News Releases - 2013
Here you will find press releases, media advisories, and media notes produced by NIMHD, as well as NIH. These offer a glance into the research, medical advances, and activities that define NIMHD.
December
- NIH to fund research workforce diversity program
- Revised autism screening tool offers more precise assessment
- Tobacco, drug use in pregnancy can double risk of stillbirth
- Gene-silencing data now publicly available to help scientists better understand disease
- NIH-funded study shows increased survival in men with metastatic prostate cancer who receive chemotherapy when starting hormone therapy
November
October
August
- 2013 Avant-Garde Awards explore HIV without AIDS, protective genes
- Increased risk of neurological, cognitive deficits in youth with HIV
July
- NIH-funded study suggests that moving more may lower stroke risk
- NIH scientists find that proteins involved in immunity potentially cause cancer
- Urine test can diagnose, predict kidney transplant rejection
June
- Fact sheet: Impact of Sequestration on the National Institutes of Health
- NIH begins recruitment for long-term study of diabetes drug efficacy
May
- NIH funds studies to improve type 2 and prediabetes treatment
- Type 1 diabetes network expands reach with online sign-up, nationwide testing
- NIH study provides clarity on supplements for protection against blinding eye disease
April
- New genetic link found between normal fetal growth and cancer
- NIH-funded researchers create next-generation Alzheimer's disease model
March
February
- First grade math skills set foundation for later math ability
- Immune system protein in semen boosts HIV spread in female genital tissue
- Bevacizumab significantly improves survival for patients with recurrent and metastatic cervical cancer
- NIH urges women to protect their heart health and to encourage others to do the same