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      Cognitive Aging: Progress in Understanding and Opportunities for Action

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on the Public Health Dimensions of Cognitive Aging

      For most Americans, staying mentally sharp as they age is a very high priority. Declines in memory and decision-making abilities may trigger fears of Alzheimer’s disease or other neurodegenerative diseases…

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      Epilepsy Across the Spectrum: Promoting Health and Understanding

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on the Public Health Dimensions of the Epilepsies

      Although epilepsy is one of the nation’s most common neurological disorders, public understanding of it is limited. Many people do not know the causes of epilepsy or what they should…

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      BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance: Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats: Abbreviated Version

      Committee on Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System,National Research Council

      Following the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the anthrax letters, the ability to detect biological threats as quickly as possible became a top priority. In 2003 the Department of…

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      Preserving Public Trust: Accreditation and Human Research Participant Protection Programs

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Assessing the System for Protecting Human Research Subjects

      Considers the impact of creating an accreditation system to raise the performance of local protection mechanisms. This report examines two draft sets of accreditation standards for their content in core…

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      Certifying Personal Protective Technologies: Improving Worker Safety

      Committee on the Certification of Personal Protective Technologies,Institute of Medicine

      When you purchase a product, you expect it to work. Construction workers on high-rise buildings need to be confident that their safety harnesses will arrest a fall. Firefighters need to…

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      Prepositioning Antibiotics for Anthrax

      Committee on Prepositioned Medical Countermeasures for the Public,Institute of Medicine

      If terrorists released Bacillus anthracis over a large city, hundreds of thousands of people could be at risk of the deadly disease anthrax-caused by the B. anthracis spores-unless they had…

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      Testosterone and Aging: Clinical Research Directions

      Committee on Assessing the Need for Clinical Trials of Testosterone Replacement Therapy,National Academy of Sciences

      Testosterone’s reputation and use by men have outpaced the scientific evidence about its potential benefits and risks. This book examines the risks and benefits of testosterone replacement therapy, assesses the…

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      Incorporating Occupational Information in Electronic Health Records: Letter Report

      Committee on the Respiratory Protection Curriculum for Occupational Health Nursing Programs,Institute of Medicine

      At the request of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Institute of Medicine (IOM) appointed the ad hoc Committee on Occupational Information and Electronic Health Records…

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      Occupational Health Nurses and Respiratory Protection: Improving Education and Training: Letter Report

      Committee on the Respiratory Protection Curriculum for Occupational Health Nursing Programs,Institute of Medicine

      Occupational health nurses (OHNs) are front-line advocates for preventing illness and injury and protecting health in a variety of workplace settings, including the areas of agriculture, construction, health care, manufacturing…

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      A Review of NASA Human Research Program’s Scientific Merit Assessment Processes: Letter Report

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on the Review of NASA Human Research Program's Scientific Merit Assessment Processes

      At the request of NASA, an IOM committee reviewed NASA Human Research Program’s (HRP’s) Scientific Merit Assessment Processes for directed research. Directed research is commissioned or noncompetitively awarded research that…

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      The CTSA Program at NIH: Opportunities for Advancing Clinical and Translational Research

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee to Review the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

      In 2006 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) established the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, recognizing the need for a new impetus to encourage clinical and translational research…

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