Public Health E-News #173 - #231
"Keeping a Digital Finger on the Pulse of Public Health"

• Data. New HCUP Statistical Brief #187
• Leading Causes of Death. Diabetes: EARLY BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL LENGTHENS LIFE IN PEOPLE WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES; CHRONIC HIGH BLOOD SUGAR MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE DEVELOPING BRAIN OF YOUNG CHILDREN; Tobacco: State laws prohibiting sales to minors and indoor use of electronic nicotine delivery systems; Discussions between health care providers and their patients who smoke cigarettes;
• Adolescent Health. Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States; Teen dating violence: How peers can affect risk & protective factors; Teen Birth Rates in the U.S. from 1990 to 2008: The Role of State Policy, Women's Opportunity and Contextual Factors; Teen birth rates in the U.S. from 1990 to 2008: The role of state policy, women's opportunity and contextual factors. Women's Health Care; TEEN PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ABUSE, CIGARETTE, AND ALCOHOL USE TRENDS DOWN;
• AIDS/HIV. Recommendations for HIV prevention with adults and adolescents with HIV in the United States, 2014: Summary for health departments and HIV planning groups;
• Child Health. The state of the world's children 2015: Reimagine the future; Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Healthy Schools Program. 2014; Broken promises to our children: A state-by-state look at the 1988 state tobacco settlement 16 years later; Sickle cell trait toolkit; Overview of hospital stays for children in the United States; Vision Screening for Children 36 to <72 Months: Recommended Practices;
• Child Welfare. Child welfare outcomes 2009-2012: Report to Congress;
• Children with special health care needs. Taking Stock of the CSHCN Screener: A Review of Common Questions and Current Reflections;
• Ebola.http://www.bettycjung.net/Phsited.htm#Ebola (Hundreds of links now available);
• Health Economics. Government Insurance; Your Child's Health Care and the Affordable Care Act; The uninsured: A primer Key facts about health insurance and the uninsured in America;
• Maternal Child Health, Family Planning 2020. 2014; Adding it up: Investing in sexual and reproductive health; Early childhood mental health toolkit: Integrating mental health into the pediatric medical home; Final research plan: Breastfeeding Primary care interventions;
• Multiple Sclerosis. STEM CELL TRANSPLANTS MAY HALT PROGRESSION OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;
• Nutrition. LOW-GLYCEMIC DIETS MAY NOT IMPROVE CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES WHEN COMPARED TO HIGH-GLYCEMIC DIETS;
• Obesity. Guide to Community Preventive Services. 2014. Obesity prevention and control: Behavioral interventions that aim to reduce recreational sedentary screen time among children;
• Public Health. NIH COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH AGENCY GETS NEW NAME;
• Research Practice. STATEMENT ON THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT ON SHARING CLINICAL TRIAL DATA;
• Senior Health. DESPITE RISKS, BENZODIAZEPINE USE HIGHEST IN OLDER PEOPLE;
• Substance Abuse. Medicaid coverage and financing of medications to treat alcohol and opioid use disorders;
• Women Health. Women and girls of color: Addressing challenges and expanding opportunity; STUDY FINDS GENETIC CLUE TO MENOPAUSE-LIKE CONDITION IN YOUNG WOMEN.

• Data. AHRQ Stats: ICU Hospital Care, The Uninsured, Hospital Care for Chronic Conditions, Health Care Expenses, ICU Hospital Care; Surgeries in Hospital-Owned Outpatient Facilities, 2012;
• Leading Causes of Death. Stroke: PARAMEDICS MAY BE FIRST LINE OF TREATMENT FOR STROKE. Tobacco: Vital Signs: Disparities in Nonsmokers; Exposure to Secondhand Smoke; United States, 1999-2012;
• Adolescent Health. State Policy and Teen Childbearing: A Review of Research Studies; American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Substance Abuse and Committee on Adolescence. 2015. The impact of marijuana policies on youth: Clinical, research, and legal update;
• Alcohol Abuse. NIH STUDY REVEALS MANY AMERICANS AT RISK FOR ALCOHOL-MEDICATION INTERACTIONS;
• Alternative/Complementary Medicine. NATIONWIDE SURVEY REVEALS WIDESPREAD USE OF MIND AND BODY PRACTICES; NATIONWIDE STUDY REPORTS SHIFTS IN AMERICANS' USE OF NATURAL PRODUCTS;
• Child Health. Geographic clusters in underimmunization and vaccine refusal; Building Your Medical Home: An Introduction to Pediatric Primary Care Transformation;
• Gene Therapy. NIH RESEARCHERS TACKLE THORNY SIDE OF GENE THERAPY;
• Genomics. NIH LAUNCHES TOOL TO ADVANCE DOWN SYNDROME RESEARCH;
• Healthcare Economics. Bridging health care and population health: Payment and financing models;
• Healthcare Quality. Framework for Measuring Diagnostic Error; Study Links Hospital Nurse Staffing Increases to Fewer Adverse Events, Lower Lengths of Stay;
• Maternal Child Health. Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care; Improving children's life chances through better family planning;
• Mental Health. BRAIN RECALLS OLD MEMORIES VIA NEW PATHWAYS;
• Public Health Practice. MCH Navigator Self-Assessment; Building awareness of gender differences that are important to healthcare and research studies: Discussion with five diverse communities;
• School Health. State and national school snack policies: How they compare;
• Suicide Prevention. Report Finds More Children Hospitalized for Suicide, Self-Injury;
• Women Health. Opioid prescription among women of reproductive age -- United States, 2008-2012.

• Data. AHRQ Stats: Outpatient Surgery;
• Adolescent Health. The Great Sleep Recession: Changes in Sleep Duration Among US Adolescents, 1991-2012;
• AIDS/HIV. ANTI-HERPES DRUG MAY HELP CONTROL HIV, NIH STUDY FINDS; NIH-SUPPORTED CLINICAL TRIALS TO EVALUATE LONG-ACTING, INJECTABLE ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS TO PREVENT HIV INFECTION; NIH-SPONSORED HIV VACCINE TRIAL LAUNCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA;
• Alcohol Abuse. NIH-FUNDED SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY BRAIN SITE FOR STRESS ROLE IN BINGE ALCOHOL DRINKING; MOLECULE HIJACKS ENZYME TO BOOST ALCOHOL METABOLISM;
• Asthma. Children's Asthma Management: Partnering to Improve Clinical Training;
• Bulltying. Bullying Prevention: 2015 Resource Guide;
• Family Health. Poor, Unemployed, and Not on Welfare: A Statistical Look at "Disconnected Families";
• Genomics. NIH-SUPPORTED RESEARCHERS MAP EPIGENOME OF MORE THAN 100 TISSUE AND CELL TYPES; NIH RESEARCHERS REVEAL LINK BETWEEN POWERFUL GENE REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES;
• Healthcare Economics. AHRQ Stats: Health Care Usage;
• Kidney Health. NIH WORKS TO IMPROVE KIDNEY HEALTH FOR ALL;
• Maternal Child Health. NEW DATA REPORT PROVIDES LATEST SNAPSHOT OF U.S. CHILDREN'S ORAL HEALTH; Prenatal Drug Use and Newborn Health: Federal Efforts Need Better Planning and Coordination; STILLBIRTH MAY INCREASE WOMEN'S LONG TERM RISK FOR DEPRESSION;
• Men's Health. PHYSICAL LABOR, HYPERTENSION AND MULTIPLE MEDS MAY REDUCE MALE FERTILITY;
• Neurological Health. SCIENTISTS MAP MEMORABLE TUNES IN THE RAT BRAIN;
• Nutrition. Snacks, Sweetened Beverages, Added Sugars, and Schools; STUDY FINDS PEANUT CONSUMPTION IN INFANCY PREVENTS PEANUT ALLERGY;
• Obesity. Final Research Plan: Obesity and Weight Management in Children and Adolescents Screening and Interventions;
• Senior Health. STUDY REVEALS HOW GENETIC CHANGES LEAD TO FAMILIAL ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; NIH-LED EFFORT LAUNCHES BIG DATA PORTAL FOR ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY.

• Data. Hospital Stays for Teen Pregnancy;
• Leading Causes of Death; Cancer. Guidance for Elderly Cancer Survivors; CIRCULATING TUMOR DNA IN BLOOD CAN PREDICT RECURRENCE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF LYMPHOMA; Tobacco. Tobacco Control;
• Adolescent Health. Substance use and teen pregnancy in the United States: Evidence from the NSDUH 2002-2012; Hospital Stays for Teen Pregnancy; STUDY DEFINES BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF TEEN BINGE DRINKING;
• AIDS/HIV. HIV CAN SPREAD EARLY, EVOLVE IN PATIENTS' BRAINS; FOR MOST CHILDREN WITH HIV AND LOW IMMUNE CELL COUNT, CELLS REBOUND AFTER TREATMENT;
• Alcohol Abuse. NIAAA RECOGNIZES ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH 2015;
• Children with Special Needs. Reducing Health Insurance Inequities among Latino Families Raising Children with Special Health Care Needs; Improving Access to Coverage for Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Face of Health Inequities: Strategies Reported by Family Leadership Organizations;
• Child Welfare. Child Welfare Information Gateway. 2015. Child welfare outcomes report data [2010�2013];
• Drug Abuse. Drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin: United States, 2000-2013;
• Ebola. EXPERIMENTAL EBOLA VACCINE SAFE, PROMPTS IMMUNE RESPONSE; NIH STUDY FINDS NO EVIDENCE OF ACCELERATED EBOLA VIRUS EVOLUTION IN WEST AFRICA;
• Evaluation. Measuring progress towards a population health perspective: A framework for a new type of population health scorecard;
• Health Economics. The Newly Insured;
• Health Services. No Link Between Limited English Proficiency and Increased Risk of Mortality; Nearly 7.2 percent of the population (22.5 million) paid $2,000 or more in out-of-pocket medical expenses in 2012, compared with 6.9 percent (21.5 million) in 2011; There were 700,100 hospital stays for knee replacements in 2012;
• Immune System. STRENGTHENING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM'S FIGHT AGAINST BRAIN CANCER;
• Maternal Child Health. Alcohol and pregnancy: Tips on why and how to stop drinking; Stressful Events During Pregnancy and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms; PROMOTING MATERNAL INTERACTION IMPROVES GROWTH, WEIGHT GAIN IN PREEMIES;
• Public Health Continuing Ed. Living Cities. 2015;
• Suicide Prevention. Suicide trends among persons aged 10-24 years: United States, 1994-2012;
• Violence. Preventing Violence: Understanding and Addressing Determinants of Youth Violence in the United States.

• Data. Retiree Health Coverage; Mental Health Care Costs; Mental Health Care; Child Health USA 2014; Employee Health Coverage;
• Leading Causes of Death. Cancer, STUDY POINTS TO POSSIBLE TREATMENT FOR LETHAL PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER; NIH STUDY FINDS GENETIC LINK FOR RARE INTESTINAL CANCER; Heart Disease. NIH LAUNCHES LARGEST CLINICAL TRIAL FOCUSED ON HIV-RELATED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. Stroke. A SMARTER APPROACH TO STROKE CARE. Tobacco. Nicotine and the developing human: A neglected element in the electronic cigarette debate; Interventions to reduce harm from smoking with families in infancy and early childhood: A systematic review; Tobacco use among middle and high school students United States, 2011-2014;
• Adolescent Health, Disparities in child and adolescent mental health and mental health services in the U.S.; Direct versus remote clinical observation: Assessing learner's milestones while addressing adolescent patients' needs; Vital signs: Trends in use of long-acting reversible contraception among teens aged 15-19 years seeking contraceptive services United States,2005-2013; Global inequalities in youth mortality, 2007-2012; Meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents in school-based health centers; Social disparities among youth and the impact on their health; Prompting Discussions of Youth Violence Using Electronic Previsit Questionnaires in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial;
• Children Health. Increasing physical activity in children: From evidence to action; Safe Kids Worldwide. 2015; How are CHIPRA quality demonstration states using quality reports to drive health care improvements for children; A matter of equity: Preschool in America;
• Child with Special Health Care Needs. Treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder among children with special health care needs; Promoting Children's Long-Term Health and Functioning: Applying a Life Course Approach to Pediatric Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs; Assuring Adequate Health Insurance for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Progress from 2001 to 2009-2010; Assuring adequate health insurance for children with special health care needs: progress from 2001 to 2009-2010;
• Drug Abuse. Federal guidelines for opioid treatment programs; GLOBAL PANDEMIC OF FAKE MEDICINES POSES URGENT RISK;
• Genomics. GTEX FINDINGS REVEAL NEW INSIGHTS INTO HOW DNA DIFFERENCES INFLUENCE GENE ACTIVITY, DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; STATEMENT ON NIH FUNDING OF RESEARCH USING GENE-EDITING TECHNOLOGIES IN HUMAN EMBRYOS;
• Health Economics. Children's health insurance: Coverage of services and costs to consumers in selected CHIP and private health plans in five states (report); Children's Health Insurance Program: Effects on coverage and access, and considerations for extending funding (report);
• Health Services. Building an equitable health care delivery system: Considerations for state and federal policymakers (briefing);
• Maternal Child Health. Zero to Three. 2015. A place to get started: Innovation in infant and toddler state policies (paper); Zero to Three. 2014-. The magic of everyday moments: Seeing is believing (video series). Zero To Three. Multiple items; Trends in contraceptive and preconception care in United States ambulatory practices. Family Medicine; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion;
• Mental Health. A long road ahead: Achieving true parity in mental health and substance use care (report); Progress in identifying infants with hearing loss: United States, 2006-2012; Mental Health Care Costs;
• Minority Health. Blacks Had Lower Inpatient Mortality Rates Than Whites When Hospitalized for Common Medical Conditions, Racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding. Breastfeeding Medicine; Positive youth development: Using strengths to address alcohol abuse and suicide among American Indian and Alaska Native youth (information brief);
• Neurological Health. DRUGS THAT ACTIVATE BRAIN STEM CELLS MAY REVERSE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;
• Obesity. EASE OF WEIGHT LOSS INFLUENCED BY INDIVIDUAL BIOLOGY;
• Oral Health. Reducing early childhood caries in a Medicaid population; Fact sheet: Alternative dental workforce models;
• Population Health. Communicating to advance the public's health: Workshop summary;
• Public Health Continuing Ed. Program manager's toolkit: Informaiton and resources to help new managers learn about the EMSC Program; Family-Centered Care; MCH Financing Lecture;
• Quality Improvement. A New Performance Measurement System for Maternal and Child Health in the United States;
• Software. Errors were found in the newly released SAS QI 5.0 software in the PSI and PDI modules;
• Women Health. NIH STUDY SOLVES OVARIAN CELL MYSTERY, SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS.

