NHLBI
Research and Policy Update
Number 8
August 2004
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NHLBI Web Site for the research community. The Updates will be
sent as needed, but no more than once a week.
Funding Updates
RFA-HL-05-001:
Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) in Vascular
Injury, Repair, and Remodeling
Receipt
Dates: Letter of Intent, April 11, 2005
Application,May
11, 2005
RFA-HL-04-017: Specialized Centers for Cell-Based Therapy
Frequently Asked Questions
Special Instructions for
the Preparation of Grant Applications
PAS-04-149: Genetics
and Pathobiology of Vascular Cognitive Impairment
PA-04-145: School-Based
Interventions to Prevent Obesity
For
additional initiatives, please visit the following Web page:
NHLBI Grants and Contracts page
Policy Updates
Guidelines
for Consent Forms in Multicenter Clinical Studies
For additional
policy documents, please visit Funding /
Award Policy section on the following Web page:
Funding, Training, and Policies
Training Updates
No updates
or new training documents have been issued.
For more information
on training and career development programs, please visit the following
Web page:
Training and Career Development
Meetings
List
of upcoming meetings
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory
Council, September 2-3, 2004
Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative
Medicine, September 13-14, 2004
AHA/NHLBI 3rd Annual Workshop on Cardiovascular
Interventional MRI, November 8, 2004
For
more information on upcoming meetings, please visit the following Web
page:
Announcements of NHLBI Meetings, Conferences,
and Events
Reports
of past meetings
Sleep Disorders Research Advisory
Board Meeting Minutes, June 23, 2004
Cardiovascular Consequences
of Chronic Stress, NHLBI Working Group Executive Summary, June 14-15,
2004
Future Directions for
Hypertension Research, NHLBI Working Group, Executive Summary, May
24-25, 2004
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension:
Future Directions, Report of an NHLBI/ORD Workshop, March 3-4, 2003
For more information
on past meetings, please visit the following Web page:
Workshop and Meeting Summaries,
and Other Scientific Reports
Press Releases
The
Increasing Number of Adults with High Blood Pressure, August 23, 2004
Nucleic Acid-Amplification Testing Further
Safeguards Nation's Blood Supply, NHLBI Study Shows, August 18, 2004
For additional
Press Releases, please visit the following Web page:
Current Press Releases
Selected NHLBI Vacancies
Public
Health Advisor -- Office of Prevention, Education and Control; Bethesda,
MD
Note: There are often changes and additions to this list, for the most
current information, please visit the NHLBI
Jobs Opportunities page
Other Items of Interest
New
Dataset Available: The
Women's Angiographic and Estrogen Trial (WAVE)
WAVE examined the efficacy of estrogen replacement and antioxidant vitamins
for preventing angiographic progression of coronary artery disease. After
a mean interval of 2.8 years, neither HRT nor antioxidant vitamin supplements
provided cardiovascular benefit in postmenopausal women with coronary
disease. Instead, a potential for harm was suggested with each treatment.(JAMA
2002; 288:2432-40)
The Fourth Report on the
Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children
and Adolescents
On the basis of developing evidence, it is now apparent that primary hypertension
is detectable in the young and occurs commonly. The long-term health risks
for hypertensive children and adolescents can be substantial; therefore,
it is important that clinical measures be taken to reduce these risks
and optimize health outcomes. The purpose of this report is to update
clinicians on the latest scientific evidence regarding BP in children
and to provide recommendations for diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment
of hypertension based on available evidence and consensus expert opinion
of the working group when evidence was lacking.
2004 National Cholesterol
Education Month Kit
Cholesterol Month 2004 extends the theme, "Know your cholesterol
numbers, know your risk." This theme emphasizes two of the main thrusts
of the cholesterol guidelines: the importance of having your cholesterol
measured and knowing your risk of developing heart disease. The online
format of the kit makes it easy to access and disseminate information
on cholesterol.
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