The NHLBI, Tobacco, and Health: 70 Years of Progress
The NHLBI 70th Anniversary Lecture Series is designed to highlight not only significant advancements in the field of heart, lung, blood, and sleep research, but to also provide a visionary perspective of the promising opportunities ahead including addressing some of the most compelling questions and critical challenges elicited in the 2016 NHLBI Strategic Vision. The lectures include presentations from thought leaders in the medical field. All clinicians, trainees including fellows, medical students, Ph.D. students, healthcare and research professionals, and interested members of the public. The fifth lecture in the series...
Source: Videocast - All Events - July 19, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Precision Medicine for the advancement of knowledge on heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) health and disease: exploring opportunities and addressing challenges using the All of Us Research Program-Day 1
The objective of this workshop will be to develop a scientific vision for studying HLBS conditions using the All of Us Research Program. We will identify key research priorities that will capitalize on the All of Us Research Program ’ s 1 million or more participants and help ensure optimal value for advancing precision medicine in heart, lung, blood, and sleep conditions. This platform of participant provided information (PPI), electronic health record (EHR) data, physical exam and biospecimen data presents an unprecedented opportunity to explore scientific questions of high impact that will advance the understanding of...
Source: Videocast - All Events - July 9, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
A protein that helps fish send covert electrical signals could inform new treatments for epilepsy
Fish known as "baby whales" possess a protein that enables them to communicate using electrical signals, and thus avoid predators. Turns out, this same protein exists in the hearts and muscles of humans, and a better understanding of its function could lead to improved treatments for heart ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 9, 2018 Category: Science Source Type: video
Precision Medicine for the advancement of knowledge on heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) health and disease: exploring opportunities and addressing challenges using the All of Us Research Program-Day 2
The objective of this workshop will be to develop a scientific vision for studying HLBS conditions using the All of Us Research Program. We will identify key research priorities that will capitalize on the All of Us Research Program ’ s 1 million or more participants and help ensure optimal value for advancing precision medicine in heart, lung, blood, and sleep conditions. This platform of participant provided information (PPI), electronic health record (EHR) data, physical exam and biospecimen data presents an unprecedented opportunity to explore scientific questions of high impact that will advance the understanding of...
Source: Videocast - All Events - July 6, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Speed of Sound, The FAST Files: Location Matters in Pericardial Effusions, Video 1 of 2
Christine Butts, MD, opens her FAST Files again to show how important location is in diagnosing pericardial effusions. This video shows the subxiphoid view and how nothing appears between the liver and heart. Read more in Dr. Butts’ column at http://bit.ly/SpeedSound. (Source: Emergency Medicine News - Video)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - Video - June 30, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: video
Speed of Sound, The FAST Files: Location Matters in Pericardial Effusions, Video 2 of 2
Christine Butts, MD, opens her FAST Files again to show how important location is in diagnosing pericardial effusions. This video shows a hypoechoic area between the heart and pericardium, an important clue. Read more in Dr. Butts’ column at http://bit.ly/SpeedSound. (Source: Emergency Medicine News - Video)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - Video - June 30, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: video
Speed of Sound, The FAST Files: Location Matters in Pericardial Effusions, Video 1 of 2
Christine Butts, MD, opens her FAST Files again to show how important location is in diagnosing pericardial effusions. This video shows the subxiphoid view and how nothing appears between the liver and heart. Read more in Dr. Butts’ column at http://bit.ly/SpeedSound. (Source: Emergency Medicine News - Video)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - Video - June 29, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: video
Speed of Sound, The FAST Files: Location Matters in Pericardial Effusions, Video 2 of 2
Christine Butts, MD, opens her FAST Files again to show how important location is in diagnosing pericardial effusions. This video shows a hypoechoic area between the heart and pericardium, an important clue. Read more in Dr. Butts’ column at http://bit.ly/SpeedSound. (Source: Emergency Medicine News - Video)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - Video - June 29, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: video
Clinical Cardiovascular Research Inspired by the NHLBI: A Personal Odyssey
The NHLBI 70th Anniversary Lecture Series is designed to highlight not only significant advancements in the field of heart, lung, blood, and sleep research, but to also provide a visionary perspective of the promising opportunities ahead including addressing some of the most compelling questions and critical challenges elicited in the 2016 NHLBI Strategic Vision. The lectures include presentations from thought leaders in the medical field. All clinicians, trainees including fellows, medical students, Ph.D. students, healthcare and research professionals, and interested members of the public.For more information go tohttps:...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn  t Hear About This Week  5/25/18
Your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all with funding from the National Science Foundation.
This week:
1. Researchers Operate Lab-Grown Heart Cells by Remote Control
2. What we inherited from our bug-eating ancestors
3. Hurricanes: Stronger, ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - May 25, 2018 Category: Science Source Type: video
ORWH Women's Health Seminar Series: Sex and the Head-Heart Connection
ORWH Women's Health Seminar Series
This presentation is designed to raise visibility of heart/brain co-morbidities seen through the lens of sex differences.For more information go tohttps://orwh.od.nih.gov/seminar-series/registerAir date: 6/7/2018 1:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 24, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Advancing population health: five propositions and a research agenda
NIH Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
Annual Robert S. Gordon Jr. Lecture
Population health has emerged as a framework for research and action to improve health and reduce health inequities. For her lecture, Dr. Diez Roux will discuss what a population health approach means, posit five facts about population health and their implications for scientific understanding and policy, and highlight key components of a population health research agenda.
Dr. Diez Roux is internationally known for her research on the social determinants of health and the study of how neighborhoods affect health. Her work on neighborhood health effe...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 22, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
The 2nd Annual Saunders-Watkins Memorial Lecture - Uniting the Vision for Health Equity through Partnerships
The Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS), a part of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), fosters and supports an integrated portfolio of late-stage T4 translation research, implementation science, and related research training in heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) disorders. CTRIS serves as a strategic focal point at NHLBI to identify optimal research strategies for the delivery of evidence-based interventions which, when scaled up, will improve population level health for all and reduce related health inequities. An important part of the CTRIS mission is the commitment to r...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 14, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