• Data. AHRQ Stats: Outpatient Drug Expenses;
• AIDS/HIV. STARTING ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT EARLY IMPROVES OUTCOMES FOR HIV-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS;
• Alcohol. NIH STUDY FINDS ALCOHOL USE DISORDER ON THE INCREASE;
• Child Health. AHRQ Stats: Children's Health Care Expenses;
• Fitness. NIH COMMON FUND LAUNCHES PHYSICAL ACTIVITY RESEARCH PROGRAM;
• Genomics. NCI-MATCH TRIAL WILL LINK TARGETED CANCER DRUGS TO GENE ABNORMALITIES;
• Health Disparities. HEALTH DISPARITIES IN U.S. STILL PERSIST ACCORDING TO REPORT;
• Health Economics. AHRQ Stats: Access to Care; AHRQ Stats: The Long-Term Uninsured;
• Hispanic Health. NEARLY 1 IN 7 HISPANIC/LATINO ADULTS HAS SOME HEARING LOSS;
• Mental Health. STUDY MAY HELP DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS FIND PATIENTS WITH HIGH RISK OF SUICIDE; AHRQ Briefs Probe Issue of Hospital Readmissions for Psychiatric Conditions;
• Research. NIH SUSPENDS OPERATIONS IN ITS CLINICAL CENTER PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT SECTION.

• Data. HCUP Statistical Brief (#193) Neonatal and Maternal Hospital Stays Related to Substance Use, 2006-2012;
• Leading Causes of Death. Heart Disease -Statin Use;
• Alcohol. NIH BEGINS CLINICAL TRIAL OF NEW MEDICATION FOR ALCOHOL USE DISORDER;
• Child Health. THE VALUE OF PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH SERIOUS ILLNESSES; AHRQ Stats: Behavioral Medication Use; BOYS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ANTIPSYCHOTICS PRESCRIBED, REGARDLESS OF AGE;
• Eye Health. IN BLINDING EYE DISEASE, TRASH-COLLECTING CELLS GO AWRY, ACCELERATE DAMAGE;
• Infectious Disease. NIH-FUNDED VACCINE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS ENTERS HUMAN CLINICAL TRIALS;
• Mental Health. Behavioral Medication Use; Hospital Care for Mental and Substance-Use Disorders; Medicaid "Super-Utilizer" Patients;
• Senior Health. Access to Care; WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING SHOWCASES PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH GO4LIFE MONTH; ADVICE FOR OLDER PEOPLE ON STAYING SAFE IN HOT WEATHER;
• STDs/STIS. 2015 STD Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart, Pocket Guide, App, and other materials.

• Data. Hospital Stays for Children With Asthma; Trends in Observed Adult Inpatient Mortality for High-Volume Conditions, 2002-2012
• Leading Causes of Death. Cancer: STUDY SHOWS PROMISE OF PRECISION MEDICINE FOR MOST COMMON TYPE OF LYMPHOMA;
• AIDS/HIV. LARGE PERCENTAGE OF YOUTH WITH HIV MAY LACK IMMUNITY TO MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA; HIV CONTROL THROUGH TREATMENT DURABLY PREVENTS HETEROSEXUAL TRANSMISSION OF VIRUS; EARLY ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY PREVENTS NON-AIDS OUTCOMES IN HIV-INFECTED PEOPLE;
• Alcohol. NIH STUDY IDENTIFIES GENE VARIANT LINKED TO COMPULSIVE DRINKING;
• Endocrine Health. RESEARCH REVEALS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF INAPPROPRIATE MEDICAL FOOD USE IN MANAGING PATIENTS WITH A TYPE OF METABOLIC DISORDER;
• Healthcare Economics. AHRQ Stats: Private-Sector Health Coverage; AHRQ Stats: Private Versus Public Employee Insurance Costs; AHRQ Stats: Hospital Mortality Rates;
• Maternal Child Health. FETAL ECG READINGS OFFER NO ADVANTAGE OVER HEART RATE MONITORING DURING LABOR;
• Neurological Health. ROLE OF KEY PROTEIN FOUND IN LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS FROM TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; FUTURISTIC BRAIN PROBE ALLOWS FOR WIRELESS CONTROL OF NEURONS;
• Nutrition. NIH BODY WEIGHT PLANNER ADDED TO USDA SUPERTRACKER FOOD AND ACTIVITY TOOL;
• Obesity. NIH STUDY FINDS CUTTING DIETARY FAT REDUCES BODY FAT MORE THAN CUTTING CARBS;
• Pain. NIH ANALYSIS SHOWS AMERICANS ARE IN PAIN;
• Women's Health. TELL-TALE BIOMARKER DETECTS EARLY BREAST CANCER; PELVIC PAIN MAY BE COMMON AMONG REPRODUCTIVE-AGE WOMEN.

• Data. AHRQ Stats: Mortality Rate for Heart Failure and Stroke:
• Leading Causes of Death. Diabetes: MORE THAN HALF OF ASIAN AMERICANS WITH DIABETES ARE UNDIAGNOSED. High Blood Pressure: LANDMARK NIH STUDY SHOWS INTENSIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MANAGEMENT MAY SAVE LIVES. Tobacco: TEENS USING E-CIGARETTES MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO START SMOKING TOBACCO;
• Alcohol. EXPANDED NATIONAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL FACTS WEEK BEGINS JANUARY 25, 2016;
• Eye Health. IN UVEITIS, BACTERIA IN GUT MAY INSTRUCT IMMUNE CELLS TO ATTACK THE EYE;
• Fitness. SHORT BOUTS OF ACTIVITY MAY OFFSET LACK OF SUSTAINED EXERCISE IN KIDS;
• Healthcare Economics. AHRQ Stats: Medicaid Versus Private Insurance;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Pediatric Hospital Stays; AHRQ Stats: Treatment Costs for Heart Disease and Cancer;
• Infectious Diseases. NIH LAUNCHES HUMAN RSV STUDY;
• Maternal Child Health. RATES OF SURVIVAL INCREASING FOR EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS, NIH NETWORK FINDS; LOW-LEVEL ARSENIC EXPOSURE BEFORE BIRTH ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY PUBERTY AND OBESITY IN FEMALE MICE;
• Minority Health. NIAMS LAUNCHES NEW SPANISH-LANGUAGE WEBSITE;
• Neurological Health. SCIENTISTS UNCOVER NUCLEAR PROCESS IN THE BRAIN THAT MAY AFFECT DISEASE;
• Nutrition. NIH STUDY FINDS CALORIE RESTRICTION LOWERS SOME RISK FACTORS FOR AGE-RELATED DISEASES; NIH STUDY SHOWS NO BENEFIT OF OMEGA-3 OR OTHER NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR COGNITIVE DECLINE.

• High Blood Pressure. Hospital Stays for Hypertension;
• Adolescent Health. NIH LAUNCHES LANDMARK STUDY ON SUBSTANCE USE AND ADOLESCENT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT;
• College Health. NIH RELEASES COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE TO HELP ADDRESS COLLEGE DRINKING;
• Eye Health. DIET, EXERCISE, SMOKING HABITS AND GENES INTERACT TO AFFECT AMD RISK;
• Genomics. SCIENTISTS CREATE WORLD'S LARGEST CATALOG OF HUMAN GENOMIC VARIATION; DORMANT VIRAL GENES MAY AWAKEN TO CAUSE ALS; GRANTS TO HELP IDENTIFY VARIANTS IN THE GENOME'S REGULATORY REGIONS THAT AFFECT DISEASE RISK;
• Health Insurance. Periods of Uninsurance;
• Health Services. Hospital Discharge Instructions;
• Maternal Child Health. NIH STUDY FINDS RACIAL, ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN FETAL GROWTH;
• Medical Care. UNDIAGNOSED DISEASES NETWORK LAUNCHES ONLINE APPLICATION PORTAL;
• Neurological Health. OUR BRAIN'S SECRETS TO SUCCESS?;

• Software. ICD-10 compliant software versions of SAS QI v6.0 and WinQI v6.0; The USPSTF has released a new recommendation on the Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS);
• Leading Causes of Death. Blood Pressure: DATA ANALYSIS AND PUBLICATION OF LANDMARK NIH BLOOD PRESSURE STUDY CONFIRM THAT LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE TARGET CAN REDUCE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DEATHS. Cardiovascular Disease. LARGE STUDY REPORTS RESULTS COMPARING TWO CPR METHODS USED BY EMS PROVIDERS FOLLOWING SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. Diabetes: THIS NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH, YOU HAVE A ROLE IN DIABETES EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. Obesity: BRAIN STIMULATION LIMITS CALORIES CONSUMED IN ADULTS WITH OBESITY; NIH RESEARCHERS LINK SINGLE GENE VARIATION TO OBESITY. Stroke: SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY MAIN COMPONENT OF BRAIN REPAIR AFTER STROKE;
• Allergies. IN-HOUSE TEST KITS HELP MOTIVATE PARENTS TO REDUCE ALLERGENS IN THEIR HOMES;
• Child Health. AHRQ Stats: Exercise Advice for Children;
• Dementia. HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR DEMENTIA FOUND GREATER THAN FOR ANY OTHER DISEASE;
• Health Behavior. AMERICANS WHO PRACTICE YOGA REPORT BETTER WELLNESS, HEALTH BEHAVIORS;
• Hispanic Health. NEW PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE PUBLICATION FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING FAMILIES;
• Maternal Child Health. US STILLBIRTH RATES UNCHANGED AFTER MOVE TO DISCOURAGE ELECTIVE DELIVERIES BEFORE 39 WEEKS;
• Mental Health Services. TEAM-BASED TREATMENT IS BETTER FOR FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS;
• Neurological Health. STUDY IN MICE SHOWS HOW BRAIN IGNORES DISTRACTIONS;
• School Health. PROGRAM FOR PARENTS HELPS SUSTAIN LEARNING GAINS IN KIDS FROM HEAD START TO KINDERGARTEN;
• Substance Abuse. PREVALENCE OF MARIJUANA USE AMONG U.S. ADULTS DOUBLES OVER PAST DECADE.

• Data. AHRQ Introduces First-Ever Readmissions Database;
• Leading Causes of Death. AHRQ Stats: Causes of Death; Obesity: NIH RESEARCHERS FIND POTENTIAL TARGET FOR REDUCING OBESITY-RELATED INFLAMMATION; Tobacco: Medical Advice on Smoking;
• Adolescent Health. Treatment for Drug Use;
• Alcohol Abuse. MALE AND FEMALE DRINKING PATTERNS BECOMING MORE ALIKE IN THE US;
• Dementia. NEW STUDIES TO FIND ALZHEIMER'S BIOMARKERS IN DOWN SYNDROME;
• Health Services. Access to Medical Specialists; Price Increases Steady for Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Significantly Higher for Hospital Outpatient Surgery Departments; Trends in Hospital Readmissions for Four High-Volume Conditions, 2009-2013;
• Maternal Child Health. LINK BETWEEN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND NEURODEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN CHILDREN FOUND;
• Mental Health Services. BIOMARKERS OUTPERFORM SYMPTOMS IN PARSING PSYCHOSIS SUBGROUPS;
• Research. NIH WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ON CHIMPANZEES;
• Robotics. NIH FUNDS DEVELOPMENT OF ROBOTS TO IMPROVE HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE;
• Senior Health. DNA REPAIR FACTOR LINKED TO BREAST CANCER MAY ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE;
• Substance Abuse. Treatment for Drug Use; 10 PERCENT OF US ADULTS HAVE DRUG USE DISORDER AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES.

• Leading Causes of Death. Diabetes: Hospital Admissions for Diabetes;
• Adolescent Health. DRUG USE TRENDS REMAIN STABLE OR DECLINE AMONG TEENS;
• Child Health. Well-Child Visits;
• Eye Health. RESEARCHERS DISCOVER THREE GLAUCOMA-RELATED GENES;
• Maternal Child Health. INFERTILITY TREATMENTS DO NOT APPEAR TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS IN CHILDREN;
• Military Health Services. Veterans� Access to Care;
• Neurological Health. POVERTY MAY SLIGHTLY INCREASE CHILDHOOD RISK OF NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Senior Health. INTERNATIONAL STUDY REVEALS NEW GENETIC CLUES TO AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION;
• Women's Health. Avoidable Hospitalizations for Women.

