General Initiatives:

• Natural Exposures (Pfiesteria)
• Health Disparities and Environmental Justice
• Breast Cancer - The Sister Study
• Herbal Medicines
• Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Nutrition Initiative
• High-Throughput Testing Methods
• Eliminating Health Disparities
• New Pfiesteria Grants
• Helping Couples Conceive (Fertility)
• Improving the Relevance of Regulatory Standards

New Initiatives - Women's Health:

• Sister Study on Breast Cancer
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Agricultural Health Study
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

New Initiatives - Children's Health:

• Childhood Cancer
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Children's Health - Pesticide Residues in Food
• Asthma
• Juvenile Diabetes
• Cleft Palate Birth Defects
• Children's Environmental Health Initiative

Scientific Advances:

• From Mother to Daughter to Granddaughter - The Legacy of DES
• Reducing Calories Reduces Cancer Risks - But How?
• Low Birth Weight Relates to the Mother's Lead Burden
• Defective Gene Responsible for Ataxia Telangiectasia Gives Insight into Tumor Suppression (ATM)
• Gene-Gene-Environment -- New Insight into Smoking-Induced Bladder Cancer
• Test Methods Developed That Use Fewer Animals

Environmental Health Information

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