NIH announces 2013 High Risk-High Reward Research Awards

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to News Releases for National Institutes of Health (NIH).   NIH announces 2013 High Risk-High Reward Research Awards 09/30/2013 11:48 AM EDT NIH commits to 78 awards to support exceptional innovation in biomedical research. Update Your E-mail Address | Add Subscriptions | Unsubscribe If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact support@govdelivery.com. For all other inquiries about NIH programs and activities, please contact NIHinfo@od.nih.gov. Before writing, please view our Frequently Asked Questions page, our A-Z Health Topics page, or Search our website. This service is provided to you by the National Institutes of Health. NIH…Turning Discovery Into Health®  This email was sent to buzzhairs.health@blogger.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Institutes of Health (NIH) · 9000 Rockville Pike · Bethesda MD 20892 · 301-496-4000 / TTY 301-402-9612

NGC Update Service: September 30, 2013

September 30, 2013 New This Week Guideline Summaries American College of Chest Physicians Monitoring of nonsteroidal immunosuppressive drugs in patients with lung disease and lung transplant recipients: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Recommendations for antithrombotic agents for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care Recommendations on screening for depression in adults. This updates a previously published guideline summary. Catalan Agency for Health Information, Assessment and Quality Clinical practice guideline on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescents. Recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. This updates a previously published guideline summary. College of Family Physicians of Canada New Developer Primary care of adults with developmental disabilities. Canadian consensus guidelines. National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Antisocial behaviour and conduct disorders in children and young people: recognition, intervention and management. This updates a previously published guideline summary. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease. Management of hyperphosphataemia in patients with stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease. National Kidney Foundation KDOQI clinical practice guideline for diabetes and CKD: 2012 update This updates a previously published guideline summary. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Screening for HIV: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. This updates a previously published guideline summary. Announcements Annotated Bibliographies Feature NGC will be retiring the Annotated Bibliographies. This feature will no longer be available after October 9th. NGC Spotlight See the updated Mobile Device Resources page for information on the availability of full-text guidelines and/or companion documents available in downloadable versions for smart phones and hand-held devices. Revised Inclusion Criteria NGC has revised its Inclusion Criteria! Visit our updated Inclusion Criteria page to see the new criteria and send us your comments. Health Awareness Topics - October 2013 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see related guidelines and guideline synthesis) National Down Syndrome Awareness Month (see related guidelines) Conference News The Guidelines International Network North America (G-I-N NA) continues to sponsor a monthly webinar series on topics of interest to the North American guideline community. Information on upcoming webinars, as well as audio files and slides from past webinars, is available on the G-I-N Web site. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisories September 27, 2013: Tygacil (tigecycline): FDA notified health professionals and their medical care organizations of a new Boxed Warning describing an increased risk of death when intravenous Tygacil is used for FDA-approved uses as well as for non-approved uses. These changes to the Tygacil Prescribing Information are based on an additional analysis that was conducted for FDA-approved uses after FDA issuing a Drug Safety Communication about this safety concern in September 2010. September 25, 2013: Arzerra (ofatumumab) and Rituxan (rituximab): FDA approved changes to the prescribing information of the immune-suppressing and anti-cancer drugs Arzerra (ofatumumab) and Rituxan (rituximab) to add new Boxed Warning information about the risk of reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The revised labels also will include additional recommendations for screening, monitoring, and managing patients on these drugs to decrease this risk. NGC's Sister Resources Find Innovations and QualityTools classified by disease or clinical category, patient population, setting of care, stage of care, and more in AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange Web site. Look for Quality Measures in AHRQ's National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC).    How satisfied are you with this e-mail bulletin? Give Us Your Feedback Subscriber Services: Change Your Profile | Unsubscribe | Help Stay Connected: Contact Us | Social Media This email was sent to buzzhairs.health@blogger.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) · 540 Gaither Road · Rockville, MD 20850 · 301-427-1364

Study Evaluates Population-Wide Testing, Early Treatment for HIV Prevention

Visit us on the Web Follow us on Twitter Visit us on Facebook Follow us on LinkedIn Study Evaluates Population-Wide Testing, Early Treatment for HIV Prevention A new study in South Africa and Zambia will assess whether house-to-house voluntary HIV testing and prompt treatment of HIV infection, along with other proven HIV prevention measures, can substantially reduce the number of new HIV infections across communities. The trial, Population Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy to Reduce HIV Transmission (PopART), or HPTN 071, is sponsored and co-funded by NIAID. Learn more about the PopART study. Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact support@govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This email was sent to buzzhairs.health@blogger.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 6610 Rockledge Drive · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 866-284-4107

