Topic: Health and Medicine

Advances in Technology and the Prevention of their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Agents (2005) - The risks posed by bioterrorism and the proliferation of biological weapons capabilities have increased concern about how the rapid advances in...

America's Vital Interest in Global Health: Protecting Our People, Enhancing Our Economy, and Advancing Our International Interests (1997) - Since the end of the Cold War, the world economy has become increasingly interconnected. The movement of 2 million people each day across national...

Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues and Options (1998) - Antibiotic resistance is neither a surprising nor a new phenomenon. It is an increasingly worrisome situation, however, because resistance is growing...

Biological Threats and Terrorism: Assessing the Science and Response Capabilities: Workshop Summary (2002) - In the wake of September 11th and recent anthrax events, our nations bioterrorism response capability has become an imminent priority for...

Biotechnology in China (1989) - In the 1970s, China was in the throes of the Cultural Revolution, and Chinese scientists had little chance to participate in the development of...

Board on African Science Academy Development - The National Academies recently initiated a program to assist African science academies in strengthening their capability to provide scientifically...

Changing the Health Care System: Models from Here and Abroad (1994) - The US search for a viable health care reform strategy has included an interest in how other industrialized nations provide their citizens with...

Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam: Final Report (2003) - From 1962 t o1971, US military forces sprayed over 19 million gallons of herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that helped conceal...

Child Health and Human Rights (1994) - Once narrowly defined as a concept that dealt with the civil and legal rights of prisoners oppressed by authoritarian governments, the term “human...

Conference on Human Health and Global Climate Change: Summary of the Proceedings (1996) - Observed changes in the Earth's climate over the past 100 years appear to be consistent with theoretical models of greenhouse warming. These models...

Considerations for Viral Disease Eradication: Lessons Learned and Future Strategies: Workshop Summary (2002) - Since smallpox eradication, the science of eradication has changed, and with it our definitions of what diseases are possible to eradicate. As has...

Controlling Dangerous Pathogens: A Blueprint for U.S.-Russian Cooperation, A Report to the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the U.S. Department of Defense (1997) - A 14-member committee was formed which included members of a Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) working group, the co-chair...

Controlling Dangerous Pathogens: A Blueprint for U.S.-Russian Cooperation, A Report to the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the U.S. Department of Defense (Russian version, 1997) - A 14-member committee was formed which included members of a Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) working group, the co-chair...

Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in Developing Countries: Research, Development, and Institutional Strengthening (1998) - Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are increasing in epidemic proportions in developing countries. CVD already accounts for almost 10 percent of the...

Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World (1999) - This volume assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women's education, fertility preferences, and fertility in...

Curing Childhood Leukemia (Chinese version, 2001-2002) - Cancer is an insidious disease where ones own cells reproduce uncontrollably. This article describes the treatment developed for leukemia, a cancer...

Curing Childhood Leukemia (Japanese version, 2003) - Cancer is an insidious disease where ones own cells reproduce uncontrollably. This article describes the treatment developed for leukemia, a cancer...

Curing Childhood Leukemia (Spanish version, 2003) - Cancer is an insidious disease where ones own cells reproduce uncontrollably. This article describes the treatment developed for leukemia, a cancer...

Data Priorities for Population and Health in Developing Countries: Summary of a Workshop (1996) - This report is a summary of a workshop organized by the Committee on Population to discuss data collection priorities for the design, monitoring, and...

Disarming a Deadly Virus (Chinese version, 2000-2001 ) - Proteases are a class of enzymes that degrade proteins by cutting the bond between the amino acids that make up the protein. Scientists realized that...

Disarming a Deadly Virus (German version, 2000) - Proteases are a class of enzymes that degrade proteins by cutting the bond between the amino acids that make up the protein. Scientists realized that...

Disarming a Deadly Virus (Japanese version, 2003) - Proteases are a class of enzymes that degrade proteins by cutting the bond between the amino acids that make up the protein. Scientists realized that...

Disarming a Deadly Virus (Spanish version, 2003) - Proteases are a class of enzymes that degrade proteins by cutting the bond between the amino acids that make up the protein. Scientists realized that...

Effects of Health Programs on Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa (1993) - This book examines the effects of health interventions on infant and child mortality. Discussions of levels and trends of infant and child mortality...

Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States (1992) - The emergence of HIV disease and AIDS, the reemergence of tuberculosis, and the increased opportunity for disease spread through international travel...

Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective: Workshop Summary (2001) - In October 1999, the Forum on Emerging Infections of the Institute of Medicine convened a two-day workshop titled “International Aspects of Emerging...

Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century (2003) - The purpose of the study was to review the current state of knowledge and policy responses concerning emerging infectious diseases. The committee...

Examining the Probable Consequences of Alternative Patterns of Widespread Antiretroviral Drug Use in Resource-Constrained Settings - As private, bilateral, and multilateral initiatives begin to fund antiretroviral therapy programs for HIV/AIDS patients living in...

Exchange Program with Russian Institutes in Biomedical Sciences (2001) - The National Research Council (NRC) is sponsoring a program of international exchange for American scientists interested in the prophylaxis,...

Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use in Sub-Saharan Africa (1993) - This book discusses current trends in contraceptive use, socioeconomic and program variables that affect the demand for and supply of children, and...

Forum on Microbial Threats - In its 1992 report, Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) pointed to some major...

Forum on Microbial Threats: Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak -- Workshop Summary (2004) - The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in late 2002 and 2003 challenged the global public health community to confront a novel...

From Explosives to the Gas that Heals (Chinese version, 2000-2001) - Alfred Nobel is best remembered for the Nobel Prizes awarded in his name every year. But he was also the inventor of dynamite, an explosive made from...

From Explosives to the Gas that Heals (German version, 2000) - Alfred Nobel is best remembered for the Nobel Prizes awarded in his name every year. But he was also the inventor of dynamite, an explosive made from...

From Explosives to the Gas that Heals (Spanish version, 2003) - Alfred Nobel is best remembered for the Nobel Prizes awarded in his name every year. But he was also the inventor of dynamite, an explosive made from...

From Monsoons to Microbes: Understanding the Ocean’s Role in Human Health (1999) - This report offers a deeper look into the oceans that surround us, often nuturing yet sometimes harming humankind. This book explores the links among...

Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station (2000) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) manages research programs in two areas of the rapidly expanding field of biotechnology:...

Future Contributions of the Biosciences to Public Health, Agriculture, Basic Research, Counter-terrorism, and Non-Proliferation Activities in Russia - ...

Future Contributions of the Biosciences to Public Health, Agriculture, Basic Research, Counter-terrorism, and Non-Proliferation Activities in Russia - This project will build on the recent track record of the National Academies in promoting redirection of Russian BW expertise through its 1997...

Genome-wide Approaches to Understanding Bacterial Pathogenesis Prague, Czech Republic September 8-21, 2002 - With funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the U.S. National Research Council sponsored an intensive lab course for researchers from...

Global Health in Transition: A Synthesis: Perspectives from International Organizations (1996) - There has been an explosion of analytic documents, published since the start of this decade, that deal mainly with health in developing countries. ...

Human Gene Testing (Chinese version, 2000-2002) - Buried in the cells of each newborn is a unique set of genetic instructions. These molecular blueprints not only shape how the child will grow and...

Human Gene Testing (Japanese verion, 2002) - Buried in the cells of each newborn is a unique set of genetic instructions. These molecular blueprints not only shape how the child will grow and...

Human Gene Testing (Spanish version, 2003) - Buried in the cells of each newborn is a unique set of genetic instructions. These molecular blueprints not only shape how the child will grow and...

Improving Birth Outcomes In Developing Countries - Birth outcomes worldwide have improved dramatically in the past 40 years. Yet there is still a large gap between the outcomes in developing and...

Improving Consensus Development for Health Technology Assessment: An International Perspective (1990) - The Council on Health Care Technology promoted the examination of group judgment methodologies by way of a series of workshops. In June of 1989 the...

Improving Road Safety in Developing Countries: Opportunities for U.S. Cooperation and Engagement, Workshop Summary -- Special Report 287 - The report summarizes presentations and discussions at a January 2006 workshop that focused on sharp increases in road traffic-related deaths and...

In Her Lifetime: Female Morbidity and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa (1996) - The relative lack of information on determinants of disease, disability, and death at major stages of a woman's lifespan and the excess morbidity and...

Intellectual Property Rights and U.S.-Japan Competition in Biotechnology: Report of a Workshop (1991) - This report covers major insights from a one-day workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights and US-Japan Competition in Biotechnology” organized but...

International Food and Nutrition Forum - The International Food and Nutrition Forum (IFNF) provides a mechanism for representatives from the U.S. government, academia and nongovernmental...

International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) - The International Union for Psychological Science (IUPsyS) serves to build global interaction among research communities and promote advances in...

Lead in the Americas: A Call for Action (1996) - The participants in this conference came to two general conclusions. The first was definite and specific: lead exposure, it its various forms,...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Spanish version, 2003) - Slurred speech or partial paralysis may signal only a seizure or migraine but can also be symptoms of stroke. Stroke is the third leading cause of...

Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters (2002) - Admittedly, the world and the nature of forced migration have changed a great deal over the last two decades. The relevance of data accumulated...

Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the 1998 US/Japan Conference (1998) - US-Japan meetings on laboratory animal science have been held virtually every year since 1980 under the US-Japan Cooperative Program on Science and...

Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response (2003) - Infectious diseases are a global hazard that puts every nation and every person at risk. The recent SARS outbreak is a prime example. Knowing neither...

(NAS Colloquium) Plants and Population: Is There Time? (1999) - This Colloquium was organized to shed light on how the world will feed its still expanding population in a sustainable way while maintaining enough...

Neurological, Psychiatric, and Developmental Disorders: Meeting the Challenges in the Developing World (2001) - Brain disorders—neurological, psychiatric, and developmental—now affect at least 250 million people in the developing world, and this number is...

New Frontiers in Contraceptive Research - More than a quarter of pregnancies worldwide are unintended. Between 1995 and 2000, nearly 700,000 women died, and many more experienced illness,...

