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Weighing in on Sugary Drinks
Drinking the occasional sugar-sweetened beverage, be it soda, an energy drink, sweetened water, or fruit punch, isn’t going to make you fat. But it’s now clear that many children and adults are at...
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Smoking: It’s Killing Us
Source: Smokefree.gov Smoking harms just about every body part—from heart and lungs to bladder and blood vessels. What’s new is that smoking is more of a health hazard than we thought. Two new,...
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Secrets of a Supercentenarian’s Genome
Caption: Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (2nd from the left) in her youth. She was born June 29, 1890, premature and so tiny that no one thought she would survive. However, she lived to be 115.Credit:...
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Global Health: Time to Pay Attention to Chronic Diseases
Caption: Projected deaths (in millions) by cause in low-income countries. Note increase in non-communicable diseases (orange).Credit: Adapted from Beaglehole R, Bonita R. Lancet. 2008 Dec...
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Eradicating Ebola: In U.S. Biomedical Research, We Trust
Caption: Researcher inside a biosafety level 4 laboratory, which provides the necessary precautions for working with the Ebola virus.Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH...
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Largest Study Yet Shows Mother’s Smoking Changes Baby’s Epigenome
Credit: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Despite years of public health campaigns warning of the dangers of smoking when pregnant, many women are unaware of the risk or find themselves unable to quit. As...
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Are E-cigarettes Leading More Kids to Smoke?
Thinkstock\MilknCoffee Today, thanks to decades of educational efforts about the serious health consequences of inhaled tobacco, fewer young people than ever smoke cigarettes in the United States. So,...
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Widening Gap in U.S. Life Expectancy
Caption: Life expectancy at birth by county, 2014. Life expectancy into 80s (blue), 70s (green, yellow, orange), 60s (red). Americans are living longer than ever before, thanks in large part to...
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A Global Look at Cancer Genomes
Cancer is a disease of the genome. It can be driven by many different types of DNA misspellings and rearrangements, which can cause cells to grow uncontrollably. While the first oncogenes with the...
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Using Science To Solve Oral Health Inequities
At NIH, we have a front row seat to remarkable advances in science and technology that help Americans live longer, healthier lives. By studying the role that the mouth and saliva can play in the...
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10 Years of Protecting Public Health Through Tobacco Regulatory Research
Credit: iStock/jacoblund “Kids are flocking to flavored, disposable e-cigarettes, study finds” – The Washington Post “New ‘candy’ e-cigs catch fire after U.S. regulators stamp out Juul’s flavors” –...
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