All News
|
Research Feature
Joncita Todechine, a mother of four who lives on the Navajo Nation, knows all too well what can trigger asthma symptoms in her daughter Ashley. But she didn’t always. She recalls a time in 2013, living in Phoenix and attending medical assistant school, when she rushed her then-three-year-old to the Indian Medical Center. “She was really sick,”...
Showing 10 out of 1704 results
|
NHLBI in the Press
A very large NHLBI-funded whole-genome sequencing study of drug response in minority children revealed new clues about why the front-line asthma drug albuterol does not work as well for African-American and Puerto Rican children as it does for European American or Mexican children.
|
NHLBI in the Press
Researchers are reporting that the reactivity of platelets—cells involved in forming blood clots—may be a useful marker in the future for predicting heart disease risk in apparently healthy people and may provide an important target for prevention.
|
NHLBI in the Press
An NHLBI-funded study suggests that a healthy diet may not offset the effects of a high salt intake on blood pressure.
|
NHLBI in the Press
New NHLBI-funded research shows how the interaction between the nervous and the immune systems occurs in deadly lung infections. The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, provide an enticing clue into a complex interplay between two systems traditionally viewed as disconnected.
|
NHLBI in the Press
Researchers have found that temporarily increasing the dosage of inhaled steroids when asthma symptoms begin to worsen does not effectively prevent severe flare-ups, and may be associated with slowing a child’s growth, challenging a common medical practice involving children with mild-to-moderate as
|
NHLBI in the Press
Blood vessels become stiffer with age due to the gradual loss of a stretchy protein called elastin, leading to an increased risk of cardiovascular complications such as sudden death, stroke and heart attack in older adults.
|
NHLBI in the Press
Using the technique known as gene-environment interaction analysis, a new NHLBI-funded study has identified dozens of new genetic variations that affect blood pressure.
|
NHLBI in the Press
An NHLBI-funded study found that young women who report heart attack symptoms are more likely to have them dismissed by their providers as not heart related.
|
NHLBI in the Press
Results of an observational study show that among hospitalized patients with a condition called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a systolic blood pressure level less than 120 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) is associated with poor outcomes, including a higher risk of death.