Author: Board on Health Sciences Policy

Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), are a set of more than 30 health disorders associated with both the temporomandibular joints and the muscles an...

Consumer genomics, encompassing both direct-to-consumer applications (i.e., genetic testing that is accessed by a consumer directly from a commerci...

Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United State...

On February 26, 2020, the Board on Health Sciences Policy of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a 1-day public wo...

Technological advances in noninvasive neuroimaging, neurophysiology, genome sequencing, and other methods together with rapid progress in computati...

To explore the role of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in innovative drug development and its impact on patient access, the Board on Health...

When communities face complex public health emergencies, state local, tribal, and territorial public health agencies must make difficult decisions ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 40 million people in the United States suffer from a serious illness th...

Regular use of sunscreens has been shown to reduce the risk of sunburn and skin cancer, and slow photoaging of skin. Sunscreens can rinse off into ...

The United States faces a significantly aging population as well as a growing share of the population that is living longer with multiple chronic c...

California and other wildfire-prone western states have experienced a substantial increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in recent years...

Because of the recent advances in embryo modeling techniques, and at the request of the Office of Science Policy in the Office of the Director at t...

At any one time, at least 30,000 people in the U.S. are living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rapidly progressive, fatal neurological ...

Concerted efforts to deepen understanding of RNA modifications and their role in living systems hold the potential to advance human health, improve...

The lack of a clear and consistent definition for Long COVID presents challenges for policymakers, researchers, public health professionals, clinic...

A National Academies committee was tasked with identifying essential health care services for women related to intimate partner violence (IPV) duri...

When a nation or region prepares for public health emergencies such as a pandemic influenza, a large-scale earthquake, or any major disaster scenar...

The loss of hearing - be it gradual or acute, mild or severe, present since birth or acquired in older age - can have significant effects on one's ...

Individuals with disabilities, chronic conditions, and functional impairments need a range of services and supports to keep living independently. H...

In the devastation that follows a major disaster, there is a need for multiple sectors to unite and devote new resources to support the rebuilding ...

From its very beginning, neuroscience has been fundamentally interdisciplinary. As a result of rapid technological advances and the advent of large...