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Winter viruses
While a cold, flu, or COVID-19 can strike at any time, you’re more likely to pick up a virus in...
Immunization, Cold-Weather Wellness
Hypothermia and frostbite: Easier to develop than you might think
What is hypothermia? Cold temperatures can cause hypothermia, which occurs when your body temperature drops below 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees...
Cold-Weather Wellness, Hypothermia
Starting the conversation to improve mental health
Taraji P. Henson won the hearts of millions with her acting, singing, and writing. The award-winning star of the hit...
Mental Health
Find clinical studies on the updated ClinicalTrials.gov
Interested in learning about clinical trials? Want to find research that’s happening on a specific health topic? On ClinicalTrials.gov...
Clinical Trials
Getting help for mental health
About one in five Americans live with a mental health condition. If you or someone you know is struggling, it’s...
Mental Health
Chill out with the NIH
A guided video visualization to help you relax Even the most seemingly relaxed people deal with stress on a daily...
Stress
Gene therapies are a promising path to treating rare diseases
Researching and developing new treatments for rare diseases is time consuming, complex, and often expensive. Most rare diseases (almost 80%) are...
Rare Diseases
Heart attacks
A heart attack occurs when the flow of oxygenated blood suddenly becomes blocked, and a section of the heart can’t...
Heart Diseases
Physical exercise
When you hear the word “exercise” you might think about lifting weights or hitting the treadmill to try to lose...
Exercise
When there’s research, there’s hope
The first sign Meredith Winchell noticed was trouble breathing. At the time, she worked as an analyst at NIH. First,...
Rare Diseases
COVID-19 makes living with a rare disease even harder
Ongoing uncertainty, being alone, and not being able to get treatment. In many ways, the widespread challenges the COVID-19 pandemic...
Rare Diseases, COVID-19
Breathing like everyone else
Dara Torres’ remarkable swimming career has inspired generations of Americans. She broke her first world record at age 14 and went...
Asthma
Virtual Rare Disease Day at NIH 2022
In the United States, diseases that each affect less than 200,000 people are called “rare diseases.” There are about 7,000 – 10,000...
Rare Diseases
New decision-support tool for COVID-19 testing can help you get back to your life, safely
Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s still so much uncertainty about how to live with this virus. We have...
COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing