NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News

• NIH-Funded Researchers Discover Genetic Link to Mesothelioma
  
• Media Advisory for Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina
  
• Exercise May Help Prevent Brain Damage Caused by Alzheimer's Disease
  
• NIH Investigators Discover New Mechanism That May Be Important for Learning and Memory
  
• NIH-funded Research Network to Explore Oil Spill Health Effects: Program to Focus on Community Health and Resiliency in Gulf Region
  
• People with Parkinson's Disease May Have Double The Risk for Melanoma, a Dangerous Skin Cancer
  
• New Substances Added to HHS Report on Carcinogens
  
• Media Advisory: New Substances Added to HHS Report on Carcinogens
  
• Women Who Start Prenatal Vitamins Early are Less Likely to have Children with Autism
  
• World Asthma Day: NIH Research Advances Help People with Asthma
  
• NIH Investigators Find Link Between DNA Damage and Immune Response
  
• Submit Your Visionary Ideas About Environmental Health Research
  
• New Robot System to Test 10,000 Chemicals for Toxicity
  
• Media Advisory: NIH Joins SOT to Celebrate 50 Years of Toxicology Science
  
• NIH Launches Largest Oil Spill Health Study
  
• Media Advisory: Largest Oil Spill Health Study to Launch Along Gulf Coast
  
• NIEHS Grantees, NYU and WHOI, Discover Genetic Mutation Allowing Hudson River Fish to Adapt to PCBs
  
• NIH Study Finds Two Pesticides Associated with Parkinson's Disease
  
• Members of a Federal Advisory Group on Autism Mobilize in Response to a Mother's Plea
  
• HHS Proposed Recommendation on Fluoride
  
• Media Advisory: National Toxicology Program Workshop: Role of Environmental Chemicals in the Development of Diabetes and Obesity
  
• Jackson Laboratory CEO Woychik to depart for NIEHS
  
• Succimer Found Ineffective for Removing Mercury
  
• Five NIH Leaders Elected to the Institute of Medicine
  
• University of Louisville to Host Community Forum on Social and Environmental Determinants of Health
  
• Children, Males and Blacks are at Increased Risk for Food Allergies
  
• NIEHS to Fund $36 Million in Worker Safety Training
  
• Teresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation Announce Recipients of $1 Million Heinz Awards
  
• NIH to Launch Gulf Oil Spill Health Study
  
• Atrazine Causes Prostate Inflammation in Male Rats and Delays Puberty
  
• New Breast Cancer Committee to Establish Federal Research Agenda
  
• NIH-Supported Study Finds Novel Pathway May Open Doors for New Blood Pressure Treatments
  
• NIH Institutes Renew Dedication to Asthma Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
  
• NIH-led Interagency Group Identifies Research Needs to Study Climate Change and Human Health Impacts
  
• Targeting the Blood-Brain Barrier May Delay Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
  
• Leading Toxicologists Highlight Advances to Safeguard Public Health: NIEHS and NTP Research Showcased at SOT Annual Meeting
  
• FDA Update on Bisphenol A (BPA) for Use in Food
  
• NIH-Funded Study Unveils Potential Genetic Links to Lung Disease Risk
  
• News Advisory - Scientific Panel Evaluates Soy Infant Formula Safety
  
• Scientists Explore Role of Environmental Stressors in the Developmental Origins of Disease
  
• NIH Teams Up With The Lancet and Leading International Organizations to Address Public Health Impacts of Climate Change: New Strategies Promote Health and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  
• NIEHS Awards Recovery Act Funds to Focus More Research on Health and Safety of Nanomaterials
  
• NIEHS Awards Recovery Act Funds to Address Bisphenol A Research Gaps
  
• A Call to Copenhagen - Health Effects of Climate Change: Major Study Unveiled, Evaluates Strategies to Reduce Green House Gas Emissions
  
• Sister Study Exceeds Recruitment Goal: Now the Real Work Begins
  
• NIH Funds Grantees Focusing on Epigenomics of Human Health and Disease
  
• Electronic Nose Sniffs out Toxins
  
• Sun Exposure May Trigger Certain Autoimmune Diseases in Women
  
• A Child's IQ Can Be Affected by Mother's Exposure to Urban Air Pollutants
  
• Researchers at the Most Comprehensive Study of Earliest Possible Causes of Autism to Hold Media Conference Call
  
• Well Water Should Be Tested Annually to Reduce Health Risks to Children
  
• World Asthma Day: May 5, 2009
  
• New Data Analysis Shows Possible Link between Childhood Obesity and Allergies
  
• NIEHS Teams with Federal and City Groups to Conduct Disaster Response Training Exercise
  
• Countries Unite to Reduce Animal Use in Product Toxicity Testing Worldwide: U.S., Canada, Japan and European Union Sign International Agreement
  
• First Sister Study Results Reinforce the Importance of Healthy Living
  
• Hear About Emerging Trends in Toxicology Research: NIEHS and NTP Research Showcased at SOT Annual Meeting in Baltimore
  
• Research Finds New Cause of Ozone Wheezing and Potential Treatments
  
• Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S., Named New Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  
• ADHD Medications Do Not Cause Genetic Damage in Children
  
• Healing Process Found to Backfire in Lung Patients
  
• NIH's National Children's Study Enters Next Phase: Increase In Number of Centers Recruiting Volunteers, Collecting Data
  
• NIH Announces Funding for New Epigenomics Initiative
  
• NIEHS Invests $21.25 Million to Find Environmental Causes of Parkinson’s Disease
  
• NTP Finalizes Report on Bisphenol A