Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Steve Jobs Tribute – Health IT's Future". The transcript is also available.

Before I went to sleep the other night, I checked how two television networks and three newspapers in the U.S. and UK reported a study about dietary supplements. After this, I edited a photograph, played a digital piano, saw four-camera coverage of an American League playoff baseball game...

Learn how you can stop the spread of germs this season. Visit the MedlinePlus Germs and Hygiene topic page.

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Blood Protein - Death Risk Link?". The transcript is also available.

Levels of a protein found within blood were linked to an increased risk of death among older adults in a Swedish study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Watch a live webcast of surgery for congenital ear problems on October 13 at 6:00 p.m. EDT, and check out the ear disorders topic page on MedlinePlus. Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

The October issue of NIH News in Health is now available.

Featured stories include "Weighty Issues for Kids: Taking Aim at Childhood Obesity" and "Community Immunity: How Vaccines Protect Us All" . Also, check out the health capsules and the featured Web site.

Pancreatic cancer is in the news. Check out the MedlinePlus pancreatic cancer health topic page to learn more.

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on the NLM's Native Voices Exhibition. The transcript is also available.

'Native Voices: Native people's concepts of health and illness,' opens this week at NLM and enriches a visitor's understanding of how Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians conceive wellness as well as medical care.

What's could be better than a good night's sleep? Visit the MedlinePlus sleep disorders topic page to learn about problems that could be preventing you from getting the rest you deserve.

Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on pancreatitis.

The pancreas is a large gland behind the stomach and close to the first part of the small intestine. It secretes digestive juices into the small intestine through a tube called the pancreatic duct...

Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on childbirth problems.

While childbirth usually goes well, complications can happen. They can cause a risk to the mother, baby, or both. Possible complications include...

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Visit the MedlinePlus prostate cancer topic page to learn more.

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Heart Risks and Psoriasis Medications?". The transcript is also available.

A review of existing research recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds little evidence that five injectable psoriasis medications elevate heart risks. However, the study's authors caution more research is needed because the evidence (compiled from a meta-analysis of 22 studies) is underpowered, or may lack the number of participants and study design to detect heart-related side effects.