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Los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés) anunciaron hoy una subvención de $12 millones para proyectos de promoción de salud y participación comunitaria en regiones con minorías étnicas y raciales afectadas de manera desproporcionada por la pandemia de COVID-19. Con estos fondos, RTI International, una institución de...
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NHLBI in the Press
In a step toward personalized medicine, researchers are reporting that the use of genetic testing to guide selection of blood thinner medication led to a 34% decrease in the number of patients who had serious adverse events following balloon angioplasty, a common treatment for heart disease.
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NHLBI in the Press
After nearly a decade of decline, the death rate from lung clots is now on the rise, particularly among African Americans and people under the age of 65, researchers are reporting.
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NHLBI in the Press
Patients with sickle cell disease who use medical marijuana at home to reduce their pain tend to have fewer hospitalizations than those who do not use it, researchers are reporting.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers in Africa are reporting new insights into the genetic factors that may explain why some people with sickle cell anemia to have long-term survival into their 50s and 60s while others die in childhood.
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NHLBI in the Press
Oxygen therapy—used for diseases ranging from COPD to COVID-19—can damage the lungs due to oxygen-induced changes to the lung microbiome—the communities of bacteria and other microscopic organisms found the lung—according to a study conducted in mice.
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NHLBI in the Press
Young people who were tested for COVID-19 and vaped were five to seven times more likely to be infected than those who did not use e-cigarettes, according to new findings published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
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NHLBI in the Press
Clinicians appear to judge women harsher than men, particularly African American women, when deciding treatment recommendations, such as a heart transplant, for patients with advanced heart failure, according to an NHLBI-funded study.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers funded by NHLBI found that how quickly patients recover from COVID-19, as well as how severely ill they get appear linked to fundamental differences in individuals’ immune system responses to the virus.
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NHLBI in the Press
Doctors should do a comprehensive assessment of the cardiovascular health, and potential risks, of any patient who will undergo noncardiac surgery. This evaluation, which includes a medical history and physical examination, might predict complications during and after the surgery, NHLBI-funded resea