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As lead levels decline in American Indians' blood, heart health benefits rise
A decade-long decline in the lead levels of American Indians ' blood has resulted in reduced blood pressure and heart failure, new research from the National Institutes of Health revealed Thursday. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Reduced blood lead levels linked to lower blood pressure in American Indians
Reductions correlated with long-term cardiovascular health improvements in NIH-funded study. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - January 10, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

NIH-supported researchers create single-cell atlas of the placenta during term labor
Resource informs research on communication between maternal and fetal cells. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - January 10, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Reduced drug use is a meaningful treatment outcome for people with stimulant use disorders
NIH-supported findings suggest the need to expand definitions of addiction treatment success beyond abstinence. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - January 10, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

A common marker of neurological diseases may play role in healthy brains
NIH-funded research could change how we think about the causes of disorders like Parkinson ’s. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - January 9, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Using Games to Explore the Mind
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the non-profit organization The Many Brains Project partnered with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program to adapt a series of new game-like tasks that are now part of the All of Us Research Program ’s participant experience. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - January 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Cochlear nerve damage associated with tinnitus
People with chronic tinnitus were more likely to have signs of damage to their cochlear nerve than people without the condition. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - January 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tracking organ aging and disease
Researchers found that proteins in the blood can be used to track the aging of individual organs, and that faster organ aging increased the risk of disease and death. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - January 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Anti-diabetes drugs may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer
People with diabetes who took drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists had a lower risk of colorectal cancer compared with those prescribed other diabetes drugs. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - January 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Residential addiction treatment for adolescents is scarce and expensive
NIH-supported analysis finds just seven states had a facility that accepted Medicaid, had a bed open the same day, and offered buprenorphine. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - January 8, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Massive study of dog aging likely to lose funding
Scientists who study aging are howling about the possible demise of one of the field’s biggest studies, the Dog Aging Project. The effort has been probing cognitive and physical aspects of aging in about 50,000 dogs and is running a clinical trial to test a drug that may boost the animals’ longevity. But organizers say the project will probably lose funding this year from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), which has furnished at least 90% of its annual budget, now about $7 million. “It is a big loss if this project in dogs does not continue,” says gerontologist João Pedro de Magalhães of the University ...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Vincerx Pharma Announces Compelling Clinical Efficacy of Enitociclib in Combination with Venetoclax and Prednisone in Lymphoma
Investigators from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) report 2 partial responses (PR) in 3 peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) patients and 1 PR in 2 double-hit diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (DH-DLBCL) patients in ongoing dose-escalation trial of enitociclib in combination with venetoclax and…#nih #vincerx #paloalto #vincerxpharma #cdk9 #ahmedhamdy #nonhodgkin #ianflinn #phd #vip236 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

People taking Wegovy and Ozempic have lower risk of suicidal thoughts vs. older drugs, study finds
People taking the popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and had a lower risk of suicidal thoughts than those taking other medications to treat the same conditions, a new federal study finds. The research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, was published Friday and comes as European…#nih #rongxu #casewestern #glp1 #ema #novonordisk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Semaglutide associated with lower risk of suicidal ideations compared to other treatments prescribed for obesity or type 2 diabetes
NIH-funded analysis finds patients treated with semaglutide had 49% to 73% lower risk of suicidal ideation than those given other medications. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - January 5, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Ozempic and Wegovy Users Had Less Risk of Suicidal Thoughts in Large Study
The research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, may reassure some patients after a European drug safety agency raised concerns last year. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Suicides and Suicide Attempts Semaglutide (Drug) Ozempic (Drug) Obesity Research Source Type: news