NIH-supported research enables clinical trial to explore treatment for most common form of dementia Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015.  Scientists have found that a compound originally developed as a cancer therapy potentially could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease. The team demonstrated that the drug, saracatinib, restores memory loss and reverses[Read More…]

Program has more than 26,000 registered users SPRINGFIELD, Illinois –(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015.  The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) continues to be an important tool in combating the misuse of prescription drugs.  The PMP collects information on controlled substance prescriptions dispensed in Illinois.  The PMP web[Read More…]

Annual Report to the Nation shows that mortality and incidence for most cancers continue to decline Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015.  For the first time, researchers have used national data to determine the incidence of the four major molecular subtypes of breast cancer by age, race/ethnicity, poverty level, and several other[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015.  At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a judge has ordered L.A. Star Seafood Company Inc., located in Los Angeles, and its owners, Sima and Sam Goldring, to halt operations until they demonstrate to the FDA that they can process food in[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015.  An intervention to teach mothers of preterm infants how to interact with their babies more effectively results in better weight gain and growth for the infants, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. A subsequent study showed that infants who[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. The status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center has improved from serious to fair condition. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time. For more information, please see related links. About the NIH Clinical[Read More…]

Despite progress, the region remains vulnerable to resurgence of Ebola Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015.  One year after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began the largest international emergency response in agency history, the goal is the same: Get to zero new Ebola cases in West Africa. In a digital[Read More…]

Liberia–U.S. partnership planning Phase 3 trial and study of Ebola survivors Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015.  Two experimental Ebola vaccines appear to be safe based on evaluation in more than 600 people in Liberia who participated in the first stage of the Partnership for Research on Ebola Vaccines in Liberia (PREVAIL)[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015.  The Ebola virus circulating in humans in West Africa is undergoing relatively few mutations, none of which suggest that it is becoming more severe or transmissible, according to a National Institutes of Health study in Science. The study compares virus sequencing data from samples taken from[Read More…]

Findings add urgency to screening, treatment – NIH-funded study Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015.  The AIDS virus can genetically evolve and independently replicate in patients’ brains early in the illness process, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered. An analysis of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF), a window into[Read More…]