See Also: national institutes of health(medicine)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)(encyclopedia)
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Credit Union(finance)
National Health Service(dictionary)
National Health Service (NHS)(encyclopedia)
national health programs(medicine)
national centre for health statistics(medicine)
national institute of mental health(medicine)
national institute for occupational safety and health(medicine)
national centre for health care technology(medicine)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) (sh)




U.S. government agency that conducts or supports biomedical research.

It is made up of numerous specialized institutes (e.g., National Cancer Institute; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institute on Aging; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; and National Institute of Mental Health). Part of the Department of Health and Human Services, it also trains health researchers; disseminates information; and maintains other offices and divisions, the National Library of Medicine (the foremost source of medical information in the U.S.), and several research centres.