AI Screening for Opioid Use Disorder Associated with Fewer Hospital Readmissions

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Repurposing a Blood Pressure Drug May Prevent Vision Loss in Inherited Blinding Diseases

New studies in rats suggest the drug reserpine, approved in 1955 for high blood pressure, might treat the blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa. No therapy exists for this rare inherited disease, which starts affecting vision from childhood. A report on the studies, conducted at NIH, was published in eLife.

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Scientists Map Detailed Connections, Visual Perception in Mouse Brain

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Midlife Eating Patterns Tied to Health Decades Later

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Blood Pressure Patterns in Early Pregnancy Tied to Later Hypertension Risk

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NIH-Funded Study Identifies Potential New Stroke Treatment

In a preclinical study, rodents treated with uric acid showed improved long-term outcomes after acute ischemic stroke. The findings suggest the treatment may work as an add-on therapy to standard stroke treatments in humans. The NIH-funded study was published in Stroke.