Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
A small study found that male children with autism had larger brain weights and 67% more prefrontal brain neurons than children without autism, scientists from the NIH-UCSD School of Medicine Autism Center of Excellence, La Jolla, Calif., reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). The small preliminary study ...
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health have announced a joint, large-scale, national study of tobacco users to monitor and assess the behavioral and health impacts of new government tobacco regulations. The initiative, called the Tobacco Control Act National Longitudinal Study of Tobacco Users, is ...
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Saturday, October 8th, 2011
According to this week's announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health, a joint, large-scale, national study, the 'Tobacco Control Act National Longitudinal Study of Tobacco Users' will be conducted monitoring and assessing smoker's behavioral and health impacts of new government tobacco regulations...
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
The number of children aged 4 to 17 years being prescribed ADHD medications in the USA has been steadily rising since 1996, researchers from the NIH (National Institutes of Health) and AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) have reported in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The authors wrote ...
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011
According to an investigation set to be published in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, an international group of investigators report the findings of five new genes that affect risk of developing coronary artery disease (CAD) and heart attacks. The investigation was funded by the British Heart Foundation and the National ...
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