MedlinePlus Health News

ADHD and Medication 09/30/2013 09:35 AM EDT Source: HealthDay - Related MedlinePlus Pages: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Child Mental Health Why Ballet Dancers Can Spin without Getting Dizzy 09/29/2013 09:00 AM EDT Study found years of training suppressed signals of imbalance; findings could help those with chronic dizziness Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Dizziness and Vertigo Drug 'Molly' Is Taking a Party Toll in the United States 09/28/2013 02:13 AM EDT Artist and therapy student Anna and her friends marked a birthday in New York recently with a familiar ritual: They pumped up the electronic music, danced, and celebrated with a special guest called Molly. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Page: Club Drugs Drugged Driving Plays Major Role in Traffic Deaths 09/27/2013 04:00 PM EDT Alone or combined with alcohol, study finds it multiplies the risk for road fatalities Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Drug Abuse, Impaired Driving Teaching Sleep Tips to Parents Seems to Help Kids with Autism 09/27/2013 04:00 PM EDT Boosting exercise, limiting caffeine and reducing video games at bedtime are important Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Autism, Parenting, Sleep Disorders U.S. Physician Payments Vary Widely, Mysteriously 09/27/2013 03:12 PM EDT Private insurance companies across the U.S. pay doctors dramatically different amounts for the same routine office visits and services, according to a new study. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: Health Insurance, Health Occupations Immune Drugs Hold Hope of "Clinical Cure" for Deadly Skin Cancer 09/27/2013 02:27 PM EDT A new generation of drugs designed to trigger the immune system to fight cancer is offering the prospect of a "clinical cure" for some melanoma skin cancer patients who until a few years ago were more likely to be facing a swift death. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Page: Melanoma Healthy Eating Benefits Heart Failure Patients, Study Says 09/27/2013 02:00 PM EDT Low-sodium diet lowered high blood pressure after 3 weeks Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Dietary Sodium, Diets, Heart Failure Simple Method May Help Predict Tiny Preemies' Outlook 09/27/2013 02:00 PM EDT Canadian researchers develop model for assessing infants' risk of complications Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Premature Babies Scientists Gain Genetic Insight into Alzheimer's Disease 09/27/2013 02:00 PM EDT Study of mice builds on landmark findings from 1990s, researcher says Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Alzheimer's Disease, Genes and Gene Therapy Fine Muscle Control May Continue Developing into Teen Years 09/27/2013 02:00 PM EDT New finding paves way for improved therapy for kids with neurological disorders, researchers say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Neuromuscular Disorders, Teen Development Aging May Not Dull Decision-Making Skills, Study Finds 09/27/2013 12:00 PM EDT Accumulated knowledge helped seniors outperform young adults when faced with economic choices Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Seniors' Health Can Eating Peanut Butter Cut Breast Cancer Risk in Later Life? 09/27/2013 12:00 PM EDT Regular consumption in childhood tied to 39 percent lower odds of benign breast disease by age 30 Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Breast Cancer, Breast Diseases, Child Nutrition Smokers Have Higher Complication Risk After Colon Surgery, Study Finds 09/27/2013 12:00 PM EDT Current smokers had highest rates of pneumonia, infection Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: After Surgery, Colonic Diseases, Smoking Could Antidepressant Combat Lethal Lung Cancer? 09/27/2013 09:00 AM EDT Little-used depression drug shows early promise in lab, mice studies Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Antidepressants, Lung Cancer   This email was sent to buzzhairs.health@blogger.com. Follow MedlinePlus on Twitter   Search Cloud: See what people are searching for on MedlinePlus To change your subscription preferences or stop subscriptions anytime, log in to your User Profile with your e-mail address. For questions or problems with this service, please contact support@govdelivery.com. This is a free service provided by MedlinePlus and the U.S. National Library of Medicine, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. U.S. National Library of Medicine · 8600 Rockville Pike · Bethesda, MD 20894 · 888-346-3656

