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 THE NHLBI UPDATE
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NHLBI Videos Explain How COVID-19 Affects Heart, Lungs, and Blood
COVID-19 most commonly affects the lungs, but it can also affect many other parts of the body, especially the heart and blood.
Watch the NHLBI’s new videos.
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NIH Launches COVID-19 Blood Treatment Clinical Trials
Part of the Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines initiative, these trials will help guide the care of COVID-19 patients who have life-threatening blood clots.
Read more about the clinical trials.
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Study Shows Decline in Awareness of High Blood Pressure
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After rising for nearly 15 years, awareness of how to control and treat high blood pressure is now dropping. This could make longstanding efforts to fight heart disease and stroke more challenging.
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Join the Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Challenge
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Do you know a college or graduate student who likes to solve complex problems with novel tools? Encourage them to join the NHLBI’s new Challenge to improve sickle cell disease awareness.
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NIH Funds Research Efforts in Areas Hardest Hit by COVID-19
The NIH Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities will support awareness and education in ethnic and racial minority communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
Learn more about the research.
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 POTS Workshop Report Now Available
People with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) have symptoms that worsen when moving from lying down to standing or sitting up. Several NIH Institutes convened a workshop on the topic.
Read the workshop report.
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 Help Promote COPD Awareness This November
The NHLBI’s Learn More Breathe BetterSM program has free educational resources to help promote early diagnosis, treatment, and management of COPD.
View the COPD Month digital toolkit.
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