News Briefs Archive

1999

• November 16, 1999 Make Plans Now for Diabetes-Healthy Holiday Gatherings and Winter Parties
  
  
• November 15, 1999 Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., Named Director of NIDDK
  
  
• November 15, 1999 Better Health: Not Just Another New Year's Resolution
  
  
• October 27, 1999 NIH Researchers Find High Rates of Kidney Disease in American Indians
  
  
• September 24, 1999 Kidney Disease Research Priorities: Improving the Management of Kidney Disease
  
  
• September 1, 1999 Diabetes Mellitus: A Major Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease
  
  
• August 9, 1999 First NIH Clinical Trial for Interstitial Cystitis Begins: Oral Drugs Studied for Painful Bladder Problem
  
  
• July 21, 1999 NIDDK Funds Clinical Centers for Hepatitis C Research
  
  
• July 1, 1999 Make Plans Now for Healthy Family Reunions and Summer Parties
  
  
• June 8, 1999 Clinical Trials Will Test Immune Modulation in Transplantation
  
  
• April 1999 New Medicare Benefit Makes Diabetes Control More Affordable
  
  
• April 29, 1999 NIH Animal Model Uncovers a Role of BRCA1-Associated Breast Tumor Formation
  
  
• April 20, 1999 NIH Research Shows 100 to 200 Mg of Vitamin C Daily May Benefit Healthy Adults
  
  
• April 13, 1999 People With Diabetes Benefit Less From National Decline in Heart Disease Deaths
  
  
• March 4, 1999 Statement of Dr. Phillip Gorden: FY 2000 President's Budget Request for NIDDK
  
  

1998

• November 2, 1998 NIH to Study Common Prostate Condition

• September 21, 1998 Your Health--The Reason to Control Your Weight

• September 19, 1998 New Awareness Campaign Targets the African American Diabetes Epidemic

• June 23, 1998 New awareness campaign's message is clear--Control Your Diabetes for Life

• June 17, 1998 Release of Clinical Guidelinesto Identify, Evaluate, and Treat Overweight and Obesity in Adults

• June 8, 1998 Newly recognized Cell-Surface Receptor Protects Heart Tissue Against Damage

• June 4, 1998 NIDDK Discontinues Troglitazone Arm of "Diabetes Prevention Program" Clinical Trial

• April 15, 1998 Minor Foot Problems Can Cause Amputations for People with Diabetes

• April 24, 1998 Researchers Clone Brain Enzyme

• March 3, 1998 Researchers Identify Potential New Drug Treatment for Iron Overload

• March 3, 1998 Weight Loss, Not Just for the New Year, but for Life

• January 14, 1998 Twelve Agencies Cooperate to Reduce Amputations in Diabetes

1997

• November 7, 1997 Type 2 Diabetes Linkage Analysis Consortium

• September 18, 1997 Gene for Last Major Form of Batten Disease Discovered

• September 8, 1997 New Study Supports Need for Lower Blood Pressure

• July 14, 1997 New Side Effects of Popular AIDS Drug Reported

• July 8, 1997 Health Advisory on Fenfluramine/Phentermine for Obesity

• July 8, 1997 Valvular Heart Disease Associated with Commonly Prescribed Diet Pills

• June 22, 1997 NIH and CDC Launch the National Diabetes Education Program

• April 17, 1997 NIH Team Discovers Endocrine Tumor Gene

• March 19, 1997 Researchers Determine Structure of Signalling Enzyme Power Center

• March 18, 1997 Nephrologist to Direct NIH Research Program

• February 12, 1997 NIDDK Advisory Council Gains Nine

• January 10, 1997 Bladder Awareness Campaign Encourages Women to Seek Treatment

1996

• December 17, 1996 NIH Task Force Weighs In On Weight-loss Drugs

• November 27, 1996 Path to Kidney Disease in NIDDM Patients Revealed

• November 5, 1996 Intensive Diabetes Treatment is Cost Effective

• September 10, 1996 NIH Tests Insulin Capsule to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes

• June 10, 1996 Can Type 2 Diabetes be Prevented?

• April 15, 1996 200 Milligrams Daily of Vitamin C is Appropriate

• February 26, 1996 Prostate Disease Trial to Study 3,000

1995

• November 9, 1995 Ten Agencies Launch National Campaign to Reduce Amputation Rate

1994

• October 26, 1994 Largest U.S. Study of Kidney Disease in African Americans Expands

• October 26, 1994 NIH Launches Hemodialysis Study

• October 25, 1994 NIH Launches Diabetes Awareness Program

• October 18, 1994 Weight Cycling: In Some, the Benefits of Weight Loss Outweigh the Risks