http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/rssfeed/rss_news.xml Thu, 24 May 2012 12:22:20 -0400 Percussion Rhythmyx http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2012/may22/index.cfm New PSAs issued today. Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some cleanup workers and volunteers have raised questions about their health. Today, the Surgeon General, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, a Gulf State native, issued new TV and radio public service announcements (PSAs) inviting oil spill cleanup workers and volunteers to participate in the GuLF STUDY (Gulf Long-t... Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 71699 http://keck.usc.edu/en/About/Administrative_Offices/Office_of_Public_Relations_and_Marketing/News/Detail/2012__pr_and_markteing__spring__zhang_jama_051512 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 71118 http://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/exerciseniehsnc5412 Mon, 7 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 69242 http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/news/prenatal-exposure-insecticide-chlorpyrifos-linked-alterations-brain-structure-and-cognition Tue, 1 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 68698 http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2012/april30/index.cfm Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,Susan B. Shurin, M.D., Acting Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D., Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development On World Asthma Day 2012, ... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 68519 http://www.rti.org/newsroom/news.cfm?nav=291&objectid=9DCD5B9D-5056-B100-3159553B458C3CE5 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 66174 http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2012/april09/index.cfm Nearly two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some workers have questions about their health as a result of participating in the cleanup. More than 18,000 cleanup workers and volunteers have enrolled in the Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study (GuLF STUDY), a national effort to determine whether the oil spill contributed to physical or mental health problems. It is alread... Mon, 9 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 65099 http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/6166 Mon, 9 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 65117 http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2012/april04/index.cfm Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered how exposure to arsenic can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Inorganic arsenic, which affects the drinking water of millions of people worldwide, has been previously shown to be a human carcinogen. A growing body of evidence suggests that cancer is a stem-cell based disease. Normal stem cells are e... Wed, 4 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 64674 http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2012/february29/index.cfm Nearly two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 10,000 cleanup workers and volunteers have enrolled in the Gulf Long-term Follow-up (GuLF) STUDY, a national effort to determine if the oil spill led to physical or mental health problems. Reaching the GuLF STUDY’s target goal of 55,000 participants would make it the largest health study of its kind. The study ... Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 62758 http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/02/20120228a.html Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 62762 http://now.dartmouth.edu/2012/02/organic-food-sweetener-may-be-a-hidden-source-of-dietary-arsenic/ As people seek healthier dietary regimens they often turn to things labeled “organic.” Lurking in the background, however, is an ingredient that may be a hidden source of arsenic—an element known to be both toxic and potentially carcinogenic. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 61940 http://www.bidmc.org/News/InMedicine/2012/February/MittlemanPollution.aspx BOSTON – Air pollution, even at levels generally considered safe by federal regulations, increases the risk of stroke by 34 percent, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers have found. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 58757 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/2012-releases/pfcs-childhood-vaccinations.html A new study finds that perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), widely used in manufactured products such as non-stick cookware, waterproof clothing, and fast-food packaging, were associated with lowered immune response to vaccinations in children. It is the first study to document how PFCs, which can be transferred to children prenatally (via the mother) and postnatally from exposure in the environment, ... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 58239 http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2012/january13/index.cfm More than 32 million people in the United States have autoantibodies, which are proteins made by the immune system that target the body’s tissues and define a condition known as autoimmunity, a study shows. The first nationally representative sample looking at the prevalence of the most common type of autoantibody, known as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), found that the frequency of ANA is highest a... Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 57878 http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2011/december19/index.cfm Recent findings in mice suggest that blocking the production of small molecules produced in the body, known as epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), may represent a novel strategy for treating cancer by eliminating the blood vessels that feed cancer tumors. This research is the first to show that EETs work in concert with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a protein known to induce blood vesse... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 56871 http://www.nih.gov/news/health/dec2011/nimh-12.htm A data partnership between the National Database for Autism Research (NDAR), and the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) positions NDAR as possibly the largest repository to date of genetic, phenotypic, clinical, and medical imaging data related to research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 57453 http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2011/december07/index.cfm NIH, EPA, and FDA collaborate to move science forward A high-speed robotic screening system, aimed at protecting human health by improving how chemicals are tested in the United States, begins today to test 10,000 compounds for potential toxicity. The compounds cover a wide variety of classifications, and include consumer products, food additives, chemicals found in industrial processes, and human... Wed, 7 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 56479 http://now.dartmouth.edu/2011/12/dartmouth-researchers-evaluate-rice-as-a-source-of-fetal-arsenic-exposure/ A study just published by a Dartmouth team of scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advances our understanding of the sources of human exposure to arsenic and focuses attention on the potential for consuming harmful levels of arsenic via rice. Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 56350 http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2011/november10/index.cfm NIH-funded study shows 30 percent decline in severe casesCooking stoves with chimneys can lower exposure to indoor wood smoke and reduce the rate of severe pneumonia by 30 percent in children less than 18 months of age, according to a new air pollution study funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study in the Nov. 1... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 53728