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Resveratrol is a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products and is sometimes sold as a dietary supplement.

Recently, a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute looked at how resveratrol works at the cellular level, identifying how it may provide its health benefits.

(NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) Adding the acid reflux drug lansoprazole to a standard inhaled steroid treatment for asthma does not improve asthma control in children who have no symptom of acid reflux, according to a new study funded in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Lansoprazole therapy slightly increased the risk of sore throats and other respiratory problems in children, however

(NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) Researchers have identified important risk factors for death and transplantation in children with dilated cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease), according to results from a study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

(NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) Sickle cell disease may affect brain function in adults who have few or mild complications of the inherited blood disease, according to results of the first study to examine cognitive functioning in adults with sickle cell disease.

(NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults, especially men, according to new results from a landmark study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

In numerous national publications today, we are once again reminded that lowering the risk of diabetics for vascular events (MI/heart attack, CVA/stroke etc.) and death is far more complex than lowering measures such as cholesterol and blood pressure.

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(NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) New education strategies for better controlling hypertension and research suggesting a possible link between short-term and long-term exposure to air pollution and increased risk of constricted blood vessels are among the research highlights from studies supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the American Heart Association's 2009 Scientific Sessions in Orlando held Nov. 14-18.

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The National Institutes of Health is preparing to launch the first government-sponsored clinical trial to determine what dose of the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine is needed to induce a protective immune response in people with asthma, especially those with severe disease.

The study is cosponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), both part of NIH.

(National Jewish Medical and Research Center) Researchers at five medical centers have been awarded an $11 million grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to delve deeply into the biology of two fatal lung diseases for which there are few therapeutic options.

The Lung Genomics Research Consortium will use advanced genetic and molecular tools to characterize and better understand chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary fibrosis, then share its discoveries with researchers in a Web-accessible data warehouse.

(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a $16.8 million, seven-year grant to launch a bicoastal research partnership between Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.