Friday, January 5, 2018

Staying Safe in Cold Weather

From the National Weather Service, this Winter Storm and Safety Tips page offers guidelines for weathering winter.

This website is designed to teach you how to stay safe before, during and after a winter storm. You will find information on winter alerts, science and hazards, snow coverage maps, and information describing the different types of winter storms.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

NICHSR One Search Turns One!

For the past year, NICHSR OneSearch has helped people get answers to questions concerning health policy, health care costs, ongoing research, socioeconomic issues in health, disparities and inequalities, and more.

NICHSR ONESearch helps you search for ongoing projects, grey literature, datasets, indices, reliable websites, meetings, training, grant opportunities, and more.

Want more information?

Watch the informational video and check out NICHSR ONESearch yourself.

DASH Diet Wins Again!

For the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report ranked the National Institutes of Health-developed DASH Diet “best overall” diet among nearly 40 it reviewed. The announcement came just as new research suggests that combining DASH, or Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, with a low-sodium diet has the potential to lower blood pressure as well as or better than many anti-hypertension medications.

PregSource

PregSource™ is a research project that aims to learn about the pregnancy experience. Getting information directly from pregnant women about what they feel, think, do, and experience during pregnancy and after giving birth can teach us more about pregnancy and how to improve care. How can you help? Just sign up and answer some questions throughout your pregnancy. Your answers will help PregSource™ researchers answer the following and other questions.