• Leading Causes of Death. Blood Pressure: NIH LAUNCHES PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN FOR UNCONTROLLED BLOOD PRESSURE - Mind Your Risks raises awareness of the link between high blood pressure and cognitive impairment; Cancer: NIH RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY STRIKING GENOMIC SIGNATURE SHARED BY FIVE TYPES OF CANCER; CANCER DRUG TARGET VISUALIZED AT ATOMIC RESOLUTION;
• Alcohol Abuse. CRIMINAL JUSTICE ALCOHOL PROGRAM LINKED TO DECREASED MORTALITY;
• Allergies. NIH SCIENTISTS DISCOVER GENETIC CAUSE OF RARE ALLERGY TO VIBRATION;
• Child Health. MORE THAN 1 IN 20 U.S. CHILDREN HAVE DIZZINESS AND BALANCE PROBLEMS;
• Health Services. Potentially preventable hospital stays � those that might be prevented with good outpatient care -- decreased at a faster rate (19 percent) than overall hospital stays (8 percent) between 2005 and 2012; Among adults with multiple chronic conditions, nearly two-thirds reported that their providers always listened carefully and showed respect for what they had to say during health care visits in 2012.
• Inflammation. NATURAL PROTEIN POINTS TO NEW INFLAMMATION TREATMENT;
• Infectious Diseases. NIH SEEKS RESEARCH APPLICATIONS TO STUDY ZIKA IN PREGNANCY, DEVELOPING FETUS;
• Maternal Child Health. ADVISING MOMS NOT TO BED SHARE WITH INFANTS DOES NOT DISCOURAGE BREASTFEEDING; PRENATAL STEROIDS LOWER RISK OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN LATE PRETERM INFANTS;
• Mental Health. TEAM-BASED TREATMENT FOR FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS FOUND TO BE HIGH VALUE; The USPSTF has released a new recommendation on the Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS): - Depression in Adults, Screening, 2016; SCHIZOPHRENIA'S STRONGEST KNOWN GENETIC RISK DECONSTRUCTED - Suspect gene may trigger runaway synaptic pruning during adolescence;
• Senior Health. HYPOTHERMIA AND OLDER ADULTS;
• Tick-borne Illness. TICK GENOME REVEALS SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL BLOODSUCKER;
• Vision Health. UNCORRECTED FARSIGHTEDNESS LINKED TO LITERACY DEFICITS IN PRESCHOOLERS.

• Leading Causes of Death. Cancer: RESEARCHERS FIND LINK BETWEEN DEATH OF TUMOR-SUPPORT CELLS AND CANCER METASTASIS; Diabetes: Control of Diabetes; DIABETES DRUG MAY PREVENT RECURRING STROKES;
• Alcohol Abuse. Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD);
• Allergies. BENEFITS OF PEANUT ALLERGY PREVENTION STRATEGY PERSIST AFTER ONE-YEAR PEANUT AVOIDANCE;
• Child Health. THIS NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH, HELP YOUR CHILDREN ADOPT HEALTHY HABITS;
• Chronic Diseases. Conditions Causing Limited Mobility; Chronic Health Conditions;
• Eye Health. FISH AND INSECTS GUIDE DESIGN FOR FUTURE CONTACT LENSES; EYE CELLS MAY USE MATH TO DETECT MOTION;
• HealthCare Economics. Per-Person Health Care Expenses;
• Maternal Child Health. AIR POLLUTION LINKED TO HIGHER RISK OF PRETERM BIRTH FOR MOTHERS WITH ASTHMA;
• Men's Health. NIH-SUPPORTED TRIALS TEST HORMONAL THERAPY IN OLDER MEN WITH LOW TESTOSTERONE LEVELS;
• Minority Health. AHRQ Releases New Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks;
• Senior Health. DECODING THE MOLECULAR TIES BETWEEN VASCULAR DISEASE AND ALZHEIMER'S;
• Substance Abuse. A CHILD'S FIRST EIGHT YEARS CRITICAL FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION; MARIJUANA USE DISORDER IS COMMON AND OFTEN UNTREATED;
• Women's Health. Mastectomies Increased 36 Percent From 2005 to 2013; VAGINAL RING PROVIDES PARTIAL PROTECTION FROM HIV IN LARGE MULTINATIONAL TRIAL.

• Data. WORLD'S OLDER POPULATION GROWS DRAMATICALLY;
• Leading Causes of Death. Diabetes: Disparities in Diabetes Treatment. Heart Disease: STUDY RESULTS SHOW BYPASS SURGERY EXTENDS LIVES OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS FOUND BENEFICIAL WHEN USED BY EMS TREATING CARDIAC ARREST;
• Adolescent Health. STUDY SUPPORTS SINGLE-QUESTION ALCOHOL SCREEN FOR ADOLESCENTS;
• Brain Health. 3-D TECHNOLOGY ENRICHES HUMAN NERVE CELLS FOR TRANSPLANT TO BRAIN;
• Genomics. NIH SEQUENCES GENOME OF A FUNGUS THAT CAUSES LIFE-THREATENING PNEUMONIA;
• Health Care. Hospital-Acquired Conditions; Communication With Health Providers; Disparities in Access to Care;
• Infectious Disease. Bloodstream Infections; Ebola information; Zika Information;
• Maternal Child Health. COUPLES� PRE-PREGNANCY CAFFEINE CONSUMPTION LINKED TO MISCARRIAGE RISK;
• Mental Health. CHILDREN WITH CUSHING SYNDROME MAY HAVE HIGHER SUICIDE RISK;
• Neurological Health. NEW ROLE IDENTIFIED FOR SCARS AT THE SITE OF INJURED SPINAL CORD;
• Pain. MINDFULNESS MEDITATION OFFERS RELIEF FOR LOW-BACK PAIN;
• Substance Abuse. SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NON-OPIOID PAIN PATHWAY IN THE BRAIN;
• Tuberculosis. NIH STATEMENT ON WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY 2016.

• Leading Causes of Death. Cancer: ELEVATED BLADDER CANCER RISK IN NEW ENGLAND AND ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER FROM PRIVATE WELLS. Cardiovascular Disease: Cardiovascular Disease Death Rates. Diabetes: HEALTHY DIET MAY REDUCE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE RISK AFTER GESTATIONAL DIABETES; ISLET TRANSPLANTATION RESTORES BLOOD SUGAR AWARENESS AND CONTROL IN TYPE 1 DIABETES; Lung Disease. COPD Admissions for Women; NIH STATEMENT ON WORLD ASTHMA DAY 2016;
• Child Health. NIH RESOURCES TO HELP FAMILIES NAVIGATE PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE;
• Depression. KETAMINE LIFTS DEPRESSION VIA A BYPRODUCT OF ITS METABOLISM;
• Genomics. RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY GENETIC LINKS TO EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; NIH CREATES ATLAS OF HUMAN MALFORMATION SYNDROMES IN DIVERSE POPULATIONS;
• Health Disparities. NIH LAUNCHES RESEARCH PROGRAM TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES IN SURGICAL OUTCOMES;
• Immune System. RAPID-RESPONSE IMMUNE CELLS ARE FULLY PREPARED BEFORE INVASION STRIKES;
• Malaria. INVESTIGATIONAL MALARIA VACCINE PROTECTS HEALTHY U.S. ADULTS FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR;
• Senior Health. Inappropriate Medications Prescribed for Seniors; AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION BEFORE AND AFTER THE ERA OF ANTI-VEGF DRUGS;
• Women's Health. Women's Access to Health Care; Women were more likely than men to delay or go without needed medical care, dental care or prescription medicines from 2005 to 2012. Women were also more likely to cite financial or insurance reasons for not having a source of care from 2002 to 2012. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, Chartbook on Women's Health Care.); GREENNESS AROUND HOMES LINKED TO LOWER MORTALITY.

• Health Data. Most Expensive Hospital Conditions;
• Leading Causes of Death. Cancer: NIH STUDY VISUALIZES PROTEINS INVOLVED IN CANCER CELL METABOLISM; INCREASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER RISK OF 13 TYPES OF CANCER; RARE CANCERS MAY MASQUERADE AS ADHD IN CHILDREN, NIH RESEARCHERS SUGGEST. Diabetes: EYE STUDY UNDERSCORES THE LONG-LASTING BENEFITS OF CONTROLLING DIABETES; DIABETES PORTAL ADDS DATA, MORE POWERFUL SEARCH TOOLS. Hypertension: STANDARD BLOOD PRESSURE TARGET IS SUFFICIENT FOR TREATING SOME STROKES. Stroke: PREVENTION MAY BE ESSENTIAL TO REDUCING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN STROKE;
• Brain. NIH-FUNDED STUDY REVEALS HOW DIFFERENCES IN MALE AND FEMALE BRAINS EMERGE;
• Fitness. Exercise Advice From Health Professionals;
• Genomics. NEWLY LAUNCHED GENOMIC DATA COMMONS TO FACILITATE DATA AND CLINICAL INFORMATION SHARING; NIH FUNDS NEW STUDIES ON ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF GENOMIC INFORMATION;
• Healthcare Economics. Rates of Uninsurance;
• Health Services. Coordinating Children's Care Among Providers; Most Expensive Hospital Conditions;
• Mental Health. Emergency Department Visits for Children Up to Age 17;
• Nutrition. PEANUT ALLERGY PREVENTION STRATEGY IS NUTRITIONALLY SAFE, NIH-FUNDED STUDY SHOWS;
• Obesity. PROPER MATERNAL FOLATE LEVEL MAY REDUCE CHILD OBESITY RISK;
• Vision Health. VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, BLINDNESS CASES IN U.S. EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 2050;
• Women's Health. WEIGHT LOSS BEFORE FERTILITY TREATMENT MAY IMPROVE PREGNANCY ODDS FOR WOMEN WITH PCOS.

• Health Data. HIV Hospital Stays in the United States, 2006-2013;
• Leading Causes of Death. Cancer: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION TO CREATE NEW CANCER MODELS TO ACCELERATE RESEARCH. Diabetes. Diabetes Care for Children and Young Adults; GENETICS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES REVEALED IN UNPRECEDENTED DETAIL. Stroke: NEW IMAGING METHOD MAY PREDICT RISK OF POST-TREATMENT BRAIN BLEEDING AFTER STROKE;
• Adolescent Health. ADOLESCENT BIRTH RATE DROPS ACROSS ALL RACIAL GROUPS, ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS;
• Complementary Health. AMERICANS SPENT $30.2 BILLION OUT-OF-POCKET ON COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH APPROACHES;
• Drug Abuse. STUDY REVEALS CENTRAL ROLE OF ENDOCANNABINOIDS IN HABIT FORMATION;
• Ebola. ANALYSIS OF 1976 EBOLA OUTBREAK HOLDS LESSONS RELEVANT TODAY;
• Genomics. RESEARCHERS MAKE ADVANCE IN POSSIBLE TREATMENTS FOR GAUCHER, PARKINSON'S DISEASES; SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF DATA AVAILABLE IN THE GENOMIC DATA COMMONS; MANUFACTURED STEM CELLS TO ADVANCE CLINICAL RESEARCH;
• Healthcare Economics. Declining Rates of the Uninsured; Uninsured Rates by Health Status in Medicaid Expansion States;
• Men's Health. HIGH LEVELS OF URINARY PARACETAMOL MAY IMPAIR MALE FERTILITY, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Senior Health. ADVICE FOR OLDER PEOPLE ON STAYING SAFE IN HOT WEATHER;
• Substance Abuse. RATES OF NONMEDICAL PRESCRIPTION OPIOID USE AND OPIOID USE DISORDER DOUBLE IN 10 YEARS;
• Vision Health. USE IT OR LOSE IT: VISUAL ACTIVITY REGENERATES NEURAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EYE AND BRAIN;
• Women Health. NIH LAUNCHES LARGEST-EVER STUDY OF BREAST CANCER GENETICS IN BLACK WOMEN; SOME WOMEN WITH PCOS MAY HAVE ADRENAL DISORDER, NIH RESEARCHERS SUGGEST;
• Zika Virus. NIH LAUNCHES LARGE STUDY OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN AREAS AFFECTED BY ZIKA VIRUS.

• Leading causes of death. Cancer: UNCOVERING A NEW PRINCIPLE IN CHEMOTHERAPY RESISTANCE IN BREAST CANCER:
• AIDS/HIV. HIV THERAPY FOR BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS CAN VIRTUALLY ELIMINATE TRANSMISSION TO BABIES:
• Depression. TAPPING CROWD-SOURCED DATA UNEARTHS A TROVE OF DEPRESSION GENES;
• Electronic Health Records. Hospitals� Use of Electronic Health Records;
• Genomics. NOVEL GENETIC MUTATION MAY LEAD TO THE PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF MOTOR FUNCTION;
• Healthcare Economics. Modest Growth Rates for Private Insurance Premiums;
• Maternal Child Health. NIH RELEASES IMPROVED GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSING FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER;
• Myasthenia Gravis. NIH-FUNDED STUDY SUPPORTS SURGERY AS TREATMENT FOR MYASTHENIA GRAVIS;
• Neurological Health. CONNECTOME MAP MORE THAN DOUBLES HUMAN CORTEX'S KNOWN REGIONS; RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY BRAIN CIRCUITS THAT HELP PEOPLE COPE WITH STRESS;
• Minority Health. Health Care Coverage for Hispanics;
• Sports Medicine. Medical Care for Sports Injuries;
• Yellow Fever. NIH LAUNCHES EARLY-STAGE YELLOW FEVER VACCINE TRIAL;
• Zika Virus. NIH BEGINS TESTING INVESTIGATIONAL ZIKA VACCINE IN HUMANS.

• Adolescent Health. RECRUITMENT BEGINS FOR LANDMARK STUDY OF ADOLESCENT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT;
• Autoimmune Diseases. NIH RESEARCHERS DISCOVER OTULIPENIA, A NEW INFLAMMATORY DISEASE - Rare and sometimes lethal disease affects young children;
• Child Health. Emergency Care for Children's Sports Injuries;
• Genomics. SIX TEAMS SEEK TO IDENTIFY BIOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE NEURAL REGENERATION;
• Healthcare Economics. Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations;
• Maternal Child Health. EXTREME TEMPERATURES COULD INCREASE PRETERM BIRTH RISK; NEW STRATEGY HOLDS PROMISE FOR DETECTING BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN NEWBORNS;
• Neurological Health. RESEARCHERS EXAMINE HOW PARKINSON'S DISEASE ALTERS BRAIN ACTIVITY OVER TIME;
• Oral Health. Kids� Dental Care;
• Senior Health. NIH AWARD EXPANDS LANDMARK ALZHEIMER'S BIOMARKER STUDY.

