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Quitting smoking improves health in smokers of all ages.
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Learn about symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
January 23–29: Teens learn facts about drug use from scientific experts.
Find resources to help family, friends, and yourself build healthy habits this year.
A sampling of notable NIH-supported research accomplishments of 2016.
Causes, prevention and treatment.
A dashboard for everyday health maintenance.
Investigational Zika virus vaccine trial underway.
Treating depression during the winter months.
NIH is the nation’s medical research agency, supporting scientific studies that turn discovery into health.
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., provides leadership for the 27 institutes and centers that make up the NIH.
NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs.
Scientists conduct research on NIH campuses across the U.S., as part of our Intramural Research Program.
NIH provides training opportunities internally, as well as at universities and other institutions across the U.S.
The central recruitment point of access to all NIH jobs and training opportunities
A research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease.
Part of a Presidential focus aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain.
Learn about participating in clinical trials and where to find them.
Diabetes, obesity, cancer, asthma, and many other consumer health topics.
Learn how NIH is enhancing rigor and reproducibility in scientific research.
NIH’s project to capture an oral history of the research experience.
Learn about new research to understand environmental influences on child health.
NIH-supported research has had a major positive impact on nearly all of our lives.
Learn about the “Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-funded Workforce” program.
A bold new venture to help identify new treatments and cures for diseases.
Resources and interactive activities for teaching and learning about science.
Important initiatives aimed at improving medical research.
