Announcements

Drug Abuse

• National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week
  When: March 19–25, 2006
  Where: Nationwide
  Institute: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

  On March 16, 2006, NIDA will participate in the kickoff press conference for the 14th annual National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week (NIPAW, March 19–26, 2006). Many household and office products cause intoxication when their vapors are inhaled. You're no doubt familiar with many of these substances—paint, glue, and others. But you might not know that more than 1,000 products are very dangerous when inhaled—things like typewriter correction fluid, air-conditioning refrigerant, felt tip markers, spray paint, air freshener, butane, and even cooking spray.
  
  
  Called "inhalants," these substances can have devastating side effects. They pose a particularly significant risk to young people because they are readily accessible, legal, and inexpensive. By the time a student reaches the 8th grade, one in five will have used inhalants. Young, white males have the highest usage rates. Hispanic and American Indian populations also show high rates of usage. More

  Next Steps
  For more information on the health risks of inhalant abuse, visit NIDA's inhalants Web site at http://inhalants.drugabuse.gov/.
  
  For information on this campaign and how to become involved in community action to prevent inhalant abuse, visit www.inhalants.org. or call (800) 269-4237.

Heart and Circulation

• 162,000 Women Contribute to Advance Health of Future Generations
  Institute: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

  The NIH Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), the largest study of women’s health ever undertaken in the U.S., was launched in 1991. The 15-year project involved almost 162,000 women, aged 50 to 79, at 40 clinical centers nationwide. It sought to identify strategies for preventing major chronic diseases among postmenopausal women. More

  Next Steps
  You can read about the study and its results by visiting the home page for study participants at www.whi.org/.
  
  The latest “selected findings” from the WHI are published at www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/index.html.

Women's Health

• 162,000 Women Contribute to Advance Health of Future Generations
  Institute: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

  The NIH Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), the largest study of women’s health ever undertaken in the U.S., was launched in 1991. The 15-year project involved almost 162,000 women, aged 50 to 79, at 40 clinical centers nationwide. It sought to identify strategies for preventing major chronic diseases among postmenopausal women. More

  Next Steps
  You can read about the study and its results by visiting the home page for study participants at www.whi.org/.
  
  The latest “selected findings” from the WHI are published at www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/index.html.

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