Based on the NIH health information topics you requested to receive information about, we thought you'd be interested in this story from the NIH Director's Blog. Study in Africa Yields New Diabetes Gene Posted on July 30th, 2019 by Dr. Francis Collins When I volunteered to serve as a physician at a hospital in rural Nigeria more than 25 years ago, I expected to treat a lot of folks with infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. And that certainly happened. But what I didn't expect was how many people needed care... Read More ... Follow Dr. Collins on Twitter Get posts via RSS Feed Update Your E-mail Address | Add Subscriptions | Unsubscribe If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. For all other inquiries about NIH programs and activities, please contact Ask NIH. Before writing, please view our Frequently Asked Questions page, our Health Information page, or Search our website. This service is provided to you by the National Institutes of Health. NIH…Turning Discovery Into Health®      This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institutes of Health (NIH) · 9000 Rockville Pike · Bethesda MD 20892 · 301-496-4000 / TTY 301-402-9612