Plant Pigments Might Help Protect Your Bones / Dark Chocolate: A Valentine for Your Health / Omega-3s in Fish May Help Slow Biological Aging

Research news you can use from the editors of the Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter. September 30, 2013 Plant Pigments Might Help Protect Your Bones Natural pigments found in plants, called carotenoids, may help protect against bone loss in older men and women, according to new research led by Tufts epidemiologist Katherine Tucker, PhD. In addition to the familiar beta-carotene, Tufts researchers and colleagues at Boston University and Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston examined potential effects on bone mineral density of carotenoids including alpha-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lycopene and lutein plus zeaxanthin. The four-year study tracked changes in bone mineral density at two areas of the hip and lumbar spine of 213 men and 390 women, average age 75, participating in the Framingham Osteoporosis Study. Carotenoids, particularly lycopene, were associated with some level of protection against losses in bone mineral density at the hip in men and at the lumbar spine in women. No significant associations were observed at the other bone sites. The results suggest there is a protective effect of carotenoids against bone loss in older adults.   Read Full Article  Dark Chocolate: A Valentine for Your Health Many foods that nutrition scientists find are good for us can be difficult to love. Think of broccoli, which the first President Bush famously refused to eat. But then there's chocolate, which study after study reports has health benefits to match its deliciousness. The only trouble with chocolate, of course, is that it's also high in calories and fat. What's a sensible way to strike a balance between enjoying chocolate's health (and taste) benefits and minimizing its downsides? With the chocolate-giving holiday of Valentine's Day in mind, we posed that question to Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD, director of Tufts' HNRCA Antioxidants Research Laboratory and a noted expert on the health effects of the antioxidant polyphenol compounds found in chocolate. "The evidence that polyphenols-specifically the flavonoids and, especially, the flavanols-in chocolate have some health benefits continues to grow," says Blumberg. "The highest concentrations of these polyphenols are found in dark chocolate. Studies have particularly focused on cardiovascular endpoints like blood pressure and vascular reactivity. Indeed, enough data has now been generated from these studies that positive results have been demonstrated in several published systematic reviews and meta-analyses Read Full Article  Omega-3s in Fish May Help Slow Biological Aging   The omega-3 fats in fish oil, touted for their heart-health benefits, may have a bonus for heart patients: slowing biological aging at the cellular level. In a study of patients with stable coronary artery disease, those with the highest blood levels of omega-3s also showed the least shortening of telomeres, a sign of biological rather than chronological aging. Patients with the lowest omega-3 levels, on the other hand, had the fastest rate of telomere shortening when researchers compared measurements from the start of the study to five years later. Several studies have shown increased survival rates among individuals with established cardiovascular disease who consume more omega-3 fatty acids from fish. But the mechanisms underlying this protective effect are not well understood. Telomeres are a structure at the end of a chromosome involved in the replication and stability of the chromosome. Genetic factors and environmental stresses can shorten the length of a telomere, so telomere length is becoming an emerging marker of biological age.     Read Full Article  No ads. Just facts. Can you trust the health advice in publications or websites that contain as much ads as information? The Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter accepts no advertising, so you can count on us to get the story straight. Try a risk-free subscription today at a special introductory rate. What do you give the person who has everything?  How about the gift of health? A gift subscription to the Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter is a great way to show you care, all year long. Give a gift subscription today   and save 60% off the cover price!    Download a FREE issue of Tufts' Health and Nutrition Letter!            If you've been forwarded this newsletter, join our mailing list to receive your own copy.      www.TuftsBooks.com EXCLUSIVE ONLINE OFFER! SAVE $5! Now only $9.95  The best advice from the pages of the Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter, all in one book! Order NOW! www.tuftsbooks.com

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Pediatric Anxiety Seminar - RSVP today!

Local NIH Event     Next Event! Pediatric Mood Seminar: October 17, 2013, 7-8:30 pm, Understanding Severe Irritability, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation (DMDD) and Bipolar Disorder (BD) in Children & Youth Ages 8-17. Free to the public. For more information: http://patientinfo.nimh.nih.gov/Irritability.aspx.   Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your email address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact support@govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Mental Health. This email was sent to buzzhairs.health@blogger.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Institute of Mental Health · 6001 Executive Boulevard · Bethesda, MD 20892-9663 · 1-866-615-6464