Director's Comments: Flu Season Insights
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Flu Season Insights". The transcript is also available.
A recent perspective in the The New England Journal of Medicine provides insights about why Americans are susceptible to the flu this winter as well as the effectiveness of current flu vaccines... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - February 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Donate the Gift of Life
Learn about organ donation by visiting the organ donation topic page on MedlinePlus.
Organ donation takes healthy organs and tissues from one person for transplantation into another... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - February 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Director's Comments: Boosting Drug Discovery
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A new website may boost drug development by making it easier to discover if the chemical structure of a medication binds with an intended or unintended biological target, Nature reported recently... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - February 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
February 7th is National Wear Red Day
Learn about women's heart health from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and The Heart Truth campaign. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - February 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Meal Planning and Diabetes
. Find recipes and advice on the MedlinePlus Diabetic Diet topic page.
If you have diabetes, your body cannot make or properly use insulin. This leads to high blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder
Does the season get you down? It could be SAD. Learn more by visiting the MedlinePlus Seasonal Affective Disorder topic page. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fight Those Holiday Pounds!
To learn how to control your weight and shed those extra holiday pounds, visit our topic pages on weight control, exercise and physical fitness, diets, and nutrition. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Director's Comments: Helping Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
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The new availability of insurance to cover screening and counseling for women exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) fosters a need for increased assistance to help children, notes a perspective recently published in theThe New England Journal of Medicine... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Winter Weather Emergencies are in the News
. To learn more, visit the MedlinePlus Winter Weather Emergencies health topic page.
Severe winter weather can lead to health and safety challenges... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Director's Comments: Flu Shot Lowers Death Risk for Heart Disease Patients
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Flu Shot Lowers Death Risk for Heart Disease Patients". The transcript is also available.
Heart disease patients significantly lower their risk of death if they receive an annual flu vaccine, suggests a comprehensive review of previous clinical trials recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 6, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Director's Comments: Family Health Portrait
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Family Health Portrait". The transcript is also available.
It’s the time of the year when many families are together to enjoy the blessings of the season. One free — but valuable — gift you might give to yourself and your family members is to complete a family health portrait... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Start the year off right!
MedlinePlus can help you with your exercise and fitness goals on the exercise and physical fitness, exercise for children, and exercise for seniors topic pages. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Topic Page: Hypothyroidism
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Hypothyroidism.
Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck, just above your collarbone. It is one of your endocrine glands, which make hormones. If your thyroid gland is not active enough, it does not make enough thyroid hormone to meet your body's needs... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Topic Page: Hyperthyroidism
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Hyperthyroidism.
Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck, just above your collarbone. It is one of your endocrine glands, which make hormones. If your thyroid is too active, it makes more thyroid hormones than your body needs... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coping with cancer?
Find tips for living with your disease. Visit the MedlinePlus Cancer--Living with Cancer topic page to learn more. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
