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NHLBI honors World AIDS Day
Researchers share insight about strategies being studied to support the cardiovascular health of people living with HIV When Tom Ortiz was diagnosed with HIV more than 30 years ago, he felt like he was handed a death sentence. “In the early days, if AIDS didn’t kill you a heart attack would,” said Ortiz, a community health worker in Ohio. “It was...
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High Blood Cholesterol
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Today, many people know that a diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol can lead to clogged arteries and heart attacks, but that was not always common knowledge. The landmark Framingham Heart Study of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), begun in 1948, helped identify the...
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Reducing the Burden of Sickle Cell Disease
Meeting 26-year old Tiffany McCoy, a bubbly and happy mother, you would never know that she has a serious disease. She is one of about 100,000 Americans with sickle cell disease. Her life, like that of many others with sickle cell disease, has been immeasurably improved because of research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
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Reducir la prevalencia de la anemia de células falciformes
In English Al conocer a Tiffany McCoy, una madre feliz y efusiva de 26 años, nadie pensaría que tiene una enfermedad grave. Ella es uno de cerca de 100.000 estadounidenses con anemia de células falciformes. Su vida, así como la de muchas otras personas con anemia de células falciformes, ha mejorado enormemente gracias a las investigaciones...
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Brighter Prospects for Premature Babies
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In August 1963, the younger son of President and Mrs. Kennedy died of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, who was born 5½ weeks prematurely and weighed only 4 pounds, 10½ ounces, lived for less than two days. Because his lungs were not fully developed, breathing was for...
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Preguntas y respuestas sobre tratamiento de la anemia de células falciformes
In English Preguntas ¿Qué es el rasgo de células falciformes? ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre el rasgo de células falciformes y la anemia de células falciformes? ¿Qué significa que alguien tenga el rasgo de células falciformes? ¿Qué investigación se está llevando a cabo para entender mejor el rasgo de células falciformes? ¿Qué es el rasgo de células...
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Questions and answers about sickle cell trait
Questions What is sickle cell trait? What is the difference between sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease? What does it mean if someone has sickle cell trait? What research is being done to better understand sickle cell trait? What is sickle cell trait? Sickle cell trait occurs when a person carries a single copy of the sickle globin gene...
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Economic stimulus fuels NIH search for genetic disease signatures
Today, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), one of the National Institutes of Health, announced a "Grand Opportunity" Large-Scale DNA Sequencing Project that will spend more than $64 million over two years to identify genetic connections to heart, lung, and blood diseases that account for three of the four leading causes of death...
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Backgrounder: NHLBI Large-Scale DNA Sequencing Project population studies
The $63 million NHLBI Large-Scale DNA Sequencing Project is a "Grand Opportunity" Recovery Act project that will find genetic signatures for heart, lung, and blood diseases that account for 3 of the 4 leading causes of death in the United States. President Barack Obama announced the award September 30, 2009, as part of the $5 billion in new...