Author: Institute of Medicine

The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired...

Review of NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks 2015 Letter Report is the third in a series of five reports from the Institute of Medicine ...

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a federally-funded program designed to provide healthy meals and snacks to children and adults whi...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for ensuring that medical devices are safe and effective before they go on the market. Sectio...

Mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) are designed to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diseases from mother to child. Wh...

The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and ...

In times of rapid change and constrained resources, measures that are important, focused, and reliable are vital. However there is an overabundance...

From 1962 to 1971, the US military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, to destro...

The sequencing of the human genome and the identification of links between specific genetic variants and diseases have led to tremendous excitement...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is one of several federal agencies responsible for protecting Americans against significant risks to...

Over the past decade, preparedness and response capacities of government agencies, hospitals and clinics, public health agencies, and academic rese...

To battle the obesity epidemic in America, health care professionals and policymakers need relevant, useful data on the effectiveness of obesity pr...

The Institute of Medicine launched an innovative outreach program in 1988. Through the generosity of the Rosenthal Family Foundation (formerly the ...

Many organizations are making focused efforts to prevent obesity. To achieve their goals, accelerate their progress, and sustain their success, the...

An estimated 48 percent of the population takes at least one prescription drug in a given month. Drugs provide great benefits to society by saving ...

More than 30 years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) convened a committee to determine methodologies and...

The responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) range from preventing foreign and domestic terrorist attacks; securing the nation...

For the United States, the 1991 Persian Gulf War was a brief and successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. However, soon after re...

Chronic multisymptom illness (CMI) is a serious condition that imposes an enormous burden of suffering on our nation's veterans. Veterans who have ...

Population Health Implications of the Affordable Care Act is the summary of a workshop convened in June 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtabl...

The workshop summarized in this report was organized as part of a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...

After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax mailings, the U.S. government prioritized a biosurveillance strategy aimed a...

Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine...

Section 141 of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 20101 provides funding for a research program on the causes and consequences of childhood hunge...

Every patient is unique, and the evolving field of precision medicine aims to ensure the delivery of the right treatment to the right patient at th...

Approximately 80 million adults in the United States have low health literacy - an individual's ability to obtain, process, and understand basic he...

Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast ca...

The childhood obesity epidemic and related health consequences are urgent public health problems. Approximately one-third of America's young people...

In September 2010, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy commissioned an Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee to respond to a two-part st...

Obesity poses one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century, creating serious health, economic, and social consequences for indi...

One-third of adults are now obese, and children's obesity rates have climbed from 5 to 17 percent in the past 30 years. The causes of the nation's ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to disabled adults and children, offering vital financial support to more than 19 m...

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death in the world today, with 4,500 people dying from the disease every day. Many cases of TB can be ...

H1N1 (swine flu), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoon...

As women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight gain h...

Data suggest that exposure to secondhand smoke can result in heart disease in nonsmoking adults. Recently, progress has been made in reducing invol...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Quality Measures for the Healthy People Leading Health Indicators was charged by the Office of the Ass...

Engaging the Public in Critical Disaster Planning and Decision Making is the summary of a workshop held in March 2013 to discuss the key principles...

Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care profession, with 3 million registered nurses in the United States. Nurses work in a wide vari...

Review of NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks 2014 Letter Report is the second in a series of five reports from the Institute of Medicine...

The U.S. population of older adults is predicted to grow rapidly as baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) begin to reach 65 years of age....