01/13/09
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National Children's Study Begins Recruiting Volunteers
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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. At a briefing, NIH officials announced that the first phase of recruitment for the study will begin in Duplin County, North Carolina, and Queens, New York. |
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01/12/09
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National Children's Study Announcement of Study Launch - Speaker's Prepared Remarks
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Dr. Duane Alexander: Good morning. Thank you for joining us for another in our continuing series of periodic updates on the progress of the National Children’s Study. It’s not an accident that I use the term “progress.” I’m happy to report that after 8 years of intensive research and planning, the National Children’s Study will recruit its first volunteer study participants. |
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10/29/08
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Earlier Jaundice Treatment Decreases Brain Injury In Preemies
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A study from a National Institutes of Health research network found that an early treatment to prevent severe newborn jaundice in extremely early preterm infants reduced the infants’ rate of brain injury, a serious complication of severe jaundice. |
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06/19/08
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Surgeon General's Conference Outlines Agenda to Prevent Preterm Birth
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Experts convened by the National Institutes of Health for the Office of the Surgeon General released an agenda today for activities in the public and private sectors to reduce the nation’s rate of preterm birth. The agenda calls for a national system to better understand the occurrence of preterm birth and a national education program to help women reduce their chances of giving birth prematurely. |
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05/07/08
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Mothers' High Normal Blood Sugar Levels Place Infants at Risk for Birth Problems
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Pregnant women with blood sugar levels in the higher range of normal—but not high enough to be considered diabetes—are more likely than women with lower blood sugar levels to give birth to babies at risk for many of the same problems seen in babies born to women with diabetes during pregnancy, according to a study funded in large part by the National Institutes of Health. |
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04/16/08
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NIH Study Reveals Factors That Influence Premature Infant Survival, Disability
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Based on observations of more than 4,000 infants, researchers in an NIH newborn research network have identified several factors that influence an extremely low birth weight infant’s chances for survival and disability. The findings offer new information to physicians and families considering the most appropriate treatment options for this category of infants. |
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