Author: Institute of Medicine

The Food Forum convened a public workshop on February 22-23, 2012, to explore current and emerging knowledge of the human microbiome, its role in h...

At the request of NASA, an IOM committee reviewed NASA Human Research Program's (HRP's) Scientific Merit Assessment Processes for directed research...

Ensuring that the food provided to children in schools is consistent with current dietary recommendations is an important national focus. Various l...

Modern transportation allows people, animals, and plantsand the pathogens they carryto travel more easily than ever before. The ease and speed of t...

Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 4,500 people worldwide every day. While most cases of TB can be treated with antibiotics, some strains have d...

During public health emergencies such as pandemic influenza outbreaks or terrorist attacks, effective vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other medic...

The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program has played a key role in developing new and improved cancer therapi...

The globalization of science, engineering, and medical research is proceeding rapidly. The globalization of research has important implications for...

Interim Report of the Committee on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Health Care: Preliminary Committee Obse...

As of December 2012, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq have resulted in the deployment of a...

In 2007 and 2008, the world witnessed a dramatic increase in food prices. The global financial crisis that began in 2008 compounded the burden of h...

Despite the many basic research discoveries in genetics, relatively few gene-based treatments, drugs, or preventative measures have been developed....

Health literacy has been shown to affect health outcomes. The use of preventive services improves health and prevents costly health care expenditur...

The global epidemic of hepatitis B and C is a serious public health problem. Hepatitis B and C are the major causes of chronic liver disease and li...

In the face of so many daunting near-term challenges, U.S. government and industry are letting the crucial strategic issues of U.S. competitiveness...

Hypertension is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, affecting nearly one in three Americans. It is prevalent in adults and end...

America's research universities have undergone striking change in recent decades, as have many aspects of the society that surrounds them. This cha...

For the first time in decades, promising news has emerged regarding efforts to curb the obesity crisis in the United States. Obesity rates have fal...

Caffeine in Food and Dietary Supplements is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine in August 2013 to review the available ...

Founded during the Civil War as the Army Medical Museum, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) amassed the world's largest collection of h...

Innovation has been a major engine of American economic and societal progress. It has increased per capita income more than sevenfold since the 19t...

Measuring the Risks and Causes of Premature Death is the summary of two workshops conducted by The Committee on Population of the National Research...

SMART VaccinesStrategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccinesis a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that util...