The purpose of this study was to identify a possible dysfunction of the I3-aminobutyric acid-ergic system in Tourette patients, especially involving the basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical circuits and the cerebellum.

The federal IT community will hand the Children's Inn a big check that came from the annual gala held April 14.

The hormone progestin, often given as a first step in infertility treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome , appears to decrease the odds of conception and of giving birth, according to a study by a National Institutes of Health research network.

A study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that adults who eat chocolate on a regular basis are thinner than those who don't. The study's authors hypothesized that regular, modest consumption of chocolate might have metabolic benefits, and therefore be calorie-neutral. Researchers reviewed dietary and other information, including ... (more)

Queen's University professor Daren Heyland and his research team at the Kingston General Hospital Clinical Evaluation Research Unit received a grant from the National Institute of Health to advance research into meeting the nutrition needs of high risk, critically ill patients.

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Four district classrooms were treated last week for bedbugs, but the superintendent said the problem has not reached infestation level.

A Congolese woman and her child with malaria speak with a doctor at the Makpandu refugee camp January 14, 2011 outside of the town of Yambio, south Sudan.

Summary: National Institutes of Health-funded scientists have determined the genetic sequences of all 12 available strains of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria resistant to vancomycin-an antibiotic of last resort-and have demonstrated that resistance arose independently in each strain after it acquired a specific bit of genetic material called ... (more)

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the completion of the first complete human genome sequence - the genetic blueprint of the human body - the Smithsonian Institution will open a high-tech, high-intensity exhibit in 2013.

Poor quality antimalarial drugs lead to drug resistance and inadequate treatment that pose an urgent threat to vulnerable populations, according to a National Institutes of Health study published May 22 in The Lancet Infectious Diseasesjournal.

It is not known what percentage of genes with GAS motifs bind to and are regulated by STAT5.

A new national initiative promises to improve college biology education by engaging faculty members in an effort to change how post-secondary life sciences departments approach education.

Inhaling concentrated saline mist does not reduce how often infants and young children with cystic fibrosis need antibiotics for respiratory symptoms, according to findings from a clinical trial sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute , part of the National Institutes of Health.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is developing its first major exhibit on the human genome with a $3 million pledge from the philanthropic foundation of Life Technologies Corp.

The University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies has received a $7.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help eliminate health disparities.

While clinical drug trials aim to help people suffering from cancer, heart disease and other illnesses, the tests also produce an economic windfall for Maryland.