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Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Alzheimer's in a petri dish
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A new tool, called 'Alzheimer's in a dish,' may help researchers better understand Alzheimer's disease as well as some of the changes that occur within the brain of adults with dementia, reports a story recently published in Smithsonian. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
January Issue of NIH News in Health Now Available
The January issue of NIH News in Health is now available.
Featured stories include "Blood Pressure Matters: Keep Hypertension in Check" and "Online Weight Management Gets Personal: NIH Body Weight Planner". Also, check out the health capsules and the featured Web site. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Climate change's diffusion at 50!
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While scientists first warned about climate change from human activities 50 years ago, recent signs suggest more acceptance by non-scientists regarding the mounting evidence and a need to intervene, suggests an editorial recently published in Science. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Coffee and health
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Coffee consumption may reduce mortality risks, suggests a comprehensive study recently published in Circulation. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: A successful meningitis vaccine
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A bacterial meningitis vaccination program in 15 African nations may end a once-deadly epidemic of the infectious disease within the region, suggests an article recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: NIH MedlinePlus Magazine Fall 2015
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The new edition of NIH MedlinePlus magazine covers precision medicine, delirium in hospitals, as well as migraines. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
December Issue of NIH News in Health Now Available
The December issue of NIH News in Health is now available.
Featured stories include "Coping with Caregiving: Take Care of Yourself While Caring for Others" and "Halting Hypothermia: Cold Can Be Dangerous". Also, check out the health capsules and the featured Web site. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: International efforts to understand the human brain
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Researchers representing nine programs in several nations are working together to revolutionize the scientific understanding of the human brain, explains a perspective recently published in Science. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Human genome project is 25!
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The human genome project changed how science is conducted in addition to providing a fresh understanding of human disease, note three of the project's pioneers in a recent commentary within Nature. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Diabetes:Human genome project is 25!
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The estimated number of Americans with diabetes did not increase between 2008-2012 and undiagnosed diabetes may be declining, suggest a recent commentary within Nature. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Family health portrait
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It's the time of the year when many families are together to enjoy the blessings of the season. One free — but valuable — gift you might give to yourself and your family members is to complete a family health portrait. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - November 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Diabetes: A glimmer of progress?
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The estimated number of Americans with diabetes did not increase between 2008-2012 and undiagnosed diabetes may be declining, suggest a comprehensive study and editorial recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - November 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This Thanksgiving, celebrate Family Health History Day
This Thanksgiving, cook up your unique recipe for wellness and disease prevention and create a family health portrait using the Family History Health tool created by the U.S. Surgeon General with help from the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Why is it important to discuss your family’s health history? Diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease are often inherited, meaning that they run in families. Tracing illnesses suffered by your parents, grandparents and other blood relatives can help your healthcare practitioner predict your risk for specific diseases and...
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - November 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
