BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel was presented the Will Rogers Institute's Annual Award for Lung Research in Los Angeles, California.

Brigham and Women's Hospitals cardiologist, Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., named to prestigious national award RICHMOND, Va., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Elizabeth G.

A coalition of the world’s top public health agencies laid out plans on Monday to invest tens of millions of dollars into researching heart and lung diseases in an effort to combat a global epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Tuesday it had halted a trial of the drug sildenafil for patients with sickle cell disease, saying the drug caused serious medical problems.

Members of six of the world’s largest health agencies have agreed to work together to combat mankind’s deadliest diseases.