NHLBI
NHLBI
NHLBI (pronounced en-aitch-el-bee-eye), or the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, is a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that provides global leadership for research, training, and education programs to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases.
Etymology
The acronym NHLBI stands for National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The institute was established by the United States Congress in 1948 as the National Heart Institute, and was later expanded to include research on lung and blood diseases, hence the current name.
Related Terms
- Heart Disease: A range of conditions that affect your heart. Diseases under the heart disease umbrella include blood vessel diseases, such as coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias); and heart defects you're born with (congenital heart defects), among others.
- Lung Disease: Any problem in the lungs that prevents the lungs from working properly. There are three main types of lung disease: Airway diseases, Lung tissue diseases, and Lung circulation diseases.
- Blood Disease: Diseases that affect the blood, such as anemia, leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, as well as disorders of the immune system and the blood clotting system.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH): The primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on NHLBI
- Wikipedia's article - NHLBI
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