National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health is an institution of the United States government which focuses on medical research. The Institutes are located in Bethesda, Maryland.Founded in 1887, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today is one of the world's foremost medical research centers, and the Federal focal point for medical research in the U.S. The NIH, comprising 27 separate Institutes and Centers, is one of eight health agencies of the Public Health Service which, in turn, is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Simply described, the goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of medical and health sciences information.
The institutes of the NIH are the:
- National Cancer Institute[?]
- National Eye Institute[?]
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute[?]
- National Human Genome Research Institute[?]
- National Institute on Aging[?]
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism[?]
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development[?]
- etc... Please help complete this list from the Web page below
References and external links:
- NIH homepage: http://www.nih.gov/
- NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (http://www.nih.gov/icd/)
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