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Audio News Releases Archive

Archived audio news releases may contain dated information but the information is still accurate. In some cases, speakers may no longer occupy the positions they did when the release was created.

2005

Audio icon Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), MP3, 939 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
December 2005
AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy discusses the first report from the Effective Health Care program.
Audio icon Getting to a Healthy Weight, MP3, 284 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
January 2005
Dr. Francis Chesley of AHRQ promotes healthy living.
Audio icon Getting to a healthy weighten español, MP3, 309 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
January 2005
In Spanish. Dr. Rosaly Correa of AHRQ promotes healthy living.

 

2004

Audio icon Vision Screening In Kids, MP3, 438 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
May 2004
Dr. Ned Calonge discusses the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation about vision screening for children.
Audio icon Vision Screening In Kidsen español, MP3, 496 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
May 2004
En español. Dr. Aliza Lifshitz discusses the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation about vision screening for children.

 

2003

Audio icon Next Steps After Your Diagnosis, MP3, 939 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
October 2003
Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy talks about the AHRQ brochure called “Next Steps After Your Diagnosis.”
Audio icon Your Medicine: Play It Safe, MP3, 929 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
May 2003
Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy discusses the AHRQ brochure “Your Medicine:  Play It Safe.”
Audio icon Your Medicine: Play It Safeen español, MP3, 935 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
May 2003
Dr. Rosaly Correa, AHRQ, discusses the AHRQ brochure “Your Medicine: Play It Safe.”
Audio icon Women's Checklist for Your Next Checkup, MP3, 865 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
May 2003
Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy speaks about the AHRQ brochure “ Women's Checklist for Your Next Checkup.”
Audio icon Kid's Tooth Decay and Smoking, MP3, 843 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
March 2003
Dr. Andrew Aligne describes his research about the impact of family members who smoke on the teeth of children who live with them.
Audio icon Kid's Tooth Decay and Smokingen español, MP3, 767 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
March 2003
Dr. Andrew Aligne describes his research about the impact of family members who smoke on the teeth of children who live with them.
Audio icon 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Childrenen español, MP3, 671 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
March 2003
AHRQ's Karen Migdail promotes “20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children.”

 

2002

Audio icon Pregnancy and Smoking, MP3, 726 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
May 2002
Features Dr. Sharon Phelan, an obstetrician with the University of New Mexico Medical School, discussing pregnancy and smoking
Audio icon El embarazo y el fumar (If You're Pregnant and You Smoke—en español), MP3, 726 KB (Plugin Software Help(Transcript)
May 2002
Features Dr. Maria Gomez discussing pregnancy and smoking.
Audio icon Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events, MP3, 941 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
January 2002
Features Dr. Cynthia Mulrow of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force discussing the Task Force recommendations for taking aspirin.
Audio icon Aspirina para la prevención primaria de acontecimientos cardiovasculares
(Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events—en español), MP3, 247 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
January 2002
Karen Migdail, AHRQ, discusses U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for taking aspirin.

 

2001

Audio icon Pregnant Women: Quit for the New Year, MP3, 923 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
December 2001
Dr. Cathy Melvin, then director of Smoke-Free Families, discusses a New Year's resolution to quit smoking.
Audio icon Dejar de fumar es muy importante para ti y para tu bebé (Pregnant Women: Quit for the New Year—en español), MP3, 118 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
December 2001
AHRQ's Karen Migdail discusses a New Year's resolution to quit smoking.

 

2000

Audio icon Usted puede dejar de fumar (You Can Quit Smoking—en español), MP3, 1.1 MB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
June 2000
En español. Dr. Carlos Jaén discusses how to quit smoking.
Audio icon Reducing Medical Errors and AHRQ Budget: Congressional Testimony, 60 seconds, Real Media®, 131 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript)
June 2000
Former AHRQ Director Dr. John Eisenberg discusses AHRQ's new priorities of patient safety and medical errors.

 

1999

Audio icon Reducing Medical Errors and Promoting Patient Safety, 9 seconds, Real Media®, 23 KB (Plugin Software Help) (Transcript) 
December 1999
Former AHRQ Director Dr. John Eisenberg discusses the Institute of Medicine report on medical errors.

 

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