The support of friends and family is important in the journey to recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD). The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, which leads research on AUD, shares information on how you can help a loved one. Participate. Seek a program to help you support your loved one. Programs like Al-Anon … Read more
Clinton B. Wright, M.D., M.S. Stroke research is a priority for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Stroke, which often stops blood from flowing to the brain or causes bleeding in or around the brain, affects almost 800,000 people in the U.S. each year and is the fourth leading cause of death. The National … Read more
For decades, 79-year-old Joan Manny of Brookeville, Maryland, suffered from a variety of seemingly unconnected symptoms. In her teens and 20s, she had swelling in her parotid glands, which are located on both sides of the face. At the time, doctors thought it was mumps. She also developed petechiae, which are round spots on the … Read more
Forty-one-year-old Christine* started experimenting with alcohol in her early teens. The first time she tried it, she blacked out and became physically ill. While she instantly regretted that decision, she continued drinking for years, often taking it to the extreme. “Things fell in place when I started listening and following directions. I didn’t feel like … Read more
Do you take a statin for high cholesterol? Does ibuprofen help you with aches and pains? These medicines were once studied in a clinical trial. Now, millions of people take them every day. Clinical trials or studies happen when medicines or tools that have been tested for safety in a lab are ready to test in … Read more
Health care workers wear N95 respirator masks to keep themselves safe while caring for people with infectious diseases such as COVID-19. These masks were designed for only one use. But early study results from research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that the masks can be decontaminated and potentially reused up to … Read more
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, which brings attention to the value of protecting yourself and your family from vaccine-preventable diseases like chickenpox and the flu. Vaccines help control and sometimes get rid of diseases like measles or polio that in years past sickened or killed many people. They offer protection from viruses and bacteria … Read more
By Arthur Allen and Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Monday, September 14, 2020 (Kaiser News) — The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to follow British regulators in resuming a coronavirus vaccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered spinal cord damage, even as the National Institutes of Health has launched an investigation … Read more
By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Thursday, September 03, 2020 (Kaiser News) — Dozens of major hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with whether to ignore a federal decision allowing broader emergency use of blood plasma from recovered COVID patients to treat the disease in favor of dedicating their resources to a gold-standard clinical trial … Read more
Carrie Ann Inaba is a familiar face in millions of American homes. A lifelong dancer, she has become well-known as a judge on ABC’s competition show “Dancing with the Stars.” Last year, she became co-host of the CBS daytime talk show “The Talk.” Outside of her on-camera career, Inaba is a self-described warrior for those with … Read more