http://www.nih.gov/news/ News Releases from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) en-us 60 http://www.nih.gov/images/nih50.gif http://www.nih.gov/news/ 50 50 http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/niddk-28.htm Reducing urinary incontinence can now be added to the extensive list of health benefits of weight loss, according to a clinical trial funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:00:00 EST 37808@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/niddk-28.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/ninds-28.htm Brain cells called astrocytes help to cause the urge to sleep that comes with prolonged wakefulness, according to a study in mice, funded by the National Institutes of Health. The cells release adenosine, a chemical known to have sleep-inducing effects that are inhibited by caffeine. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:45:00 EST 37708@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/ninds-28.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/niddk-26.htm In the United States, nearly 13 percent of adults age 20 and older have diabetes, but 40 percent of them have not been diagnosed, according to epidemiologists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whose study includes newly available data from an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:30:00 EST 37608@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/niddk-26.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/ncrr-26.htm The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded three contracts for pilot projects to improve informatics support for researchers conducting small- to medium-sized clinical studies. Each of the two-year contracts, which will total up to an estimated $4 million, represents a collaboration among individuals at three or more institutions that receive NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA). Administered by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), one of the CTSA program goals is to advance collaborations in clinical and translational research by interdisciplinary teams of investigators. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST 37508@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/ncrr-26.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/niddk-21.htm A formula used to measure kidney function in children with chronic kidney disease has been revised to make it more precise, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Mon, 21 Jan 2009 09:20:00 EST 37408@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/niddk-21.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/nia-16.htm Older adults are especially vulnerable to hypothermia, which can be deadly if not treated quickly. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has some advice to help older people avoid hypothermia. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:25:00 EST 37308@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/nia-16.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/NS-58.pdf NewsScan #58 examines the latest findings in drug abuse risk, prevention, and treatment and the link between pregnant women and smoking, sexual risk behavior and teens not attending college, lofexidine and its effects on opioid withdrawal symptoms, dopamine and striatal synaptic plasticity, substance abusers’ brain and its reaction to rewards, hormone processing in the brain and its relationship to drug abuse, defects in dopamine-regulating mechanism and cocaine-induced cellular stress and neural development. The National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:15:00 EST 37208@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/NS-58.pdf http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/nida-13.htm The vast majority of prisoners who could benefit from drug abuse treatment do not receive it, despite two decades of research that demonstrate its effectiveness, according to researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:00:00 EST 37108@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/nida-13.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/od-13.htm Dr. Raynard S. Kington, acting director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced the publication of the first Biennial Report of the Director, a document that provides an integrated portrait of NIH research activities. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:57:00 EST 37008@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/od-13.htm http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/nichd-13.htm The National Institutes of Health announced today that the National Children's Study will begin recruiting volunteers to take part in its comprehensive study of how genes and the environment interact to affect children's health. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:00:00 EST 36908@http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2009/nichd-13.htm