Director's Messages
On June 19, 2013, we announced a change in approach to the development of clinical practice guidelines on the Director’s Corner page. Over the intervening weeks...
One of the core elements of the NHLBI mission is to prevent and treat heart, lung, and blood diseases through public education. Since the mid-1970s, the NHLBI's...
New research sheds light on causes of congenital heart disease Each year, approximately 40,000 children are born with congenital heart disease (CHD), the most...
We have known for decades that there is a strong link between the foods we eat and our risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Observational studies...
At the NHLBI, we share a passion with many of you for reducing and preventing heart disease among women. It's part of our mission to apply new knowledge toward...
Keji Zhao, Ph.D., director of the NHLBI Systems Biology Center, has been named a 2012 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)...
This year's American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, held Nov. 3-7 in Los Angeles, offered a wealth of new and provocative research findings and...
Since the mid-1970s, the NHLBI has collaborated with researchers and practitioners to develop clinical practice guidelines focused on the management of risk...
The NHLBI joins the rest of the scientific community in mourning the loss of a true pioneer, E. Donnall Thomas, M.D. Dr. Thomas, a hematologist who earned a...
Congratulations to NHLBI grantees Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D., of Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Duke University Medical Center, and Brian K. Kobilka, M.D...
Congratulations to NHLBI grantee Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D., who has been selected to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 together with Sir...
Ten years ago, we launched The Heart Truth® campaign to address a serious misconception among Americans that heart disease only affects men. Since then, with...