• Cardiovascular Disease. TARGETING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS MAY BE IMPORTANT ACROSS A LIFETIME;
• Alcohol Abuse. DRUG TO TREAT ALCOHOL USE DISORDER SHOWS PROMISE AMONG DRINKERS WITH HIGH STRESS;
• Clinical Trials. HHS TAKE STEPS TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CLINICAL TRIALS TO THE PUBLIC;
• Environmental Health. BRAIN BENEFITS OF AEROBIC EXERCISE LOST TO MERCURY EXPOSURE;
• Genomics. SIXTH SENSE; MAY BE MORE THAN JUST A FEELING;
• Health Insurance. Insurance Gains Among Young Adults;
• Health Services. Malnutrition Hospital Stays;
• Maternal Child Health. EVEN PARTIAL STEROID TREATMENT CAN BENEFIT EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS; AHRQ Stats: Cesarean Births; NIH STUDY LINKS MORNING SICKNESS TO LOWER RISK OF PREGNANCY LOSS;
• Neurological Health. UNTANGLING A CAUSE OF MEMORY LOSS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RESEARCHERS FIND A GAP IN THE BRAIN'S FIREWALL AGAINST PARKINSON'S DISEASE; VISUAL CORTEX PLAYS ROLE IN PLASTICITY OF EYE MOVEMENT REFLEX;
• Oral Health. AHRQ Stats: Emergency Care for Dental Conditions;
• Sucide Prevention. PANEL DEVELOPS PLAN FOR PREVENTING YOUTH SUICIDE.

• Cancer. SEVEN SUBSTANCES ADDED TO 14TH REPORT ON CARCINOGENS;
• Diabetes. THIS NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH, CONNECT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY FOR BETTER HEALTH;
• Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. LONG-TERM OXYGEN TREATMENT DOES NOT BENEFIT SOME COPD PATIENTS;
• Addiction. SCIENTISTS PROPOSE NEUROSCIENCE FRAMEWORK FOR DIAGNOSING ADDICTIONS;
• AIDS/HIV. LARGE INCREASES IN HIV SUPPRESSION NEEDED TO REDUCE NEW INFECTIONS IN CRITICAL POPULATION;
• Adolescent Health. Teen Childbirth;
• Allergies. SKIN PATCH TO TREAT PEANUT ALLERGY SHOWS BENEFIT IN CHILDREN; NIH STUDY DETERMINES KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALLERGIC AND NON-ALLERGIC DUST MITE PROTEINS;
• Cannabinoids. STRUCTURE OF PRIMARY CANNABINOID RECEPTOR IS REVEALED;
• Contraception. WOMEN REPORT VAGINAL RING FOR PREVENTING HIV HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;
• Genomics. GENE THERAPY SHOWS PROMISE FOR TREATING NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE TYPE C1; NIH SCIENTISTS UNCOVER GENETIC EXPLANATION FOR FRUSTRATING SYNDROME;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending; AHRQ Stats: Hospital Stay Charges; AHRQ Stats: Health Care Spending;
• Infectious Diseases. NIH-LED EFFORT EXAMINES USE OF BIG DATA FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH ON NEW, RAPID SCREENING TEST IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL THERAPIES AGAINST DRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA;
• Lung Disease. NIH CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL EFFORT TO PREVENT AND MANAGE LUNG DISEASES;
• Zika Virus. TESTING OF INVESTIGATIONAL INACTIVATED ZIKA VACCINE IN HUMANS BEGINS.

Wishing all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and great new year ahead!
• Cancer. CELLULAR IMMUNOTHERAPY TARGETS A COMMON HUMAN CANCER MUTATION;
• Tobacco. NO SAFE LEVEL OF SMOKING: EVEN LOW-INTENSITY SMOKERS ARE AT INCREASED RISK OF EARLIER DEATH;
• Adolescent Substance Use. TEEN SUBSTANCE USE SHOWS PROMISING DECLINE;
• Health Services. Hospital Blood Transfusions; Health Care's Top Spenders; Safety-Net Hospitals; Health Care Expenses;
• Pain. VETERANS ENDURE HIGHER PAIN SEVERITY THAN NONVETERANS;
• Women's Health. Rates of Hysterectomy and Oophorectomy.

• Allergies. NIH-SPONSORED EXPERT PANEL ISSUES CLINICAL GUIDELINES TO PREVENT PEANUT ALLERGY - Recommendations focus on introducing peanut-containing foods to infants;
• Clinical Research. NEW DRUG FORMULARY WILL HELP EXPEDITE USE OF AGENTS IN CLINICAL TRIALS;
• Health Services. MRSA in California; Treatment of Burn-Related Injuries;
• Mental Health. Emergency Department Care for Mental and Substance Use Disorders;
• Neurological Health. BIOMARKER IN BLOOD MAY HELP PREDICT RECOVERY TIME FOR SPORTS CONCUSSIONS;
• Obesity. PARENTAL OBESITY LINKED TO DELAYS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Substance Abuse. Costly Opioid-Related Hospital Stays Soar Nationwide, But Vary Widely Among States;
• Women's Health. SEX HORMONE-SENSITIVE GENE COMPLEX LINKED TO PREMENSTRUAL MOOD DISORDER.

• Statistics. STUDY FINDS PREMATURE DEATH RATES DIVERGE IN THE UNITED STATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY;
• Cancer. TCGA STUDY IDENTIFIES GENOMIC FEATURES OF CERVICAL CANCER;
• Eye Health. STEM CELL SECRETIONS MAY PROTECT AGAINST GLAUCOMA;
• Endocrine Health. HAIR ANALYSIS MAY HELP DIAGNOSE CUSHING SYNDROME, NIH RESEARCHERS REPORT;
• Healthcare Economics. AHRQ Stats: Insurance for Young Adults;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Patient-Provider Communication; AHRQ Stats: Readmissions for Malnutrition;
• Multiple Sclerosis. STEM CELL TRANSPLANTS MAY INDUCE LONG-TERM REMISSION OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;
• Neurological Health. DESIGNER COMPOUND MAY UNTANGLE DAMAGE LEADING TO SOME DEMENTIAS;
• Senior Health. AHRQ Stats: End-of-Life Care;
• Substance Abuse. Opioid-Related Emergency Department Care Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Ohio and Connecticut were the states with the highest rates of opioid-related emergency department visits in 2014;
• Women's Health. ASPIRIN MAY HELP PREVENT PREGNANCY LOSS IN WOMEN WITH HIGH INFLAMMATION, NIH STUDY FINDS; COUPLES WITH OBESITY MAY TAKE LONGER TO ACHIEVE PREGNANCY, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS.

• Cancer. NCI LAUNCHES STUDY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CANCER SURVIVORS;
• Chronic Conditions. AHRQ Stats: Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Chronic Conditions;
• Diabetes. YOUTH WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES DEVELOP COMPLICATIONS MORE OFTEN THAN TYPE 1 PEERS, NIH, CDC funded study finds many in both groups quickly develop kidney, nerve, eye diseases;
• Genomics. NIH-FUNDED SCIENTISTS DEPLOY CRISPR TO PRESERVE PHOTORECEPTORS IN MICE, Gene-editing tool rescues photoreceptors from a variety of mutations;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Medicare Super-Utilizer� Patients"; AHRQ Stats: Decline in Hospital-Acquired Conditions;
• Malaria. EXPERIMENTAL PFSPZ MALARIA VACCINE PROVIDES DURABLE PROTECTION AGAINST MULTIPLE STRAINS IN NIH CLINICAL TRIAL;
• Maternal Child Health. EXTREME TEMPERATURES MAY INCREASE RISK FOR LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AT TERM, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Men's Health. NIH-SUPPORTED TRIALS OF TESTOSTERONE THERAPY IN OLDER MEN REPORT MIXED RESULTS;
• Mosquito-Borne Diseases. NIH BEGINS STUDY OF VACCINE TO PROTECT AGAINST MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES;
• Native American Health. STUDY FINDS EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT ALCOHOL USE AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN AND RURAL YOUTH;
• Obesity. STUDY IDENTIFIES AFRICAN-SPECIFIC GENOMIC VARIANT ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY;
• Substance Abuse. AHRQ Stats: Opioid-Related Emergency Department Care;
• Women's Health. NO BENEFIT IN TREATING MILDLY LOW THYROID FUNCTION IN PREGNANCY, NIH NETWORK STUDY FINDS.

• Cancer. ANNUAL REPORT TO THE NATION: CANCER DEATH RATES CONTINUE TO DECLINE - Special section on survival finds significant improvement for all but two cancer sites;
• Child Health. Medical Care for Children;
• Diabetes. RATES OF NEW DIAGNOSED CASES OF TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES ON THE RISE AMONG CHILDREN, TEENS;
• Genomics. STUDY FINDS GENETIC BASIS FOR DRUG RESPONSE IN CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: National Health Care Spending; Out-of-Pocket Spending Among Seniors; Decline in Hospital-Acquired Conditions;
• Herpes. NIH SCIENTISTS ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF HERPESVIRUS INFECTION ^^^ Protein complexes identified that control infection and reactivation;
• Infectious Disease. NIH STUDY OF EBOLA PATIENT TRACES DISEASE PROGRESSION AND RECOVERY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CURES MARBURG INFECTION IN MONKEYS - NIH-funded groups preparing for next filovirus outbreak.
• Mental Health. HIGHER DEATH RATE AMONG YOUTH WITH FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS;
• Neurological Health. GENE SILENCING SHOWS PROMISE FOR TREATING TWO FATAL NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS - NIH-funded preclinical studies suggest designer drug may treat ALS and spinocerebellar ataxia 2;
• Parasites. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC TEAMS FIND POTENTIAL APPROACH AGAINST PARASITES;
• TB. NIH STATEMENT ON WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY.

• AIDS/HIV. Hospital Costs for HIV Patients; CELL PARTICLES MAY HELP SPREAD HIV INFECTION;
• Asthma. NIH RESEARCH IMPROVES HEALTH FOR PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA;
• Brain Health. STUDY FINDS WORSENING OUTCOMES IN SERVICE MEMBERS FIVE YEARS AFTER MILD BLAST-INDUCED CONCUSSION; BRAIN RELAY� ALSO KEY TO HOLDING THOUGHTS IN THE MIND;
• Diabetes. FEWER EXAMS AND BETTER EYE HEALTH? AYE-AYE, FINDS TYPE 1 DIABETES STUDY;
• Eye Health. SYSTEMIC THERAPY OUTPERFORMS INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT FOR TREATING UVEITIS;
• Health Services. Patterns in Office-Based Medical Care;
• Heart Disease. RESEARCHERS DISCOVER MITOCHONDRIAL CIRCUIT BREAKER� THAT PROTECTS HEART FROM DAMAGE;
• High Blood Pressure. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE LINKED TO RACIAL SEGREGATION IN NEIGHBORHOODS;
• Infectious Disease. ENTEROCOCCI MAY HAVE EVOLVED ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO;
• Malaria. NIH STATEMENT ON WORLD MALARIA DAY -- APRIL 25, 2017;
• Medication Prescription. PRESCRIBING PATTERNS CHANGE FOLLOWING DIRECT MARKETING RESTRICTIONS;
• Mental Health. ANTIDEPRESSANT MAY ENHANCE DRUG DELIVERY TO THE BRAIN;
• Nutrition. STUDY BEEFS UP SUPPORT FOR BRAIN CELLS THAT CONTROL PROTEIN HUNGER;
• Obesity. NIH DISCOVERY IN MICE COULD LEAD TO NEW CLASS OF MEDICATIONS TO FIGHT MID-LIFE OBESITY;
• Substance Abuse. Substance Abuse-Related Disorders Among Hospitalized HIV Patients;
• Zika Virus. ZIKA VIRUS PERSISTS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND LYMPH NODES OF RHESUS MONKEYS.

• AIDS/HIV. AHRQ Stats: Hospital Stays for Older HIV Patients;
• Alcohol Abuse. STUDY FINDS TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS DRINK ALCOHOL AT DANGEROUSLY HIGH LEVELS;
• Autism. NEUROIMAGING TECHNIQUE MAY HELP PREDICT AUTISM AMONG HIGH-RISK INFANTS; BABY TEETH LINK AUTISM AND HEAVY METALS, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Brain. NIH SCIENTISTS TRY TO CRACK THE BRAIN fS MEMORY CODES;
• Breast Cancer. STUDY ESTIMATES NUMBER OF U.S. WOMEN LIVING WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER;
• Cushing Syndrome. NIH RESEARCHERS FIND POTENTIAL GENETIC CAUSE OF CUSHING SYNDROME;
• Ebola Virus. ANTIBODIES FROM EBOLA SURVIVOR PROTECT MICE AND FERRETS AGAINST RELATED VIRUSES;
• Genomics. RESEARCHERS CONNECT BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL LESIONS TO INTESTINAL BACTERIA;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Outpatient Appendectomies;
• Infectious Diseases. NIAID SCIENTISTS DISCOVER RARE GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO COMMON COLD;
• Liver Disease. INTESTINAL FUNGI LINKED TO WORSENING OF ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE;
• Lung Disease. COPD NATIONAL ACTION PLAN AIMS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH;
• Malaria. MODIFIED EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE PROTECTS MONKEYS FROM DEADLY MALARIA;
• Obesity. PREGNANCY DIET HIGH IN REFINED GRAINS COULD INCREASE CHILD OBESITY RISK BY AGE 7, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;DRINKING DIET BEVERAGES DURING PREGNANCY LINKED TO CHILD OBESITY, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Zika Virus. ZIKA VIRUS SPREAD UNDETECTED FOR MANY MONTHS, NIH-SUPPORTED STUDY FINDS;

• AIDS/HIV. HIV HIJACKS SURFACE MOLECULE TO INVADE CELL;
• Genomics. SCIENTISTS REPLAY MOVIE ENCODED IN DNA;
• Health Services. Hospital Care for Septicemia;
• Infectious Diseases. COMMON ANTIMICROBIALS HELP PATIENTS RECOVER FROM MRSA ABSCESSES;
• Liver Disease. NIH STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON IMMUNE RESPONSES DRIVING OBESITY-INDUCED LIVER DISEASE;
• Maternal Child Health. BLOOD OF SIDS INFANTS CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF SEROTONIN;
• Mental Health. Hospital Care for Mental Health/Substance Use;
• Neurological Health. RESEARCHERS UNCOVER GENETIC GAINS AND LOSSES IN TOURETTE SYNDROME; PREDICTING COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON�S DISEASE;
• Physical Activity. NIH-FUNDED TEAM USES SMARTPHONE DATA IN GLOBAL STUDY OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;
• Senior Health. ADVICE FOR OLDER ADULTS ON STAYING COOL IN HOT WEATHER;
• Zika Virus.EXPERIMENTAL ZIKA VIRUS VACCINES RESTRICT IN UTERO VIRUS TRANSMISSION IN MICE; NIH LAUNCHES PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF ZIKA AND HIV CO-INFECTION DURING PREGNANCY.

