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Press Releases/News/What's
New
News and Press Releases
2007 Alerts
October
September
July
June
May
April
- Love
Your Heart: New NHLBI Resource Helps Women Reduce Heart Disease Risk —
20th anniversary edition of “The Healthy Heart Handbook” includes New
Statistics, Quizzes, and Charts, April 27, 2007
- NIH
Launches We Can! City Program: South Bend and Gary, Indiana, and Roswell,
Georgia, Are First To Be Named We Can! Cities Committed to Nationwide Effort to
Prevent Childhood Overweight, April 25, 2007
- Reducing
Sodium Decreases Long-Term Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, April 23, 2007
- NHLBI
Study: Having Elevated Risk Factors in Young Adulthood Significantly Raises
Risk of Coronary Calcium Later On, April 16, 2006
- Media
Availability: Effect of Hormone Therapy on Risk of Heart Disease May Vary by
Age and Years Since Menopause, Additional Analyses from the Women’s Health
Initiative, April 3, 2007
March
February
January
2006 Alerts
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
- April 24-30 is
TV-Turnoff Week—We Can! Offers Families Tips and Resources to Help Them
Turn Off the TV, April 21, 2006
- The Heart Truth Road
Show Travels to Three Cities—Tour Features Free Screenings and Counseling,
Health Information, and Designer Red Dresses on Display, April 18, 2006
- WHI Updated Analysis:
No Increased Risk of Breast Cancer with Estrogen-Alone, April 11, 2006
- National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute Adds New Resources on Heart Health, April 11, 2006
- Making Multiple
Lifestyle Changes is Beneficial, Achievable in Lowering High Blood
Pressure, April 3, 2006
March
February
- Sessions on Study
Results, Ongoing Extension Study, and Future Research Scientists and Study
Participants Gather at Conference on Scientific Contributions of the
Women’s Health Initiative - The Largest Study of Older Women’s
Health, February 22, 2006
- WHI Study Results:
Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements Offer Modest Bone Improvements, No Benefits
for Colorectal Cancer, February 15, 2006
- News from the Women's
Health Initiative: Reducing Total Fat Intake May Have Small Effect on Risk of
Breast Cancer, No Effect on Risk of Colorectal Cancer, Heart Disease, or
Stroke, February 7, 2006
- Having No Risk Factors
At Age 50 Greatly Improves Life Span and Diminishes Risk for Cardiovascular
Disease, February 6, 2006
- NHLBI to Launch
Framingham Genetic Research Study, February 6, 2006
- Landmark Hypertension
Treatment Study Launches Extensive Physician and Patient Education Program to
Improve Public Health, February 1, 2006
January
2005 Alerts
December
November
October
September
July
- NHLBI Study: High Blood
Pressure Not Well Controlled Among Older Men and Women, July 26, 2005
- Decline in Physical
Activity Plays Key Role in Weight Gain Among Adolescent Girls, July 14,
2005
- Menopause Symptoms May
Come Back After Stopping Menopausal Hormone Therapy, July 12, 2005
- Women’s Health
Study Finds Vitamin E does not Protect Women from Heart Attack, Stroke, or
Cancer, July 5, 2005
June
May
April
March
February
January
2004 Alerts
December
- Frequent Fast Food Meals
Increase Weight, Diabetes Risk, Study Says, December 30, 2004
- NIH Halts COX-2 Inhibitor
Cancer Prevention Trial, December 17, 2004
- Statement on Oral
Contraceptive Study from Barbara Alving, M.D., Director of the Women’s
Health Initiative and Acting Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute, December 15, 2004
November
- Similar Decline Over
Decades in CVD for People With and Without Diabetes (Diabetics: Still Twice the
Risk), November 23, 2004
- New Study Finds Link
Between Obesity and Atrial Fibrillation, November 23, 2004
- Portion Distortion Web
Site: Learn How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain by Watching Portion Sizes,
November 18, 2004
- No Increase in Deaths or
Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Patients Who Have a Pulmonary Artery
Catheter, November 9, 2004
- Young Adults who
Maintain Their Weight, Even if Overweight, Have Lower Risk Factor Levels for
Heart Disease in Early Middle Age, November 8, 2004
- ACE Inhibitors Not
Needed for Many Heart Disease Patients, According to New Study, November 7,
2004
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
- Scientists Compare Rat
Genome With Human, Mouse--Analysis Yields New Insights into Medical Model,
Evolutionary Process, March 31, 2004
- The Heart Truth Road
Show Exhibit Travels to 5 Cities, March 16, 2004
- NHLBI Study Finds
Implanted Defibrillator Reduces Heart Failure Deaths, March 8, 2004
- NIH Asks Participants in
Women’s Health Initiative Estrogen-Alone Study to Stop Study Pills, Begin
Follow-up Phase, March 2, 2004
February
2003 Alerts
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
February
January
2002 Alerts
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
April
February
2001 Alerts
December
November
October
September
August
June
May
April
February
January
2000 Alerts
December
October
September
August
July
-
Two NHLBI Studies
Confirm Finding of Gene in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, July 26, 2000
-
Statement from Claude
Lenfant, M.D., Director, National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute On
Discovery of the Gene for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, July 20, 2000
-
Innovative Program
Pairs Park and Recreation Centers with Nationwide NHLBI Obesity and Heart
Disease Prevention Effort, July 18, 2000
-
Surgeon General David
Satcher to Help Launch Innovative Heart Disease Prevention Program, July
14, 2000
-
Education Study
Increases Ambulance Use but Yields No Extra Improvement in Heart Attack Patient
Delay Time, July 4, 2000
June
-
Treating Hypertension
in the Patient with Type 2 Diabetes--Statement by Claude Lenfant, M.D.,
Director National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, May 30, 2000
-
NIH to Hold Workshop
on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cardiovascular, Lung, and Blood
Research , June 8, 2000
May
March
January
-
Statement From
Claude Lenfant, M.D., NHLBI Director, on Systolic Blood Pressure, Deaths, and
Treatment Guidelines, January 13, 2000
- Expert Panel Identifies
Major Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Medical Implant Retrieval and
Analysis, January 12, 2000
- NIH Conference to
Assess State of Medical Implants Research Information on Implant Performance
Lacking in the U.S., January 5, 2000 update of December 17, 1999
1999 Alerts
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
April
March
February
January
1998 Alerts
December
November
October
September
August
June
March
1997 Alerts
November
October
September
July
April
March
February
January
Previous Alerts
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Antihypertensive
Therapy Reduces Strokes and Heart Attacks in Diabetics, Dec. 17, 1996
- Studies Show Lifestyle
Changes Benefit Blood Pressure, Nov. 13, 1996
- NHLBI Cord Blood
Transfusion Study Begins, Oct. 3, 1996
- NHLBI Scientists Find Link
Between Common Virus and Restenosis, Aug, 28, 1996
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
Can Provide Cure for Sickle Cell Disease, Aug. 7, 1996
- NHLBI Study Reports Improved
Blood Safety, Jun. 26, 1996
- Need for Early,
Aggressive Hypertension Treatment, May 21, 1996
- School Trial Lowers
Students' Fat Intake, Boost Physical Activity, Mar. 13, 1996
- Bypass Over Angioplasy for Patients With
Diabetes: Bypass Surgery Results in Lower Death Rates for Diabetics
- Calcium Channel Blockers
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