June NIH News in Health--Childhood cancer, whooping cough, genetics of endometrial cancer, and family studies of type 1 diabetes

Check out the June issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research. In this edition: Childhood Cancer Coping With the Diagnosis Just the thought of a child getting cancer can be frightening and over­whelming. But there's encouraging news. Many kinds of cancer can now be cured or controlled to help give children a better quality of life into adulthood. Read more about childhood cancer.       How To Whip Whooping Cough Preventing Pertussis You may think of whooping cough as a childhood illness, but it can strike people of any age. It causes uncontrollable coughing that makes it hard to catch your breath. Vaccines are the best way to prevent this sometimes-deadly disease. Read more about whooping cough.       Health Capsules: Gene Tests May Improve Therapy for Endometrial Cancer Family Studies of Type 1 Diabetes Featured Website: Pregnancy: Every Week Counts   Click here to download a PDF version for printing. Visit our Facebook page to suggest topics you'd like us to cover, or let us know what you find helpful about the newsletter. We want to hear what you think! Please pass the word on to your colleagues about NIH News in Health. We are happy to send a limited number of print copies free of charge for display in offices, libraries or clinics. Just email us or call 301-435-7489 for more information. If you're an editor who wishes to reprint our stories, please see http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/about.htm for information. Update Your E-mail Address | Add Subscriptions | Unsubscribe If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact support@govdelivery.com. For all other inquiries about NIH programs and activities, please contact NIHinfo@od.nih.gov. Before writing, please view our Frequently Asked Questions page, our A-Z Health Topics 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 kostikblog@ukr.net using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Institutes of Health (NIH) · 9000 Rockville Pike · Bethesda MD 20892 · 301-496-4000 / TTY 301-402-9612