The National Eye Institute (NEI), one of the federal government's
National Institutes of Health (NIH), joins today with other groups
around the globe to observe World Glaucoma Day. NEI reaffirms its
commitment to support ongoing research to better understand glaucoma,
to identify risk factors that lead to the development of the disease,
and to prevent vision loss and blindness.
In recognition of World Malaria Day, the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes
of Health, released two documents that describe a set of actions — national
as well as international — that lay the scientific foundation
for continued public health advances in the struggle against malaria.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part
of the National Institutes of Health, joins with native communities
in mourning those who have died from AIDS and salutes the individuals
who assist people living with HIV in these communities and who
provide the services needed to help prevent further infections.
The grossly disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on African Americans
is a public health crisis that we at the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) and as a nation must address boldly. Nearly 27 years
into the AIDS epidemic, approximately half of the new HIV infections
that occur each year in the United States are among African Americans,
even though they represent only 13 percent of the U.S. population.
Stephen E. Straus, M.D., 60, the first director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), died of brain cancer May 14, 2007, at his home in Potomac, Maryland.
"As NCCAM's first Director, Dr. Straus articulated an uncompromising and compelling agenda for scientific research and research training that engendered broad interest and collaboration," noted Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health. "His success stemmed from the fact that he understood that the commitment to help patients had to be constantly evolving in order to meet their needs. The NIH has lost a great leader and an outstanding scientist. Most of all, we have lost a dear friend."
Stephen E. Straus, M.D., 60, the first director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), died of brain cancer May 14, 2007, at his home in Potomac, Maryland.
"As NCCAM's first Director, Dr. Straus articulated an uncompromising and compelling agenda for scientific research and research training that engendered broad interest and collaboration," noted Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health. "His success stemmed from the fact that he understood that the commitment to help patients had to be constantly evolving in order to meet their needs. The NIH has lost a great leader and an outstanding scientist. Most of all, we have lost a dear friend."
Stephen E. Straus, M.D., 60, the first director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), died of brain cancer May 14, 2007, at his home in Potomac, Maryland.
"As NCCAM's first Director, Dr. Straus articulated an uncompromising and compelling agenda for scientific research and research training that engendered broad interest and collaboration," noted Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health. "His success stemmed from the fact that he understood that the commitment to help patients had to be constantly evolving in order to meet their needs. The NIH has lost a great leader and an outstanding scientist. Most of all, we have lost a dear friend."
Kidney disease is common, serious and treatable. Yet, most of
the 26 million Americans who have kidney problems still don't know
it because they don't have symptoms, hampering efforts to prevent
kidney failure. While World Kidney Day 2008 has passed and National
Kidney Month is well under way, here at the National Institute
of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National
Institutes of Health, we continue to hear from people about kidney
health.
Today, we pause to commemorate the third annual National Women
and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and to recognize the female face
of HIV/AIDS in America. Since the epidemic began in the early 1980s,
more than 181,000 women and girls in the United States have been
diagnosed with AIDS, and an estimated 86,000 have died with the
disease.
Drug resistance is making many diseases increasingly difficult — and
sometimes impossible — to treat, according to Anthony S.
Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of
Health.
