| Featured Research The NHLBI Global Health Initiative Chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are universal. NCDs include cardiovascular conditions (heart disease, stroke); some cancers; chronic lung conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); and type 2 diabetes. Their impact is felt by entire communities and entire nations, and they cost millions of dollars in lost productivity and care. They affect the young and the elderly, the rich and the poor, and every ethnic group. NCDs account for nearly 60 percent of all deaths globally. More than 35 million people worldwide die from NCDs—twice the number of deaths from infectious diseases, maternal and perinatal conditions, and nutritional deficiencies combined. Learn about the NHLBI's global health activities and how they affect the health of Americans. Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is one of the founding members of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD). Composed of national health research institutions, the GACD coordinates and supports research activities that address, on a global scale, the prevention and treatment of NCDs. The alliance's multicountry, multidisciplinary research focuses on the needs of low- and middle-income countries—where 80 percent of deaths from chronic diseases occur—and on low-income populations of more developed countries. Susan B. Shurin, M.D., acting director of the NHLBI, was recently named chair of the GACD. Learn more about the GACD and read Dr. Shurin's Director's Corner post about the GACD. Photo: Dr. Susan Shurin with Dr. Xuetao Cao (left) and Dr. Abdallah Daar (center) at the GACD meeting in Canberra, Australia. Photo credit National Health and Medical Research Council. Popular NHLBI Resources - Your Heart, Your Life: A Lay Health Educator's Manual for the Hispanic Community / Su corazón, su vida: manual del promotor y promotora de salud (en español) (shown)
- Physical Activity: Your Heart, Your Life—A Lay Health Educator's Program / La actividad física: su corazón su vida—un programa para promotores de salud (bilingual English, Spanish)
- We Can!® (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition) Families Finding the Balance: A Parent Handbook / ¡Podemos! Cómo las familias encuentran el equilibrio: Un manual para los padres de familia (en español)
- Healthy Heart, Healthy Family: A Community Health Worker's Manual for the Filipino Community
- Your Health Is Golden! Heart Health Promotion Activities for Vietnamese Communities
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched NIH Clinical Research Trials and You, a new Web resource to help people learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate. American College of Cardiology (ACC)Annual Scientific Session & Expo, March 24–27, Chicago, IL Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Annual Medical Education Conference, April 4–8, Atlanta, GA American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine 2012, April 19–21, New Orleans, LA New Design and Features Coming Soon!
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