• AIDS/HIV. DRUG COMBINATION REDUCES RISK OF HIV INFECTION AMONG TEEN MALES; NIAID SCIENTISTS ILLUMINATE MECHANISM OF INCREASED CARDIOVASCULAR RISKS WITH HIV;
• Genomics. SEQUENCING ALL 24 HUMAN CHROMOSOMES UNCOVERS RARE DISORDERS;
• Health Insurance. Insurance Trends Among Hispanics, Blacks; Health Care Coverage for Young Adults; Decreasing Uninsurance; Coverage for Patients With Chronic Conditions;
• Health Services. Disparities in Patient Safety;
• Kidney Stones. RESEARCHERS TURN TO CREATIVE APPROACHES TO BATTLE KIDNEY STONES;
• Neurological Health. SCIENTISTS GIVE STAR TREATMENT TO LESSER-KNOWN CELLS CRUCIAL FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT;
• Tick-borne Diseases. SCIENTISTS DEVELOP INFECTION MODEL FOR TICK-BORNE FLAVIVIRUSES;
• Zika Virus. ZIKA VIRUS SELECTIVELY INFECTS AND KILLS GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS IN MICE.

• AIDS/HIV. CHILD LIVING WITH HIV MAINTAINS REMISSION WITHOUT DRUGS SINCE 2008; EXPERIMENTAL HIV VACCINE REGIMEN IS WELL-TOLERATED, ELICITS IMMUNE RESPONSES; DRUG INTERACTION CONCERNS MAY NEGATIVELY AFFECT HIV TREATMENT ADHERENCE AMONG TRANSGENDER WOMEN;
• Cancer. NCI STUDY IDENTIFIES ESSENTIAL GENES FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; SOCIAL INTERACTION AFFECTS CANCER PATIENTS� RESPONSE TO TREATMENT - Biological basis is unknown but may be related to stress response, NIH researchers say;
• Cardiovascular Disease. MIDLIFE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS MAY INCREASE CHANCES OF DEMENTIA; AHRQ Stats: Hospital Stays Decline for Coronary Atherosclerosis;
• Genomics. NIH ACCELERATES THE USE OF GENOMICS IN CLINICAL CARE; NEW IMAGING TECHNIQUE OVERTURNS LONGSTANDING TEXTBOOK MODEL OF DNA FOLDING; NIH SCIENTISTS FIND RARE DISEASE CLUES IN CELL'S RECYCLING SYSTEM;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Cost Trends for Hospital Stays; AHRQ Stats: Insurance Coverage For Hospital Stays;
• Mental Health. RESIDUAL ECHO� OF ANCIENT HUMANS IN SCANS MAY HOLD CLUES TO MENTAL DISORDERS;
• Neurological Health. BREAKTHROUGH METHOD YIELDS TROVE OF NEURON SUBTYPES, GENE REGULATORS; IMMUNE SYSTEM MAY MOUNT AN ATTACK IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE; WATERLOGGED BRAIN REGION HELPS SCIENTISTS GAUGE DAMAGE CAUSED BY PARKINSON'S DISEASE; SPACE STATION PROJECT SEEKS TO CRYSTALIZE THE MEANS TO COUNTERACT NERVE POISONS;
• Substance Abuse. AHRQ Stats: Opioid-Related Hospital Stays Increase in Small Metro Areas; NIH FINDINGS LINK ALDOSTERONE WITH ALCOHOL USE DISORDER.

• AIDS/HIV. THREE-IN-ONE ANTIBODY PROTECTS MONKEYS FROM HIV-LIKE VIRUS;
• Asthma. EXPOSURE TO PET AND PEST ALLERGENS DURING INFANCY LINKED TO REDUCED ASTHMA RISK;
• Ebola Virus. EXPERIMENTAL EBOLA VACCINES ELICIT YEAR-LONG IMMUNE RESPONSE;
• Genomics. NEW REGIONS OF THE HUMAN GENOME LINKED TO SKIN COLOR VARIATION IN SOME AFRICAN POPULATIONS; NIH COMPLETES ATLAS OF HUMAN DNA DIFFERENCES THAT INFLUENCE GENE EXPRESSION; DISEASE RESISTANCE SUCCESSFULLY SPREAD FROM MODIFIED TO WILD MOSQUITOES;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Insurance Payments for Child Orthopedic Visits;
• Infections. AHRQ Stats: Hospital-Acquired Conditions;
• Neurological Health. NIH RESEARCHERS UNCOVER DRAIN PIPES IN OUR BRAINS;
• Occupational Health. GULF SPILL OIL DISPERSANTS ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH SYMPTOMS IN CLEANUP WORKERS;
• Senior Health. AHRQ Stats: Medication Errors Among Seniors;
• Strokes. IMMUNE CELLS MAY HEAL BLEEDING BRAIN AFTER STROKES;
• Substance Abuse. NIH-FUNDED STUDY TO FOCUS ON NEWBORNS AFFECTED BY OPIOIDS.

• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Highest Hospital Readmission Rates; AHRQ Stats: Trends in Payments for Emergency Department Care; AHRQ Stats: Trends in Emergency Department Visits;
• Infections. NIH STUDY IDENTIFIES NEW TARGETS FOR ANTI-MALARIA DRUGS;
• Maternal Child Health. HEALTHY LIFESTYLE REDUCES HEART ATTACK, STROKE RISK AFTER GESTATIONAL DIABETES, NIH STUDY SHOWS;
• Mental Health. AHRQ Stats: Schizophrenia's Role in Hospital Admissions;
• Neurological Health. STUDY SHOWS HOW MEMORIES RIPPLE THROUGH THE BRAIN; SCIENTISTS FIND A ROLE FOR PARKINSON'S GENE IN THE BRAIN; NIH STUDY IDENTIFIES BRAIN PATTERNS UNDERLYING MOTHERS� RESPONSES TO INFANT CRIES;
• Obesity. OBESITY DURING PREGNANCY MAY LEAD DIRECTLY TO FETAL OVERGROWTH, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Senior Health. HIGHER BRAIN GLUCOSE LEVELS MAY MEAN MORE SEVERE ALZHEIMER'S;
• Substance Abuse. STATEMENT FROM THE NIH DIRECTOR ON COMBATING THE OPIOID CRISIS WITH SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS;
• Vision Health. NIH STUDY FINDS DONOR CORNEAS CAN BE SAFELY PRESERVED FOR LONGER PERIOD.

• AIDS/HIV. COMBINATION HIV PREVENTION REDUCES NEW INFECTIONS BY 42 PERCENT IN UGANDAN DISTRICT;
• Allergies. ALLERGENS WIDESPREAD IN LARGEST STUDY OF U.S. HOMES; NIAID SCIENTISTS LINK CASES OF UNEXPLAINED ANAPHYLAXIS TO RED MEAT ALLERGY;
• Dental Services. Climb in Dental Coverage;
• Health Services. Payments Vary for Public, Private Physician Office Visits; Hospital Stays For Kidney Failure Most Common in South; Highest Hospital Readmission Rates by Payer; Kidney Failure Hospitalizations in the Midwest;
• Hypertension. DATA FROM LANDMARK NIH BLOOD PRESSURE STUDY SUPPORTS IMPORTANT PART OF NEW AHA/ACC HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES;
• Maternal Child Health. AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE IN EARLY PREGNANCY LINKED TO MISCARRIAGE, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Mental Health. NIH STUDY OF WWII EVACUEES SUGGESTS MENTAL ILLNESS MAY BE PASSED TO OFFSPRING;
• Prions. NIH SCIENTISTS AND COLLABORATORS FIND PRION PROTEIN IN SKIN OF CJD PATIENTS;
• Sleep. TO SLEEP OR NOT: RESEARCHERS EXPLORE COMPLEX GENETIC NETWORK BEHIND SLEEP DURATION;
• Substance Abuse. SEPARATING SIDE EFFECTS COULD HOLD KEY FOR SAFER OPIOIDS; OPIOID TREATMENT DRUGS HAVE SIMILAR OUTCOMES ONCE PATIENTS INITIATE TREATMENT;
• Vaping. VAPING POPULAR AMONG TEENS; OPIOID MISUSE AT HISTORIC LOWS;
• Zika Virus. TRIALS SHOW INACTIVATED ZIKA VIRUS VACCINE IS SAFE AND IMMUNOGENIC; GENE-BASED ZIKA VACCINE IS SAFE AND IMMUNOGENIC IN HEALTHY ADULTS.

• Alcohol Abuse. NIH STUDY SHOWS STEEP INCREASE IN RATE OF ALCOHOL-RELATED ER VISITS;
• Dental Services. Trends in Dental Expenses;
• Genomics. THE COMING OF AGE OF GENE THERAPY: A REVIEW OF THE PAST AND PATH FORWARD; NIH DISCOVERY BRINGS STEM CELL THERAPY FOR EYE DISEASE CLOSER TO THE CLINIC; CELLULAR BARCODING HELPS SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND THE BEHAVIOR OF STEM CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANT FOR SEVERE SCLERODERMA IMPROVES SURVIVAL, QUALITY OF LIFE;
• Heath Services. Increased Hospital Stays for Hepatitis C;
• Maternal Child Health. IODINE DEFICIENCY MAY REDUCE PREGNANCY CHANCES, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS; CHEMICAL FROM CACTUS-LIKE PLANT SHOWS PROMISE IN CONTROLLING SURGICAL PAIN, WHILE LEAVING TOUCH AND COORDINATION INTACT, RAT STUDY SHOWS;
• Stress. DEFENDING AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS MAY SHORTEN LIFESPAN.

• AIDS/HIV. STUDY LINKS GUT-HOMING PROTEIN LEVELS WITH HIV INFECTION RISK, DISEASE PROGRESSION NIH clinical trial is testing antibody against the protein in people with HIV;
• Alcohol Abuse. STUDY OF FIRST-GRADERS SHOWS FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS PREVALENT IN U.S. COMMUNITIES;
• Alzheimer's Disease. COMPOUND PREVENTS NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE, SHOWS COGNITIVE BENEFITS IN MOUSE MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE;
• Brain Health. STAR-LIKE CELLS MAY HELP THE BRAIN TUNE BREATHING RHYTHMS;
• Dietary Supplements. WILL SUPPLEMENTS HELP YOUR WORKOUT OR DIET ROUTINE?;
• Ebola Virus. EBOLA VIRUS INFECTS REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS IN MONKEYS;
• Education. GRADUATES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM SHOW GREATER EDUCATIONAL GAINS AS ADULTS;
• Flu. FLU INFECTION STUDY INCREASES UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL IMMUNITY;
• Heath Services. Decline in Hospitalizations; 'Baby Boomer' Hospital Stays Involving Hepatitis C; Cost of Hospital Stays for Kidney Failure;
• High Frequency Radiation. HIGH EXPOSURE TO RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION LINKED TO TUMOR ACTIVITY IN MALE RATS;
• Lab Research. ROADMAP TO GUIDE PROGRESS TOWARD REPLACING ANIMAL USE IN TOXICITY TESTING;
• Lung Disease. NIH STUDY WILL ASSESS BIOMARKER AS POTENTIAL INDICATOR OF WHETHER LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IMPROVE WITH ANTIBACTERIAL TREATMENT; NEW STUDY OFFERS INSIGHTS ON GENETIC INDICATORS OF COPD RISK;
• Maternal Child Health. NIH-FUNDED RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY RISK FACTORS FOR SLEEP APNEA DURING PREGNANCY; INDUCED LABOR AFTER 39 WEEKS IN HEALTHY WOMEN MAY REDUCE NEED FOR C SECTION;
• Memory. MEMORY GENE GOES VIRAL;
• Mental Health. MOLECULAR SECRETS REVEALED: ANTIPSYCHOTIC DOCKED IN ITS RECEPTOR;
• Parkinson's Disease. NIH SCIENTISTS ADAPT NEW BRAIN DISEASE TEST FOR PARKINSON'S, DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES;
• Stroke. EYE COULD PROVIDE WINDOW TO THE BRAIN� AFTER STROKE; BRAIN-SCAN GUIDED EMERGENCY STROKE TREATMENT CAN SAVE MORE LIVES - NIH-funded study finds patients treated up to 16 hours after stroke showed positive outcomes;
• Suicide. Increased Suicide Rates in Rural Areas;
• Zika Virus. ZIKA INFECTION DURING PREGNANCY MAY DISRUPT FETAL OXYGEN SUPPLY - NIH-funded study observes virus-induced placental damage in monkeys.

