ELA 079 - English for Health Careers: Disease Research Assignment

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

• The National Institutes of Health (NIH) "is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives".  
• National Institutes of Health has 27 individual institutes and centers below:

INSTITUTES:

• NCATS - National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences 
• NCCIH - National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health 
• NCI - National Cancer Institute
• NEI - National Eye Institute
• NHLBI - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• NHGRI - National Human Genome Research Institute
• NIA - National Institute on Aging
• NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• NIAID - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• NIAMS - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
• NIBIB - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
• NICHD - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• NIDCD - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• NIDCR - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
• NIDDK - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Disorders
• NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 
• NIGMS - National Institute of General Medical Sciences 
• NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health 
• NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse 
• NIMHD - National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 
• NINDS - National Institute or Neurological Disorders and Stroke 
• NINR - National Institute of Nursing Research 
• NLM - National Library of Medicine
  (MEDLINE PLUS)

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MEDLINE PLUS

Part of the National Library of Medicine 

• Provides health information for the general public.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Focused on disease control and prevention in the United States.
• Part of the Department of Health and Human Services

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World Health Organization

• Provides global health information.
• "Directs and coordinates global health" for the United Nations.