National Institute Quotes (18 Quotes)

The continuing decline in the rate of cancer deaths once again affirms the progress we have made against cancer, ... But the report also highlights the need for an acceleration of research as the population of the United States ages.

a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence.

The area is letting off the energy gradually, and this makes strong shocks less likely... We should be out of danger.

It is a bit of muted good news in that we are going in the right direction, but the sobering news is we have a long way to go.

We don't know the exact cause of this. But it is probably because lungs of women are generally smaller (than men's),

Because there is no way to tell (in the short term) whether symptoms are from a TIA or an acute stroke, patients should assume that all stroke-like symptoms signal an emergency and should not wait to see if they go away,

Potentially a treatment from one of the three is a few years away.

I am afraid the education of the public is very insufficient and they are not really aware of the danger as much as the professionals, like doctors or researchers,

you should not start drinking solely to benefit your heart.

the quality, speed, and effectiveness of the public health response to SARS brilliantly outshone past responses to international outbreaks of infectious disease.

due to an exaggerated sense of danger.

The craving that an alcoholic feels for alcohol can be as strong as the need for food or water, ... An alcoholic will continue to drink despite serious family, health, or legal problems.

People simultaneously infected with human and avian influenza strains could become a mixing bowl for the disease,

You're giving people a choice and there clearly are a group of people that find needles rather distressing and if indeed they had choice of another way to deliver a vaccine, it could indeed allow the public health system to expand its vaccine coverage.

It can be said that the military balance between China and Taiwan is moving in a direction advantageous to China as it is rapidly modernizing its nuclear and missile capabilities as well as its navy and air force.

When present for at least six years, depression was associated with a generally increased risk of cancer,

For both mice and men, social status is important for mice, losing to a dominant mouse usually means that they avoid the dominant and they avoid social situations. These new findings add to a growing literature on the molecular basis of social behavior, helping us to know where as well as how social information is encoded in the brain.

ethnic minorities were more likely than Whites to receive a lower quality of healthcare even among the insured and higher income minority populations.