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Description: Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. The NIH website offers health information for the public as well as medical professionals. There's extensive information on funding opportunities and links to the many Institutes and Centers that make-up NIH such as the National Cancer Institute and the National Library of Medicine.

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Addicted to Nicotine: A National Research Forum
Includes presentation summaries of papers presented at the conference held in 2001 at the (US) National Institutes of Health. Topics include nicotine delivery systems, pharmacology, individual and environmental risk factors, the psychobiology of addition
http://www.nida.nih.gov/meetsum/nicotine/Nicotine.html
Top/Health/Addictions/Substance_Abuse/Tobacco

A Collection of Articles on Nicotine Addiction
Articles about research studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NN0031.html
Top/Health/Addictions/Substance_Abuse/Tobacco

MedlinePlus: Smoking Cessation
Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokingcessation.html
Top/Health/Addictions/Substance_Abuse/Tobacco/Quitting

Age at Smoking Initiation and Lung Damage
Scientific paper examines the evidence that lung damage is greater and more lasting the younger a person started smoking.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=10203280&dopt=Abstract
Top/Health/Addictions/Substance_Abuse/Tobacco/Teen_Smoking

MedlinePlus: Smoking and Youth
Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokingandyouth.html
Top/Health/Addictions/Substance_Abuse/Tobacco/Teen_Smoking

Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment - A Research-Based Guide
A primer from the National Institute of Drug Abuse on treatment approaches to drug addiction.
http://www.nida.nih.gov/PODAT/PODATindex.html
Top/Health/Addictions/Substance_Abuse/Treatment

National Institute of Aging
Government site with information on research and practical resources for the aging population.
http://www.nia.nih.gov/
Top/Health/Aging

Astragalus
Provides basic information including common names, uses, potential side effects, and resources for more information.
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/astragalus/
Top/Health/Alternative/Herbs/Materia_Medica

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Part of the US National Institutes of Health, and undertaking research, training, and dissemination of data to the public and professionals. Includes events calendar and details of clinical trials.
http://nccam.nih.gov/
Top/Health/Alternative/Resources

A Study of Borrelia anserina Infection (Spirochetosis) in Turkeys
Research paper on this subject by Ethel McNeil, W. R. Hinshaw, and R. E. Kissling.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=385494&blobtype=pdf
Top/Health/Animal/Birds/Poultry/Conditions_and_Diseases