New Vaccine Development: Establishing Priorities; Volume II, Diseases of Importance in Developing Countries (1986) - Common diseases cost the developing world an enormous amount in terms of human life, health, and productivity, as well as lost economic potential....

Orphans and Incentives: Developing Technologies to Address Emerging Infections (1997) - Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of prolonged illness, premature mortality, and soaring health costs. In the United States in 1995,...

Polymers and People (German version, 1999) - In 1920, a German scientist first proposed the correct structure for polymers as long chain molecules of many identical or similar chemical units....

Polymers and People (Japanese version, 2003) - In 1920, a German scientist first proposed the correct structure for polymers as long chain molecules of many identical or similar chemical units....

Polymers and People (Spanish version, 2003) - In 1920, a German scientist first proposed the correct structure for polymers as long chain molecules of many identical or similar chemical units....

Premature Death in the New Independent States (1997) - In recent years there have been alarming reports of rapid decreases in life expectancy in the New Independent States (former members of the Soviet...

Preserving the Miracle of Sight (Chinese version, 2000-2001) - This article tells the story of how medical research into the structure of the eye and research in physics on light and lasers met to benefit...

Preserving the Miracle of Sight (Spanish version, 2003) - This article tells the story of how medical research into the structure of the eye and research in physics on light and lasers met to benefit...

Preventing HIV Infection among Injecting Drug Users in High Risk Countries: An Assessment of the Evidence - In 2005, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commissioned the Institute of Medicine to...

Public Health Systems and Emerging Infections: Assessing the Capabilities of the Public and Private Sectors (2000) - The Forum on Emerging Infections was created in 1996 in response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National...

Public Health Systems and Emerging Infections: Assessing the Capabilities of the Public and Private Sectors: Workshop Summary - The Forum on Emerging Infections was created in 1996 in response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National...

Radiation and the International Space Station: Recommendations to Reduce Risk (2000) - A major objective of the International Space Station (ISS) is learning how to cope with how to live and work in space for extended periods. The...

Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment: A New Vision of Environmental Health for the 21st Century (2001) - This is a summary of the workshop “Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment: A New Vision of Environmental Health for the 21st Century.” ...

Reducing Birth Defects: Meeting the Challenge of the Developing World (2003) - Each year, more than 4 million children are born with birth defects. Reducing the Impact of Birth Defects: Meeting the Challenges in the Developing...

Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions (1997) - Sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancies, infertility, and other reproductive problems are a growing concern around the world,...

Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa (1993) - This examination of changes in adolescent fertility emphasizes the changing social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place....

Sound from Silence (Chinese version, 2000-2001) - This article tells the story of how research into the structure of the inner ear was combined with research in the telecommunications industry to...

Sound from Silence (Japanese version, 2003) - This article tells the story of how research into the structure of the inner ear was combined with research in the telecommunications industry to...

Sound from Silence (Spanish version, 2003) - This article tells the story of how research into the structure of the inner ear was combined with research in the telecommunications industry to...

Soviet Social Science: The Challenge for the American Academic Community, Summary of a Meeting (1990) - In 1989 the Commission on Behavioral and Social Science and Education (CBASSE) believed there was a need to bring together scholars and...

The Economics of Antimalarials - Malaria remains the leading killer of children in Africa and a significant cause of morbidity among adults and children in Africa, Asia, and focally,...

The Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases: Understanding the Impact on Animal and Human Health - Workshop Summary (2002) - Zoonotic diseases represent one of the leading causes of illness and death from infectious disease. Worldwide, zoonotic diseases have a negative...

The Epidemiological Transition: Policy and Planning Implications for Developing Countries (1993) - This book examines issues concerning how developing countries will have to prepare for demographic and epidemiologic change. Much of the current...

The Hepatitis B Story (2000) - Although hepatitis had been recognized for centuries, it was in the 1940s when doctors came to suspect that a virus carried in human blood was...

The Hepatitis B Story (Chinese version, 2000-2001) - Although hepatitis had been recognized for centuries, it was in the 1940s when doctors came to suspect that a virus carried in human blood was...

The Hepatitis B Story (German version, 2000) - Although hepatitis had been recognized for centuries, it was in the 1940s when doctors came to suspect that a virus carried in human blood was...

The Hepatitis B Story (Japanese version, 2003) - Although hepatitis had been recognized for centuries, it was in the 1940s when doctors came to suspect that a virus carried in human blood was...

The Hepatitis B Story (Spanish version, 2003) - Although hepatitis had been recognized for centuries, it was in the 1940s when doctors came to suspect that a virus carried in human blood was...

The Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors: Implications for Human Health and Strategies for Containment- Workshop Summary (2003) - The resistance topic is timely given current events. The emergence of mysterious new diseases, such as SARS, and the looming threat of bioterrorist...

USAID Research Support Program - The Policy and Global Affairs (PGA) Division of the U.S. National Research Council (NRC) provides technical and administrative support to the...

Vaccines Against Malaria (1996) - In view of the deteriorating global malaria situation and the urgent need for new and effective control measures, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) was...