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Date: 2024/11/03 - 00:50

Vegetarian diets can protect against diabetes, cardiovascular diseases

Vegan and vegetarian diets can help keep type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at bay, two new scientific reviews show.

Visual of a the chambers within a kidney

Date: 2024/10/30 - 18:24

Genomic variants that increase risk of kidney disease are found in nearly one-third of West Africans

NIH study suggests potential for earlier health interventions for people with West African ancestry.

Date: 2024/10/19 - 19:40

NIH study links neighborhood environment to prostate cancer risk in men with West African genetic ancestry

Increased risk among men in disadvantaged neighborhoods may be linked to chronic stress.

Medical illustration of stage 2 bladder cancer

Date: 2024/10/19 - 19:40

Immunotherapy after surgery helps people with high-risk bladder cancer live cancer-free longer

NIH clinical trial results expand treatment options for this disease.

Date: 2024/10/19 - 19:40

Use of metformin in adults with diabetes linked to lower risk of long COVID

Large NIH-funded study supports previous studies showing potential benefit.

Date: 2024/10/19 - 19:40

Two common surgeries equally effective for treating blinding condition of the eyelid

NIH-funded study supports no change to surgical technique for trichiasis management.

Date: 2024/10/19 - 19:40

NIH-led studies point to potential development of a cataract drug

Findings in animals suggest a surgery-free treatment for cataracts.

Date: 2024/10/19 - 19:40

Fewer than half of U.S. jails provide life-saving medications for opioid use disorder

NIH findings highlight critical gaps in treatment access in correctional facilities, where almost two-thirds of people have a substance use disorder.

Date: 2024/10/19 - 01:25

Higher doses of buprenorphine may improve treatment outcomes for people with opioid use disorder

NIH-funded analysis suggests higher doses of buprenorphine were associated with lower rates of future behavioral health-related emergency department and inpatient care.

Date: 2024/10/19 - 01:25

NIH launches large study to tackle type 2 diabetes in young people

Effort to identify risk factors for youth-onset type 2 diabetes to improve prevention and treatment.