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Thank you, @POTUS, for signing this landmark Executive Order to scale regenerative agriculture and advance the Make America Healthy Again agenda. On Thursday, @SecRollins and I joined President Trump alongside America's leading regenerative farmers because healthier food starts
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📅Save the date: Dec 2–3, 2026 NIH invites you to attend the Fifth Geroscience Summit exploring how targeting the biology of aging can improve health and prevent disease. Learn more about this event: bit.ly/4aEYKfR
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🙏My sincerest thanks to the hospital CEOs, med center executives, and healthcare industry leaders who joined us last week at the U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow conference. It was my pleasure chatting with you about NIH’s continued commitment to scientific excellence and our
- Hear a Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) patient share her experience in joining a PAH clinical trial at the NIH Clinical Center! If you are interested in joining this study or learning more about participating in research at NIH, contact 833-JOIN-NIH or [email protected].
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The National Cancer Institute mourns the loss of Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., M.D., pioneering cancer epidemiologist and founder of NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. His work transformed cancer research worldwide. We extend our deepest condolences to his loved ones.
- Why do we age? 🧓 A new perspective in @Cell_Metabolism from NIH scientists points to a vicious cycle: stiff tissues → poor blood flow → low cellular energy → damaged, inflammatory cells → more stiffness. Breaking this loop with exercise, metabolic health, or future
- NIH repostedResearchers from our Center for Cancer Research uncovered why a widely used leukemia drug can cause movement and balance problems in some patients. Understanding treatment-related side effects is essential to improving cancer care, quality of life, and outcomes for patients.
- NIH repostedThis week, FDA, NIH, CMS, ONC, ARPA-H, and the HHS Office of Inspector General launched a coordinated effort to strengthen America's clinical research enterprise and bring more clinical research and investment back to the United States.
- The prevalence of myopia (nearsightedness) has increased substantially in recent decades, with projections estimating that nearly half of the world’s population could be myopic by 2050. A new NIH-supported clinical trial is evaluating whether specialized eyeglasses, atropine
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