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play audio ADHD Medications Do Not Cause Genetic Damage in Children—11/21/2008
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Two of the most common medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not appear to cause genetic damage in children who take them as prescribed.

play audio Genetic study opens door to individualized treatment strategies for Lung Cancer—11/14/2008
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A genetic study sheds new light on possible treatment strategies for the most common form of lung cancer.

play audio CIST Forum Held at Clinical Center—11/14/2008
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They're the clinician researchers and medical scientists of tomorrow. And for two days in early November, they gathered at the NIH Clinical Center to learn from seasoned veterans and to take measure of the shoes they would seek to fill some day.

play audio Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery—11/07/2008
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A newly-updated book called Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery is now available from the National Institute on Aging.

play audio Healing Process Found to Backfire in Lung Patients—10/31/2008
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A mechanism in the body which typically helps a person heal from an injury, may actually be causing patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to get worse, researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and their collaborators have found.

play audio NIHSeniorHealth Website Featuring Parkinson's Disease—10/31/2008
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Parkinson's disease occurs most often among the elderly and the risk increases with age.

play audio Panel Advocates Improved Understanding of Hepatitis B and Screening of High-Risk Populations—10/24/2008
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Management of hepatitis B is a challenge for physicians and patients due to an incomplete understanding of the disease course, complex treatment indications, and the lack of large studies focusing on important health outcomes.

play audio NIH Extends Its Commitment to Transformative Research with $138 Million for Director's Pioneer and New Innovator Awards in 2008—10/24/2008
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Forty-seven scientists have won funding from the National Institutes of Health worth some 138-million dollars over five years..

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