• AIDS/HIV. ONE-MONTH TUBERCULOSIS PROPHYLAXIS AS EFFECTIVE AS NINE-MONTH REGIMEN FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV;
• Asthma. SHORT-TERM INCREASES IN INHALED STEROID DOSES DO NOT PREVENT ASTHMA FLARE-UPS IN CHILDREN;
• Brain Health. NIH SCIENTISTS SEARCH FOR THE CLOCKS BEHIND AGING BRAIN DISORDERS; SCIENTISTS SHOW HOW THE BRAIN MAY BE WIRED FOR DRINKING FLUIDS;
• Blood Health. NIH RESEARCHERS FIND A POTENTIAL TREATMENT FOR DISORDERS INVOLVING EXCESS RED BLOOD CELLS;
• Blood Pressure. RESEARCHERS USE CIGARETTE SMOKING BEHAVIOR TO IDENTIFY GENES THAT REGULATE BLOOD PRESSURE;
• Gene Editing. CRISPR HELPS FIND NEW GENETIC SUSPECTS BEHIND ALS/FTD;
• Heath Insurance. AHRQ Stats: Veterans� Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenses; AHRQ Stats: Private Insurance vs. Medicaid for Hospital Payments;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Pressure Ulcer Rates of Hospital Patients; AHRQ Stats: Family Expenses for Health Care;
• Hepatitis B. ANTIVIRAL DRUG NOT BENEFICIAL FOR REDUCING MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B WHEN ADDED TO EXISTING PREVENTATIVES;
• Infectious Diseases. NIH SCIENTISTS DESCRIBE POTENTIAL ANTIBODY APPROACH FOR TREATING MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NIAID SCIENTISTS ASSESS TRANSMISSION RISK OF FAMILIAL HUMAN PRION DISEASES TO MICE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES CRUCIAL TO FIGHTING EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, SAY NIH OFFICIALS;
• Sleep. THE BRAIN'S INTERNAL CLOCK CONTINUALLY TAKES ITS TEMPERATURE.

• ADHD. ATYPICAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OBSERVED IN PRESCHOOLERS WITH ADHD SYMPTOMS;
• Cancer. NIH STUDY REVISES MOLECULAR CLASSIFICATION FOR MOST COMMON TYPE OF LYMPHOMA; NIH COMPLETES IN-DEPTH GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF 33 CANCER TYPES;
• Diabetes. ISLET TRANSPLANTATION IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH HARD-TO-CONTROL TYPE 1 DIABETES;
• Eye Health. IMMUNE CELLS IN THE RETINA CAN SPONTANEOUSLY REGENERATE;
• Genomics. NIH RESEARCHERS CRACK MYSTERY BEHIND RARE BONE DISORDER; NIH RESEARCHERS USE GENOMICS TO SET SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMAS APART FROM OTHER CANCERS; EARLY STIMULATION IMPROVES PERFORMANCE OF BIOENGINEERED HUMAN HEART CELLS; NIH-SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL TEAM CONFIRMS NEW GENETIC MUTATION LINK TO ALS;
• Health Care. AHRQ Stats: Household Expenses for Health Care;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Demographics of Veterans; AHRQ Stats: Surgical Hospital Stays; AHRQ Stats: Hospital Stays Involving Surgery;
• Heart Disease.NEW TECHNIQUE MAKES HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT SAFER FOR SOME HIGH-RISK PATIENTS;
• Malaria. NIH STUDY MAY HELP EXPLAIN WHY IRON CAN WORSEN MALARIA INFECTION; NEWLY DESCRIBED HUMAN ANTIBODY PREVENTS MALARIA IN MICE;
• Maternal Child Health. ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE BEFORE PREGNANCY MAY INCREASE CHANCE OF PREGNANCY LOSS; DIURETIC THERAPY FOR EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS DOES NOT ALLEVIATE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS;
• Omega-3. OMEGA-3S FROM FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTS NO BETTER THAN PLACEBO FOR DRY EYE;
• Public Safety. A THIRD OF YOUNG ADULTS HAVE RIDDEN WITH AN IMPAIRED DRIVER, NIH ANALYSIS SUGGESTS;
• Sleep. LACK OF SLEEP MAY BE LINKED TO RISK FACTOR FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE;
• TB. NIH STATEMENT ON WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY;
• Zoonoses. NEW CORONAVIRUS EMERGES FROM BATS IN CHINA, DEVASTATES YOUNG SWINE - Identified in same region, from same bats, as SARS coronavirus.

• AIDS/HIV. NIH CLINICAL TRIAL TO TRACK OUTCOMES OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION FROM HIV-POSITIVE DONORS TO HIV-POSITIVE RECIPIENTS; GENETICALLY ALTERED BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES PROTECT MONKEYS FROM HIV-LIKE VIRUS;
• Autoimmune Diseases. EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS PROTEIN CAN SWITCH ON� RISK GENES FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES;
• Health Services. Declining In-Hospital Hip Fractures; Medicaid Coverage for Pediatric Emergency Care; Most Common Surgical Procedures;
• Kidney Health. Increased Hospital Stays for Kidney Failure;
• Laboratory Science. BETTER TOGETHER: MERGED MICROSCOPE OFFERS UNPRECEDENTED LOOK AT BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN LIVING CELLS;
• Malaria. ESSENTIAL MALARIA PARASITE GENES REVEALED;
• Maternal Child Health. MORE THAN ONE DAY OF EARLY-PREGNANCY BLEEDING LINKED TO LOWER BIRTHWEIGHT;
• Minority Health. CYBERBULLYING, UNMET MEDICAL NEEDS CONTRIBUTE TO DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH;
• Neurological Health. NIH SCIENTISTS DEVELOP NOVEL TECHNIQUE TO STUDY BRAIN DISEASE; SCIENTISTS UNCOVER BRAIN CIRCUITS BEHIND PUTTING UP A FIGHT OR FREEZING IN PLACE; SCIENTISTS DISCOVER ROADBLOCKS THAT STOP BRAIN WHITE MATTER HEALING; NIH SCIENTISTS WATCH THE BRAIN'S LINING HEAL AFTER A HEAD INJURY;
• Opioids. STUDY UPENDS CONVENTIONAL VIEW OF OPIOID MECHANISM OF ACTION;
• Skin Health. BACTERIA THERAPY FOR ECZEMA SHOWS PROMISE IN NIH STUDY.

• AIDS/HIV. HIV VACCINE ELICITS ANTIBODIES IN ANIMALS THAT NEUTRALIZE DOZENS OF HIV STRAINS;
• Alzheimer's Disease. NIH SUMMIT DELIVERS RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACCELERATE THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE;
• Cancer. TAILORX TRIAL FINDS MOST WOMEN WITH EARLY BREAST CANCER DO NOT BENEFIT FROM CHEMOTHERAPY; NCI-MATCH PRECISION MEDICINE CLINICAL TRIAL RELEASES NEW FINDINGS, STRENGTHENS PATH FORWARD FOR TARGETED CANCER THERAPIES; NEW APPROACH TO IMMUNOTHERAPY LEADS TO COMPLETE RESPONSE IN BREAST CANCER PATIENT UNRESPONSIVE TO OTHER TREATMENTS; ANNUAL REPORT TO THE NATION: OVERALL CANCER MORTALITY CONTINUES TO DECLINE, PROSTATE CANCER MORTALITY HAS STABILIZED; NIH, NORTHWESTERN SCIENTISTS DEVELOP POTENTIAL NEW APPROACH TO STOP CANCER METASTASIS;
• Concusson. STUDY REVEALS GAPS IN FOLLOW-UP CARE AFTER CONCUSSION;
• Depression. AFRICAN AMERICANS AND LATINOS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE AT RISK FOR DEPRESSION THAN WHITES;
• Diabetes. HIGH THYROID HORMONE LEVEL IN EARLY PREGNANCY LINKED TO GESTATIONAL DIABETES, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS; WOMEN WITH PREGNANCY-RELATED DIABETES MAY BE AT RISK FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE;
• Diet Supplements. NIH LAUNCHES HERBLIST, A MOBILE APP ON HERBAL PRODUCTS;
• Health Insurance. AHRQ Stats: Retention of Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Increased Medicaid Hospitalizations; AHRQ Stats: Declining Hospitalizations Among Emergency Department Patients; AHRQ Stats: Decreasing Pressure Ulcers Among Hospital Patients;
• Heart Disease. NIH-SUPPORTED RESEARCHERS FIND LINK BETWEEN ALLERGEN IN RED MEAT AND HEART DISEASE;
• Immune System. NIH STUDY FINDS GUT MICROBIOME CAN CONTROL ANTITUMOR IMMUNE FUNCTION IN LIVER;
• Infectious Disease. NIH SCIENTISTS SHOW HOW TULAREMIA BACTERIA TRICK CELLS TO CAUSE DISEASE;
• Maternal Child Health. INSUFFICIENT VITAMIN D LINKED TO MISCARRIAGE AMONG WOMEN WITH PRIOR PREGNANCY LOSS;
• Neurological Health. BIGGER HUMAN BRAIN PRIORITIZES THINKING HUB -- AT A COST;
• Pain. NIH STUDY EXPLAINS WHY OPIOID THERAPY MAY NOT ALWAYS WORK WELL FOR CHRONIC PAIN;
• Parkinson's Disease. SELF-TUNING BRAIN IMPLANT COULD HELP TREAT PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE;
• Prions. MICROGLIA ARE KEY DEFENDERS AGAINST PRION DISEASES;
• Suicide. AGE-RELATED RACIAL DISPARITY IN SUICIDE RATES AMONG U.S. YOUTH.

• Adolescent Health. TEEN CRASH RISK HIGHEST DURING FIRST THREE MONTHS AFTER GETTING DRIVER'S LICENSE;
• Alzheimer's Disease. NIH-FUNDED STUDY FINDS NEW EVIDENCE THAT VIRUSES MAY PLAY A ROLE IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE;
• Breast Cancer. NIH STUDY ASSOCIATES OBESITY WITH LOWER BREAST CANCER RISK IN YOUNG WOMEN;
• Depression. PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION SHOWS PROMISE FOR TREATING DEPRESSION IN PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN;
• Electronic Health Records. Use of Electronic Health or Medical Records;
• Health Services. Increased Emergency Department Visits; Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners and Physician's Assistants; Same-Day Appointments;
• Lipids. NATURAL LIPID ACTS AS POTENT ANTI-INFLAMMATORY;
• Mapping. NIH-FUNDED SCIENTISTS PUT SOCIOECONOMIC DATA ON THE MAP;
• Weather-related Issues. HEAT-RELATED HEALTH DANGERS FOR OLDER ADULTS SOAR DURING THE SUMMER.

• AIDS/HIV. DURING HIV INFECTION, ANTIBODY CAN BLOCK B CELLS FROM FIGHTING PATHOGENS - NIH scientists suspect process aims to curb immune-system hyperactivity; MULTI-DISEASE HEALTH FAIRS, UNIVERSAL TEST AND TREAT� HELP EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITIES ACHIEVE HIV BENCHMARKS;
• CT Images. NIH CLINICAL CENTER RELEASES DATASET OF 32,000 CT IMAGES;
• Diabetes. NEW NIH REFERENCE BOOK IS ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR DIABETES MEDICAL INFORMATION;
• Ebola Virus. BROADLY ACTING ANTIBODIES FOUND IN PLASMA OF EBOLA SURVIVORS;
• Genomics. FETAL DNA SEQUENCING POTENTIALLY COULD REDUCE NEED FOR INVASIVE PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES;
• Health Insurance. Fewer Part-Time Workers With Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance; Access to Care Among Metro and Non-Metro Residents; Uninsured Rates for Part-Time and Full-Time Workers;
• Infectious Disease. NIH RESEARCHERS DISCOVER HIGHLY INFECTIOUS VEHICLE FOR TRANSMISSION OF VIRUSES AMONG HUMANS;
• Maternal Child Health. INDUCED LABOR AT 39 WEEKS MAY REDUCE LIKELIHOOD OF C-SECTION, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS; INTERVENTION FOR FIRST-TIME MOMS AND THEIR INFANTS IMPROVES CHILD WEIGHT THROUGH AGE 3;
• Neurological Health. NIH-FUNDED RESEARCHERS PRESENT PRELIMINARY CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS SUGGESTING AGGRESSIVE BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL MAY LOWER RISK OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;
• Obesity. OBESITY EXTENDS DURATION OF INFLUENZA A VIRUS SHEDDING;
• Opioid Crisis. NOTIFICATION OF PATIENT OVERDOSE DEATHS REDUCES CLINICIAN OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS;
• Parkinson's disease. PROTEIN AFFECTED BY RARE PARKINSON'S MUTATION MAY LURK BEHIND MANY CASES OF THE DISEASE;
• Prostate Cancer. NIH AND PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION LAUNCH LARGE STUDY ON AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN;
• Tick-borne Illnesses. TICKBORNE DISEASES ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE, SAY NIH OFFICIALS;

• AIDS/HIV. NOVEL INTERVENTION HALVES RATE OF DEATH AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV WHO INJECT DRUGS;
• Asthma. GENETICS AND POLLUTION DRIVE SEVERITY OF ASTHMA SYMPTOMS;
• Behavioral Health. RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY KEY BRAIN CIRCUITS FOR REWARD-SEEKING AND AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR;
• Gene Therapy. STATEMENT ON MODERNIZING HUMAN GENE THERAPY OVERSIGHT; RESEARCHERS FIND POTENTIAL NEW GENE THERAPY FOR BLINDING DISEASE;
• Gestational diabetes. BLOOD TEST MAY IDENTIFY GESTATIONAL DIABETES RISK IN FIRST TRIMESTER;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Regional Variations in Severe Maternal Morbidity; AHRQ Stats: Pediatric Emergency Care for Influenza; AHRQ Stats: Pediatric Emergency Department Visits; AHRQ Stats: Medicaid Coverage for Pediatric Emergency Care;
• Heart Disease. MORE PATIENTS SURVIVE SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST WITH NEW EMS TECHNIQUE;
• Infectious Disease. RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL AFRICA INCREASES THE RISK OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS;
• Marijuana. DAILY USE OF MARIJUANA AMONG NON-COLLEGE YOUNG ADULTS AT ALL-TIME HIGH;
• Mental Health. AHRQ Stats: Hospital Stays for Physical and Mental Health/Substance Use Conditions;
• MERS. NIH STUDY SHOWS HOW MERS CORONAVIRUS EVOLVES TO INFECT DIFFERENT SPECIES;
• Neurological Health. RESEARCHERS UNEARTH SECRET TUNNELS BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE BRAIN;
• Nutrition. LONGER DAILY FASTING TIMES IMPROVE HEALTH AND LONGEVITY IN MICE;
• Phantom Odor Perception. THAT STINKS! 1 IN 15 AMERICANS SMELL ODORS THAT AREN'T THERE.

