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People living in Haiti have long been known for their resilience – through political turmoil, natural disasters, and harrowing poverty. Looming health problems also affect many of the 11 million residents who call this Latin American country home. Almost 1 in 3 adults, including many under 30, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, have high blood...
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Gene Scan IDs Heart Disease Risk [embed type:node embed_type:image id:1868 align:right]High blood cholesterol and triglycerides are known risk factors for heart disease. However, it is unclear how much of the risk for either is inherited. To address this question, scientists analyzed DNA from more than 100,000 people in a search for genetic...
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Below are summaries of 36 key research findings published in fiscal year 2011 that advanced our knowledge of blood, cardiovascular, and lung diseases. All studies had funding support from the NHLBI. Note: The photos on this page are not for public use. Lung Diseases Antibiotic Helps Control COPD Attacks [embed type:node embed_type:image id:1892...
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has launched an $87.2 million international research program to extend a highly successful program assessing blood banking and transfusion medicine. Research conducted under the seven-year program will focus on improving transfusion benefits and reducing its...
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Nine studies focus on heart, lung, and blood diseases The National Institutes of Health has funded nine new studies that will develop induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, from patients with genetic variations that have been associated with coronary artery disease, pulmonary hypertension, clotting disorders, diabetes, and other conditions...
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has launched a program to help translate basic discoveries into successful treatments. The Science Moving towArds Research Translation and Therapy program, or SMARTT, will support the transition of potential new therapies for heart, lung, and blood diseases from discovery in the lab to the...
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Scientific advances that benefit the public health are only as good as their ability to reach the public. Oftentimes, though, the people most at need for those interventions and advances–such as inner city African-American communities—are also the most difficult to reach. [embed type:node embed_type:image id:3056 align:left]Dr. Tiffany Powell-Wiley...
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[embed type:node embed_type:image id:1075 align:right]Pulmonary hypertension is a disease in which pressure rises in the arteries that carry oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs. Symptoms include shortness of breath during light physical activity (for example, climbing a flight of stairs), tiredness, chest pain, and a racing heartbeat. As...
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The human heart is an amazing biological machine controlled by an internal electrical system that produces about 100,000 beats a day. When abnormal electrical activity causes the heart to beat too quickly, too slowly, or erratically, the condition is called an arrhythmia. Although most arrhythmias are harmless, some can interfere with the heart's...
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Blood has been called the river of life, and for good reason. Blood transports life-sustaining oxygen and nutrients. Blood automatically forms a clot when we get cut. Blood helps our immune system fight off germs. Each year, nearly 5 million Americans need a blood transfusion. Fortunately, the vast majority of transfusions are effective and cause...
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The heart is the first organ to form and begin working in humans. More than two decades of research have told us a lot about normal heart development. New diagnostic tools such as fetal echocardiography now allow doctors to find heart defects during pregnancy. In 1950, a child born with a congenital heart defect had only a 20 percent chance of...