Tag: national_institutes_of_health_nih
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NIH Launches $650,000 Digital Health Challenge for Autoimmune Disease Management
The NIH's NOURISH Challenge invites innovators to develop digital health apps. With up to $650,000 in prizes, the competition aims to empower individuals with autoimmune diseases to monitor diet and health.
HealthScience & TechnologyPolitics and GovernmentMedical ScienceComputers and InternetArtificial IntelligenceFederal GovernmentSocial Issues Autoimmune DiseasesDigital HealthNutritionNational Institutes of Health (NIH)NOURISH ChallengeCrowdsourcingHealth TechnologyUS Social Security Department
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Media Monitor: MIT Technology Review Details Push for Pediatric Cell Mapping
MIT Technology Review reports on Deanne Taylor's efforts to include children in the Human Cell Atlas project, leading to a major NIH grant for pediatric tissue research and a comprehensive database of healthy pediatric tissue.
HealthScience & TechnologyMedical ScienceComputers and InternetFederal GovernmentEducation Deanne TaylorHuman Cell AtlasPediatric ResearchGene ExpressionChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaDevelopmental Genotype-Tissue Expression Project (dGTEx)National Institutes of Health (NIH)MIT Technology ReviewMITsciencetechnology
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Lifestyle Intervention Lowers Multimorbidity Risk in Prediabetes, NIH Study Finds
Lifestyle intervention significantly reduced the risk of developing multiple chronic conditions in adults with prediabetes over two decades, an NIH-supported trial found. Metformin did not show the same benefit, highlighting lasting advantages of healthy lifestyle programs.
HealthScience & TechnologyMedical ScienceFederal GovernmentEducation PrediabetesLifestyle InterventionMultimorbidityMetforminClinical TrialNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Chronic ConditionsNational Institutes of Health