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May 2011 NIH Audio Reports Archive
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May 26, 2011
National Children’s Study Environmental Summit
(MP3 - 03:35, 3.31 MB)Summit helps plan future for large, long-term National Children’s Study, which will examine the effects of the environment, as broadly defined to include factors such as air, water, diet, sound, family dynamics, community and cultural influences, and genetics on the growth, development, and health of children across the United States.
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May 13, 2011
NIH scientists identify gene that could hold the key to muscle repair(MP3 - 03:12, 2.94 MB)
Researchers have long questioned why patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) tend to manage well through childhood and adolescence, yet succumb to their disease in early adulthood, or why elderly people who lose muscle strength following bed rest find it difficult or impossible to regain.
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May 12, 2011
Healthy Vision Month in May(MP3 - 02:04, 1.89 MB)
During Healthy Vision Month, health experts are encouraging people and organizations around the world to recognize the value of the sense of sight and make vision health a priority.
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May 12, 2011
What is lupus?(MP3 - 02:45, 2.52 MB)
Normally the body's immune system protects against viruses, bacteria and other foreign invaders. In an autoimmune disorder like lupus, the immune system cannot tell the difference between foreign substances and its own cells and tissues.
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May 04, 2011
Baby boom and older drivers (MP3 - 03:11, 2.92 MB)
Getting older doesn't make someone a bad driver. But there are changes that may affect the driving skills of baby boomers, who are now starting to turn 65.
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