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Public Release: 27-Jun-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Ability to estimate quantity increases in first 30 years of life
One of the basic elements of cognition -- the ability to estimate quantities -- grows more precise across the first 30 years or more of a person's life, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health. This intuitive grasp of numbers, also called an approximate number sense, or ANS, is tied to concrete math skills at every stage of life, the researchers found.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Robert Bock
bockr@mail.nih.gov
301-496-5133
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Public Release: 25-Jun-2012
Pediatrics
Rate of severe reactions higher than thought in young children with food allergies
Young children with allergies to milk and egg experience reactions to these and other foods more often than researchers had expected, a study reports. The study also found that severe and potentially life-threatening reactions in a significant number of these children occur and that some caregivers are hesitant to give such children epinephrine, a medication that reverses the symptoms of such reactions and can save lives.
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Contact: Julie Wu
wujuli@niaid.nih.gov
301-402-1663
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Public Release: 20-Jun-2012
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Children exposed to HIV in the womb at increased risk for hearing loss
Children exposed to HIV in the womb may be more likely to experience hearing loss by age 16 than are their unexposed peers, according to scientists in a National Institutes of Health research network.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Robert Bock
bockr@mail.nih.gov
301-496-5133
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Public Release: 20-Jun-2012
New England Journal of Medicine
Extra treatment during prolapse repair reduces incontinence rate
Surgery to repair pelvic organ prolapse often carries a risk of incontinence. To avoid scheduling a second surgery, some women may opt to have a second procedure to reduce incontinence at the time of their prolapse repair surgery.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Robert Bock
bockr@mail.nih.gov
301-496-5134
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Public Release: 20-Jun-2012
New England Journal of Medicine
Adding nevirapine to HIV regimen halves newborn transmission rate
Adding the drug nevirapine to the regimen given to newborns of women diagnosed with HIV shortly before or during labor halves the newborns' risk of contracting the virus, according to findings by a National Institutes of Health research network.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Robert Bock
bockr@mail.nih.gov
301-496-5133
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Public Release: 19-Jun-2012
Clinical Infectious Diseases
NIH study finds HIV-positive young men at risk of low bone mass
Young men being treated for HIV are more likely to experience low bone mass than are other men their age, according to results from a research network supported by the National Institutes of Health. The findings indicate that physicians who care for these patients should monitor them regularly for signs of bone thinning, which could foretell a risk for fractures. The young men in the study did not have HIV at birth and had been diagnosed with HIV an average of two years earlier.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Robert Bock or Marianne Glass Miller
bockr@mail.nih.gov
301-496-5133
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Public Release: 18-Jun-2012
Weight-loss surgery increases alcohol use disorders over time
Adults who had a common bariatric surgery to lose weight had a significantly higher risk of alcohol use disorders (AUD) two years after surgery, according to a study by a National Institutes of Health research consortium.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Leslie Curtis
NIDDKMedia@mail.nih.gov
301-496-3583
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Public Release: 13-Jun-2012
Nature
NIH Human Microbiome Project defines normal bacterial makeup of the body
For the first time, a consortium of researchers organized by the National Institutes of Health has mapped the normal microbial make-up of healthy humans, producing numerous insights and even a few surprises. In a series of coordinated scientific reports published on June 14, 2012, in Nature and several journals in the Public Library of Science, some 200 members of the Human Microbiome Project Consortium from nearly 80 universities and scientific institutions report on five years of research.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Raymond MacDougall
macdougallr@mail.nih.gov
301-402-0911
NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute

Public Release: 12-Jun-2012
5 more pharmaceutical companies join NIH initiative to speed therapeutic discovery
Five additional pharmaceutical companies have joined a National Institutes of Health-led effort to help scientists research promising new treatments for patients. Funding and molecular compound information is available now for the initial phase of the recently unveiled Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules program. This NIH-industry collaboration will match researchers with 58 compounds to test ideas for new therapeutic uses. Since the launch of the program last month, the total number of compounds the companies are making available has more than doubled.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Bobbi Gardner
gardnerbw@mail.nih.gov
301-443-9919
NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Public Release: 7-Jun-2012
Journal of Infectious Diseases
HIV superinfection in Uganda may be more common than previously thought, study finds
HIV superinfection, when a person with HIV could acquire a second, new strain of HIV, may occur as often as initial HIV infection in the general population in Uganda, a study suggests.
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Contact: Tasheema Prince
tasheema.prince@nih.gov
301-402-1663
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Public Release: 6-Jun-2012
NIH, EPA announce competition to develop personal air pollution and health sensors
A competition to create a personal sensor system that measures air pollution and a person's physiological response to it will offer cash awards to finalists, federal officials announced today. The goal is to help researchers, communities, and physicians better understand the connection between air quality and health.
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Contact: Ed Kang
kanges@niehs.nih.gov
919-541-1993
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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