• AIDS/HIV. COMBINATION HIV ANTIBODY INFUSIONS SAFELY MAINTAIN VIRAL SUPPRESSION IN SELECT INDIVIDUALS; NIH LAUNCHES STUDY TO TEST COMBINATION ANTIBODY TREATMENT FOR HIV INFECTION;
• Cancer. FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION HELPS RESTORE BENEFICIAL BACTERIA IN CANCER PATIENTS;
• Diabetes. GASTRIC BANDING AS EFFECTIVE AS METFORMIN IN SLOWING PROGRESSION OF PREDIABETES, TYPE 2 DIABETES;
• Disaster Preparedness. NIH SUPPORTS STUDY OF HEALTH RISKS AND RESILIENCE FOLLOWING HURRICANES IRMA AND MARIA;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Disparities in Health Care; AHRQ Stats: Growth in Medicaid Coverage for Pediatric Emergency Care; AHRQ Stats: Disparities in Health Care; AHRQ Stats: Opioid-Related Hospitalizations for Older Americans;
• Infectious Diseases. SCIENTISTS DEVELOP NOVEL VACCINE FOR LASSA FEVER AND RABIES;
• Maternal Child Health. AHRQ Stats: Regional Variations in Severe Maternal Morbidity;
• Metabolic Diseases. GENE MUTATION POINTS TO NEW WAY TO FIGHT DIABETES, OBESITY, HEART DISEASE;
• Minority Health. DIET RICH IN FRIED AND PROCESSED FOODS LINKED TO INCREASED HYPERTENSION IN BLACK AMERICANS;
• Neurological Health. EVERY CELL HAS A STORY TO TELL IN BRAIN INJURY; NEURONS ABSORB AND RELEASE WATER WHEN FIRING, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Senior Health. DAILY LOW-DOSE ASPIRIN FOUND TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON HEALTHY LIFE SPAN IN OLDER PEOPLE;
• Sexual Harassment. CHANGING THE CULTURE OF SCIENCE TO END SEXUAL HARASSMENT;
• Sickle Cell Disease. NIH LAUNCHES INITIATIVE TO ACCELERATE GENETIC THERAPIES TO CURE SICKLE CELL DISEASE;
• Substance Abuse. AHRQ Stats: Opioid-Related Hospitalizations for Older Americans;
• Zika Virus. GENE VARIATIONS LINKED TO SEVERITY OF ZIKA-RELATED BIRTH DEFECTS, SMALL NIH STUDY SUGGESTS

• Alternative Medicine. MORE ADULTS AND CHILDREN ARE USING YOGA AND MEDITATION;
• Diabetes. THIS NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH, CARE FOR YOUR HEALTH AFTER GESTATIONAL DIABETES;
• Environmental Health. HIGH EXPOSURE TO RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER IN MALE RATS;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Number of Health Care Practitioners; AHRQ Stats: Prevalence of Health Care Systems;
• Maternal Child Health. SOY FORMULA FEEDING DURING INFANCY ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE MENSTRUAL PAIN IN ADULTHOOD;
• Mental Health. AHRQ Stats: ADHD Diagnoses and Family Income;
• Neurological Health. ASTROCYTES REGULATE SIGNAL SPEEDS OF NEURONS;
• Special Needs. NIH TO FUND NATIONAL DATA COLLECTION ON NEW MOTHERS WITH DISABILITIES;
• STD. NOVEL ANTIBIOTIC SHOWS PROMISE IN TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED GONORRHEA;
• Substance Abuse. COMMON USE OF ANTIPSYCHOTICS SHOWN INEFFECTIVE FOR DELIRIUM IN INTENSIVE CARE PATIENTS; AHRQ Stats: Variations in Opioids Use According to Income.

• AIDS/HIV. MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF ENGAGING MEN IN HIV PREVENTION AND TREATMENT NIH commentary describes innovative strategies for reaching men;
• Brain. NIH RESEARCHERS DISCOVER NEURAL CODE THAT PREDICTS BEHAVIOR. Neurons in an ancient part of the brain encode decisions based on visual information;
• Cardiovascular Health. STUDY LINKS FREQUENT RED MEAT CONSUMPTION TO HIGH LEVELS OF CHEMICAL ASSOCIATED WITH HEART DISEASE - Findings reveal tripling of blood levels of TMAO from red meat diet, but dietary effects can be reversed;
• Ebola. CLINICAL TRIAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL EBOLA TREATMENTS BEGINS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ;
• Genomics. STATEMENT ON CLAIM OF FIRST GENE-EDITED BABIES BY CHINESE RESEARCHER;
• Health Services. Opioid-Related Emergency Care for Seniors; Colorectal Surgery Deaths; Complications After a Hip Replacement;
• Maternal Child Health. Trauma During Childbirth;
• Mental Health. ADHD Diagnoses and Family Income;
• Sickle Cell Anemia. NIH RESEARCHER PRESENTS ENCOURAGING RESULTS FOR GENE THERAPY FOR SEVERE SICKLE CELL DISEASE;
• Sleep Apnea. MODERATE OR SEVERE SLEEP APNEA DOUBLES RISK OF HARD-TO-TREAT HYPERTENSION IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS. Treatment of sleep disorder might help improve blood pressure control in this high-risk group;
• Substance Abuse. Opioid Use Among Seniors;
• Tobacco. LOW-INCOME, RURAL KIDS AT HIGHER RISK FOR SECOND- OR THIRD-HAND SMOKE EXPOSURE NIH-funded study suggests ways to reduce risk for infants and toddlers.

• AIDS/HIV. THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR: WITH HIV, UNDETECTABLE EQUALS UNTRANSMITTABLE;
• Alzheimers Disease. NIH-DEVELOPED TEST DETECTS PROTEIN ASSOCIATED WITH ALZHEIMER’S AND CTE;
• Breast Cancer. BRCA EXCHANGE AGGREGATES DATA ON THOUSANDS OF BRCA VARIANTS TO INFORM UNDERSTANDING OF CANCER RISK;
• Cancer. AI APPROACH OUTPERFORMED HUMAN EXPERTS IN IDENTIFYING CERVICAL PRECANCER Algorithm could revolutionize cervical cancer screening, especially in low-resource settings; PROXIMITY TO MUSCLE CELLS MAY PROMOTE SPREAD OF PROSTATE CANCER CELLS; STUDY FINDS ELEVATED RISK OF CERTAIN RARE BLOOD CANCERS AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY FOR MOST SOLID TUMORS;
• Mental Health. 2,000 HUMAN BRAINS YIELD CLUES TO HOW GENES RAISE RISK FOR MENTAL ILLNESSES - Artificial intelligence model improves prediction six-fold; AHRQ Stats: Children With ADHD;
• Neurological Health. NIH STUDY IMPLICATES HYPERACTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN AGING BRAIN DISORDERS;
• Substance Use. Variations in Opioid Use According to Health Status;
• Suicide Prevention.NEW PATHWAYS FOR IMPLEMENTING UNIVERSAL SUICIDE RISK SCREENING IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS;
• Tobacco. TEENS USING VAPING DEVICES IN RECORD NUMBERS.

• AIDS/HIV. STUDY OF PREP AND VAGINAL RING FOR HIV PREVENTION BEGINS IN GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN; NIH-SUPPORTED SCIENTISTS DEVELOP TOOL TO MEASURE SUCCESS OF HIV CURE STRATEGIES;
• Cardioavascular Disease. SOME GUT CELLS SLOW DOWN METABOLISM, ACCELERATE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:
• Diabetes. AHRQ Stats: A1C Tests for Adults Diagnosed With Diabetes; AHRQ Stats: Monitoring Exams for Adults Diagnosed With Diabetes;
• Ebola. INVESTIGATIONAL MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TO TREAT EBOLA IS SAFE IN ADULTS;
• Eye Health. NIH RESEARCHERS HOME IN ON GENES LINKED TO AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION;
• Health Insurance. AHRQ Stats: Enrollment in Employer Health Plans;
• Heart Disease. STUDY LINKS PSORIASIS TREATMENT AND IMPROVEMENT IN HEART ARTERY DISEASE;
• Herpes. ACYCLOVIR LABELING NOW INCLUDES DETAILS FOR TREATING PREMATURE INFANTS INFECTED WITH HERPES VIRUS NIH-funded study provides information on drug's dosing and use in newborns;
• Immunity. DENGUE IMMUNITY MAY BE PROTECTIVE AGAINST SYMPTOMATIC ZIKA, STUDY FINDS;
• Mental Health. BRAIN BIOMARKERS COULD HELP IDENTIFY THOSE AT RISK OF SEVERE PTSD;
• Neurological Health. MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS COMMON FOLLOWING MILD HEAD INJURY; DOES INTENSIVE BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL REDUCE DEMENTIA?; NEW FINDINGS REVEAL SURPRISING ROLE OF THE CEREBELLUM IN REWARD AND SOCIAL BEHAVIORS;
• Sleep. STUDY HELPS SOLVE MYSTERY OF HOW SLEEP PROTECTS AGAINST HEART DISEASE;
• Stroke. NIH STUDY PROVIDES ANSWER TO LONG-HELD DEBATE ON BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL AFTER STROKE;
• Substance Use. AHRQ Stats: Opioid-Related Hospital Care for Seniors;
• Tobacco. SMOKING LINKED TO HIGHER RISK OF PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS;
• Transplant. BLOOD TEST SHOWS PROMISE FOR EARLY DETECTION OF SEVERE LUNG-TRANSPLANT REJECTION.

• Adolescent Health. NIH STUDY SHOWS MANY PRETEENS SCREEN POSITIVE FOR SUICIDE RISK DURING ER VISITS; REACHING FOR OBJECTS WHILE DRIVING MAY RAISE TEEN CRASH RISK NEARLY SEVENFOLD;
• AIDS/HIV. RESEARCHERS REPORT HIGH RATE OF VIRAL SUPPRESSION AMONG PEOPLE NEW TO HIV CARE; TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSIS IN PEOPLE WITH HIV INCREASES RISK OF DEATH WITHIN 10 YEARS;
• Alcohol. NIH STUDY OF BRAIN ENERGY PATTERNS PROVIDES NEW INSIGHTS INTO ALCOHOL EFFECTS;
• Allergies. SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY UNIQUE SUBTYPE OF ECZEMA LINKED TO FOOD ALLERGY;
• Alzheimer's Disease. DATA SHARING UNCOVERS FIVE NEW RISK GENES FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE;
• Breast Cancer. OLDER BIOLOGIC LINKED TO ELEVATED BREAST CANCER RISK;
• Ebola. STUDY FINDS EBOLA SURVIVORS IN LIBERIA FACE ONGOING HEALTH ISSUES;
• Health Insurance. AHRQ Stats: State Variations in Health Plan Enrollment;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Improvement in Patient Safety Measures; AHRQ Stats: Hospital Readmission Rates by Payer; AHRQ Stats: Deaths After Colorectal Surgery;
• Kidney Health. ON WORLD KIDNEY DAY, KIDNEY HEALTH IS FOR EVERYONE — INCLUDING YOU;
• Maternal Child Health. RATE OF LIFE-THREATENING CHILDBIRTH COMPLICATIONS INCREASING SHARPLY ACROSS U.S. RACIAL, ETHNIC GROUPS;
• Mental Health. NIH STUDY REVEALS DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN WITH ANHEDONIA; NEUROMELANIN-SENSITIVE MRI IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL BIOMARKER FOR PSYCHOSIS;
• Women Health. LONG PERIODS OF SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR MAY INCREASE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN OLDER WOMEN.

• Cancer. HARNESSING T-CELL “STEMNESS” COULD ENHANCE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY;
• Eye Health. RETINAL PRION DISEASE STUDY REDEFINES ROLE FOR BRAIN CELLS;
• Environmental Health. KIDS LIVING NEAR MAJOR ROADS AT HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Genomics. SCIENTISTS EXPLORE NEW ROLES FOR RNA;
• Heart Disease. SURGERY NO BETTER THAN MEDICATION AT PREVENTING SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION;
• Health Services. Hospitals’ Participation in Accountable Care Organizations; Highest and Lowest Hospital Readmission Rates;
• Mental Health. Hospital Costs for Mental and Substance Use Disorders;
• Memory. WANT TO LEARN A NEW SKILL? TAKE SOME SHORT BREAKS; OUR BRAINS MAY RIPPLE BEFORE REMEMBERING;
• Substance Abuse. OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS INCREASING RATES OF SOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES Health, substance use professionals must work together to thwart public health crisis; Hospital Costs for Mental and Substance Use Disorders;
• Vaping. Some E-cigarette Users Are Having Seizures, Most Reports Involving Youth and Young Adults;
• Women's Health. LIGHT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LINKED TO LOWER RISK OF HEART DISEASE IN OLDER WOMEN.

