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NIH-supported findings also show cardiovascular risks and pregnancy complications can raise chances of hypertension years after childbirth A new study of first-time pregnant women found risk factors for heart disease, such as obesity and elevated blood sugar, can put expectant moms at higher risk for pregnancy complications and gestational diabetes...
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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...
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Division of Blood Diseases and Resources (DBDR) has reorganized its structure to reflect the research pathway — from laboratory investigations to clinical trials to real-world implementation studies, and back to basic investigations, with the various translational steps in between these areas....
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A long-term study of children with a potentially life-threatening heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) found that the risk of death or need for immediate heart transplantation was greatest for those who developed certain subtypes of this disease as infants with congestive heart failure and for children who also had inborn errors...
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National Institutes of Health- (NIH) supported research is shedding light on how sleep and lack of sleep affect the human body. The NIH and its partners will continue to work together to advance sleep research. Download an accessible PDF version of the infographic .