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April 2011 NIH Audio Reports Archive
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April 26, 2011
Alzheimer's diagnostic guidelines updated for first time in decades(MP3 - 03:04, 2.8 MB)
New approaches for clinicians and more advanced guidelines for scientists provide direction for research on diagnosis and treatments of Alzheimer’s disease. Experts say effort will benefit patients and accelerate the pace of research.
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April 26, 2011
NIH investigators find link between DNA damage and immune response(MP3 - 03:15, 3 MB)
Researchers offer the first evidence that DNA damage can lead to the regulation of inflammatory responses, the body's reaction to injury. The proteins involved in the regulation help protect the body from infection.
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April 19, 2011
California Right Care Initiative: Community Wide Efforts to Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes (MP3 - 02:30, 2.2 MB)
The California Right Care Initiative, funded in part by an NIH grant, is a project designed to help improve the quality of California's health care maintenance organizations. The Initiative has identified two areas of concern: hospital acquired infections and cardiovascular risk factors, where patients receive care half the time then patients in other states.
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April 19, 2011
Complementary and alternative medicine dialogue lacking between patients, providers (MP3 - 02:22, 2.1 MB)
A new survey from NCCAM and AARP finds that although many people 50 and older use complementary and alternative medicine they often do not inform their health care providers.
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April 12, 2011
NIH-funded study finds new possible risk factor of heart disease (MP3 - 02:34, 2.6 MB)
Findings suggest abnormal heart rate turbulence might be significant risk factor in otherwise healthy adults.
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April 12, 2011
Analysis of opioid prescription practices finds areas of concern (MP3 - 02:34, 2.3 MB)
An analysis of national prescribing patterns shows that more than half of patients who received an opioid prescription in 2009 had filled another opioid prescription within the previous 30 days.
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April 12, 2011
New strategic plan for NIH obesity research seeks to curb epidemic (MP3 - 04:05, 3.7 MB)
In 2008, obesity-related medical costs were an estimated $147 billion. To combat the obesity epidemic, the National Institutes of Health is encouraging diverse scientific investigations through a new Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research.
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