• Diabetes. WATCHFUL WAITING REASONABLE FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA AND GOOD VISION; AHRQ Stats: Diagnosis of Diabetes Among Adults by Race/Ethnicity;
• Food Allergies. SCRATCHING THE SKIN PRIMES THE GUT FOR ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO FOOD, MOUSE STUDY SUGGESTS;
• Gestational Diabetes. DAILY FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENT MAY REDUCE RISK OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES;
• Health Disparities. LEVERAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES;
• Heart Disease. HEALTHY HEARTS NEED TWO PROTEINS WORKING TOGETHER;
• Measles. DECLINE IN MEASLES VACCINATION IS CAUSING A PREVENTABLE GLOBAL RESURGENCE OF THE DISEASE;
• Medical Technology. A foundational research roadmap for artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging was published this week in the journal Radiology.
• Mental Health. AHRQ Stats: Hospitalizations for Depressive Disorders;
• Neurological Health. EMERGENCY TREATMENT GUIDELINES IMPROVE SURVIVAL OF PEOPLE WITH SEVERE HEAD INJURY;
• Obesity. NIH RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY METHOD TO VERIFY IF CHILDREN FASTED BEFORE MEDICAL TESTING;
• Research. NIH TO ROCKET 3-D TISSUE CHIPS INTO SPACE TO STUDY DISEASE IN MICROGRAVITY;
• Senior Health. GUIDELINES PROPOSED FOR NEWLY DEFINED ALZHEIMER’S-LIKE BRAIN DISORDER;
• Suicide Prevention. CRISIS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES STRUGGLE WITH DEMAND AFTER CELEBRITY SUICIDES; RELEASE OF “13 REASONS WHY” ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASE IN YOUTH SUICIDE RATES;

• AIDS/HIV. INTEGRATED STEPPED ALCOHOL TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE IN HIV CARE IMPROVES BOTH HIV AND ALCOHOL OUTCOMES; HIV VACCINE AWARENESS DAY 2019 – MAY 18, 2019;
• Asthma. LARGE PORTION OF PATIENTS WITH MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA AND LOW SPUTUM EOSINOPHILS RESPOND EQUALLY WELL TO INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS AS PLACEBO;
• Cancer. ANNUAL REPORT TO THE NATION: OVERALL CANCER MORTALITY CONTINUES TO DECLINE; STUDY SHOWS INCIDENCE RATES OF AGGRESSIVE SUBTYPES OF UTERINE CANCER RISING;
• Childhood Obesity. BEING TEASED ABOUT WEIGHT MAY LEAD TO MORE WEIGHT GAIN AMONG CHILDREN, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS; M.
• Diabetes. IMPROVEMENTS IN INSULIN RELEASE WANE AFTER TREATMENT STOPS IN ADULTS WITH EARLY TYPE 2 DIABETES; DELAYS TYPE 1 DIABETES IN PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK; NIH-FUNDED TRIAL FINDS VITAMIN D DOES NOT PREVENT TYPE 2 DIABETES IN PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK;
• Epilepsy. CHILDREN’S BRAINS REORGANIZE AFTER EPILEPSY SURGERY TO RETAIN VISUAL PERCEPTION;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Hospital Participation in a Medicare Bundled Payment Model;
• Heart Disease. NOVEL TECHNIQUE REDUCES OBSTRUCTION RISK IN HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT;
• Influenza. HUMAN ANTIBODY REVEALS HIDDEN VULNERABILITY IN INFLUENZA VIRUS;
• Mental Health. AHRQ Stats: Hospitalization for Mental and Substance Use Disorders; AHRQ Stats: Mental and Substance Use Disorders Among Men;
• Music. OUR BRAINS APPEAR UNIQUELY TUNED FOR MUSICAL PITCH;
• Nutrition. NIH STUDY FINDS HEAVILY PROCESSED FOODS CAUSE OVEREATING AND WEIGHT GAIN;
• Obesity. EARLY WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY MAY IMPROVE TYPE 2 DIABETES, BLOOD PRESSURE OUTCOMES;
• Sleep. SLEEPING WITH ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH WEIGHT GAIN IN WOMEN; STUDY LINKS IRREGULAR SLEEP PATTERNS TO METABOLIC DISORDERS;
• Substance Abuse. NIH SCIENTISTS CALL ATTENTION TO THE IMPACT OF OPIOIDS ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN;
• TB. IMMUNE CELLS PLAY UNEXPECTED ROLE IN EARLY TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION;
• Women's Health. MOBILE PHONE APP DESIGNED TO BOOST PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN WOMEN SHOWS PROMISE.

• AIDS/HIV. NOVEL METHOD IDENTIFIES PATIENTS AT RISK FOR HIV WHO MAY BENEFIT FROM PREVENTION STRATEGIES;
• Autoimmune Diseases. NEW CLUES ON TISSUE DAMAGE IDENTIFIED IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND LUPUS;
• Cancer. NIH STUDY FINDS LONG-TERM INCREASED RISK OF CANCER DEATH FOLLOWING COMMON TREATMENT FOR HYPERTHYROIDISM;
• COPD. STUDY FUNDED BY NIH SUPPORTS OPTIMAL THRESHOLD FOR DIAGNOSING COPD;
• Genomics. STUDY OF MULTIETHNIC GENOMES IDENTIFIES 27 GENETIC VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Confirming Patients Understand Their Healthcare Instructions; AHRQ Stats: Confirming Patients Understand Their Healthcare Instructions; AHRQ Stats: Readmissions Cost More Than Initial Admissions;
• Heart Disease. MODERATE CALORIE RESTRICTION IN YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES HEART AND METABOLIC RISK FACTORS INDEPENDENT OF WEIGHT LOSS;
• Hypertension. NIH SCIENTISTS LINK GENETICS TO RISK OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG BLACKS;
• Mental Health. AHRQ Stats: Common Mental and Substance Use Disorders;
• TB. NIH LAUNCHES LARGE TB PREVENTION TRIAL FOR PEOPLE EXPOSED TO MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TB;
• Women's Health. NIH SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY SPASM IN WOMEN WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS-ASSOCIATED CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE IN FIRST TRIMESTER INCREASES RISK FOR BLOOD PRESSURE DISORDER LATER IN PREGNANCY;

• AIDS/HIV. MOST WOMEN USE VAGINAL RING FOR HIV PREVENTION IN OPEN-LABEL STUDY; PREP USE HIGH BUT WANES AFTER THREE MONTHS AMONG YOUNG AFRICAN WOMEN; PERSISTENT HIV IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LINKED TO COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;
• Air Pollution. NIH STUDY LINKS AIR POLLUTION TO INCREASE IN NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE ADMISSIONS;
• Eye Health. REPORT: DRY AMD REQUIRES BROAD, SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACH LEVERAGING BIG DATA, MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Patients’ Usual Source of Provider Care; AHRQ Stats: Colon Cancer Screenings;
• Mental Health. AHRQ Stats: Depression Screening;
• Nutrition. GUIDELINES FOR INTRODUCING SOLID FOODS TO INFANTS MAY LEAD TO UNHEALTHY WEIGHT;
• Skin Health. PSORIASIS THERAPY LINKED TO REDUCED CORONARY INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS WITH THE SKIN CONDITION;
• Stroke. RESEARCHERS GET A HANDLE ON HOW TO CONTROL BLOOD SUGAR AFTER STROKE;
• Women's Health. RISK OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS SLIGHTLY HIGHER FOR BABIES OF WOMEN ON HIV THERAPY CONTAINING DOLUTEGRAVIR.

• AFM. ENTEROVIRUS ANTIBODIES DETECTED IN ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS PATIENTS;
• Allergies. FEW PEOPLE WITH PEANUT ALLERGY TOLERATE PEANUT AFTER STOPPING ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY;
• All of Us. NIH FUNDS GENETIC COUNSELING RESOURCE AHEAD OF MILLION-PERSON SEQUENCING EFFORT;
• Antibiotics. PROLONGED ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT MAY ALTER PRETERM INFANTS’ MICROBIOME;
• Brain Health. INTENSIVE BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL MAY SLOW AGE-RELATED BRAIN DAMAGE;
• Health Services. Pediatric Hospital Care for Childbirth; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OPENINGS AND CLOSURES IMPACT RESOURCES FOR HEART ATTACK PATIENTS; Where Patients Obtain Their Usual Source of Provider Care; Vaccination for Shingles;
• Lung Health. STUDY FINDS LINK BETWEEN LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION AND EMPHYSEMA;
• Mosquitoes GRAPHENE SHIELD SHOWS PROMISE IN BLOCKING MOSQUITO BITES;
• Pregnancy. NIH STUDY SUGGESTS HIGHER AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE DURING SECOND PREGNANCY MAY INCREASE PRETERM BIRTH RISK;
• STIs. NIAID OFFICIALS CALL FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ON SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS;
• Substance Abuse. Alcohol Use Screening and Counseling; Opioid Hospitalizations Among Women.

• African American Health. STUDY ASSESSES ASTHMA TREATMENT OPTIONS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND ADULTS;
• Health Services. AHRQ Stats: Hospital Readmissions for Sickle Cell Disease; AHRQ Stats: Pediatric Hospital Costs for Childbirth; AHRQ Stats: Hospital Stays for Sickle Cell Disease; AHRQ Stats: Uninsured Population;
• Hypertension. FIRST-TIME PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS LINKED TO INCREASED RISK OF HYPERTENSION LATER IN LIFE;
• HIV. IN WOMEN WITH HIV, TB PREVENTIVE THERAPY POSES GREATER RISK IN PREGNANCY THAN POSTPARTUM; MOST KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH HIV HAVE LONG-TERM SUCCESS;
• Maternal Child Health. NIH-FUNDED STUDY SUGGESTS HIGH LEAD LEVELS DURING PREGNANCY LINKED TO CHILD OBESITY;
• Schizophrenia. GENE REGULATORS WORK TOGETHER FOR OVERSIZED IMPACT ON SCHIZOPHRENIA RISK;
• Sickle Cell. NIH RESEARCHERS CREATE NEW VIRAL VECTOR FOR IMPROVED GENE THERAPY IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE;
• Sleep. THE BRAIN MAY ACTIVELY FORGET DURING DREAM SLEEP;
• Vaping. TEEN E-CIGARETTE USE DOUBLES SINCE 2017;
• Women Health. MESH IMPLANTS HAVE SIMILAR OUTCOMES TO HYSTERECTOMY FOR VAGINAL PROLAPSE REPAIR; SURGERY MAY BENEFIT WOMEN WITH TWO TYPES OF URINARY INCONTINENCE.

Public Health E-News #231 - October 19, 2019
Archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PHE-News/message/231
"Keeping a digital finger on the pulse of Public Health"
E-News Editor, Betty C. Jung MPH RN MCHES®
P U B L I C H E A L T H
Established 6/23/2001.
This electronic newsletter is now in its 19th year...

Dear Faithful Public Health E-news Subscribers:

This will be the final newsletter you will find in your E-mail inbox. Yahoo Groups, a free listserv service will cease operations in the coming weeks. This is a summary of the message posted on the listserv this week:
Yahoo Groups will no longer allow users to upload content - Understand what's changing in Yahoo Groups, when the changes happen, and how to keep your important content.
Understand what's changing in Yahoo Groups
Yahoo has made the decision to no longer allow users to upload content to the Yahoo Groups site. Beginning October 28, you won't be able to upload any more content to the site, and as of December 14 all previously posted content on the site will be permanently removed. You'll have until that date to save anything you've uploaded.
What will happen to the site? The Yahoo Groups site will continue to exist, however, all public groups will be made private or restricted. Any new group members will need to request an invite or be invited by an admin. Admins will still be able to manage various group settings, though some functionality will be limited.
What will happen on October 28? On October 28, you will no longer be able to upload any content to the site. To share info with members of your groups, you'll continue to be able to do so via email. Will I be able to use Yahoo Groups going forward? You'll still be able to communicate with your groups via email and search for private groups on the site. In addition, admins will continue to have limited access to group settings and administration tools.

In the 18 years I have been sending out these newsletters, since 2001, there has been 521 subscribers. And, this is about how many people have been receiving this steadily over the years. I am so grateful you were interested enough to stay with me for so long!
I want to thank Yahoo Groups for providing this free service all these years. I never derived any monetary gain doing this, it was basically a labor of love.
I started this as an opportunity to share what I was learning online about Public Health and Health. I thought that by sharing what I was learning it would encourage me to continue to keep informed while I was keeping others informed.

This newsletter preceded the rise of Social Media as a method for connecting with others.
LinkedIn started in 2002
Facebook started in 2004
Twitter started in 2006
Researchgate started in 2008

Now, most people get their news from Social Media, although I still continue to get mine from a variety of reliable news outlets. In recent years, I began posting news and information on social media. With the demise of Yahoo Groups, I will probably post more on Social Media. So, if you are still interested in keeping up with what's going on, please feel free to follow me on the aforementioned social media sites.

My Twitter account is at: https://www.twitter.com/bettycjung
I post daily about Public Health, Health, Science, Technology and Culture. This is the best way to stay informed about what's going on in these areas. I didn't post everything I had in Public Health E-news on Twitter, but because of this change, I will probably post these topics more on Twitter.

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I welcome you to continue to join me on Twitter and on my website. I am sorry to have to say good-bye, but I suppose that's life.

You supposedly can still contact me via Yahoo Groups, but I wouldn't recommend this route as they will probably disable that service soon after the eventual total demise of Yahoo Groups sometime in the near future.

So, I'm signing off. Hope to continue to see you on some social media site. Thanks again for being a subscriber!
Betty