There are important questions related to the cardiovascular health of women, and particularly to diagnostic and therapeutic challenges arising from the common existence of co-morbid conditions. The latter consideration, as well as the limitations of the budgets of individual institutes and centers at the NIH, suggest that it may be reasonable for the NHLBI to consider cross-NIH collaborations with I/Cs that have related... more »

How can we reduce the burden of vascular disease by promoting healthy lifestyle including diet, exercise, and smoking cessation?

What is the normal function of airway smooth muscle?

Obesity is a pervasive disease. It contributes to serious diseases such as heart, all the way down to cancer. In the past five decades it has been confirmed that the sugar from rich carbohydrate (CHO) foods increases the production of insulin which in turn converts the excess caloric intake into fat. So far neither dieting with highly processed foods rich in CHO’s, nor radical surgery have made a dent in this most... more »

What are the biological, environmental, social and economic determinants of health in rural areas related to COPD and other lung disease.

We are concerned about access to smoking cessation programs in populations that are hard to reach (rural) and who have other challenges (underserved/marginalized populations including people with serious mental illness). What kind of computer-based or mobile health technologies can assist these groups?

How does maternal sleep health contribute to normal utero/fetal development and programming of heart, lung, and blood tissues?

Understanding the complexity of NANC transmitter release and neuropeptide function could be helpful in establishing new, effective therapeutic strategies for treating heart disease.

Excellent work has been done by Childrens Oncology Group and Childhood Cancer survivor group and the late effects of cancer treatment ,especially in children but also young adults is an ongoing field of study. However protocols for follow up studies ,which should be done and how often and by whom are very complicated and hard to follow.
My idea is to develop a simple, relatively inexpensive and user friendly,protocol... more »

Healthy lefestyles prevent alot of diseases

Prevention trials, implemented to reduce or delay progression to overt disease in a population at risk to the disease, are an important approach to health promotion.
Therapies shown to reduce disease severity in patients with a specific disease are obvious, but not the only, candidates for a prevention trial in populations at high risk for prevalent diseases (such as heart failure, diabetes, COPD, asthma in children).... more »

We are only now beginning to recognize that certain Asian American subpopulations are at high risk for cardiometabolic (CM) disorders thanks to recent ethnicity-specific studies (e.g., MASALA study). For the most part, however, our understanding of CM risk in Asian Americans is based on aggregated data. Further, a perception remains that other, understudied groups (e.g., Chinese Americans) are at low risk because of their... more »

The scientific and clinical ramifications of the transulfurization systems are just beginning to be explored. Research methods and hypotheses should be explored.

Abnormal placental function, characterized by retarded nutrient and oxygen exchange, and abnormal hormone and angiogenic growth factor production, is linked to a number of diseases that have a strong impact on maternal and fetal health. Perhaps of highest impact is pre-eclampsia, a disease affecting 5-8% of pregnant women worldwide. Moreover, issues related to a suboptimal intrauterine environment leading to growth... more »

Why loss of endoglin causes HHT is not known. Endoglin is expressed by vascular smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells.

What is the role of endogin on vascular smooth muscle cells and why its loss contributes to HHT and other vascular malformations