Tag: National Institutes of Health

  • Message from the American Academy of Allergy on Complementary Medicine.

    The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health is hosting a Twitter Chat about asthma and complementary health practices. Join them for an online discussion on this topic April 26th at 1 p.m. ET. The  Twitter account is @NCCAM and you can participate by using the hashtag #nccamchat.

  • Genetic Research in Asthma

    Researchers look to genetics to understand African American-asthma link Genetic map of 1,000 African Americans mapped for asthma research  By Meredith Cohn7:00 a.m. EST, December 29, 2011  For the full link, click here. Researchers working to discover why African-Americans disproportionately suffer from asthma are planning to map the genetic code of 1,000 people of African…