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America's Uninsured Crisis
When policy makers and researchers consider potential solutions to the crisis of uninsurance in the United States, the question of whether health insurance matters to health is often an issue. This question is far more than an academic concern. It is crucial that U.S. health care policy be informed with current and valid evidence on the consequences of uninsurance for health care and health outcomes, especially for the 45.7 million individuals without health insurance. (Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies)
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - September 24, 2009 Category: Science Authors: The National Academies Source Type: podcasts

Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World
This report identifies innovative approaches to the development of antimicrobial drugs and vaccines based on a greater understanding of how the human immune system interacts with both good and bad microbes. The report concludes that the development of a single superdrug to fight all infectious agents is unrealistic. Read the report online. (Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies)
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - August 28, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Then National Academies Source Type: podcasts

What Works for Health Care?
There is currently heightened interest in optimizing health care through the generation of new knowledge on the effectiveness of health care services. This podcast looks at some of the basic findings of the IOM report. Read the Report Online. Visit the IOM report page. (Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies)
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - August 14, 2009 Category: Science Authors: The National Academies Source Type: podcasts

Revolutionizing Science: Managing Research Data in the Digital Age
As digital technologies are expanding the power and reach of research, they are also raising complex issues. These include complications in ensuring the validity of research data; standards that do not keep pace with the high rate of innovation; restrictions on data sharing that reduce the ability of researchers to verify results and build on previous research; and huge increases in the amount of data being generated, creating severe challenges in preserving that data for long-term use. This podcast examines the consequences of the changes affecting research data with respect to three issues - integrity, accessibility, an...
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - July 31, 2009 Category: Science Authors: The National Academies Source Type: podcasts

Revolutionizing Science: Managing Research Data in the Digital Age
As digital technologies are expanding the power and reach of research, they are also raising complex issues. These include complications in ensuring the validity of research data; standards that do not keep pace with the high rate of innovation; restrictions on data sharing that reduce the ability of researchers to verify results and build on previous research; and huge increases in the amount of data being generated, creating severe challenges in preserving that data for long-term use. This podcast examines the consequences of the changes affecting research data with respect to three issues - integrity, accessibility, and...
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - July 31, 2009 Category: Science Authors: The National Academies Source Type: podcasts

Breaking the Cycle: Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate
Everyone--government agencies, private organizations, and individuals--is facing a changing climate: an environment in which it is no longer prudent to follow routines based on past climatic averages. People and organizations need to consider what they will have to do differently if the 100-year flood arrives every decade or so, if the protected areas for threatened species are no longer habitable, or if a region can expect more frequent and more severe wildfires, hurricanes, droughts, water shortages, or other extreme environmental events. This podcast examines the growing need for climate-related decision support--that i...
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - July 17, 2009 Category: Science Authors: The National Academies Source Type: podcasts

Science 2.0: Communicating Science in a Web 2.0 World
The increasing popularity of blogs, social networking sites, and twitter has created many new and interactive forums for people to communicate about science. The National Academies recently invited Phil Plait, author of the blog BAD ASTRONOMY and president of the James Randi Educational Foundation to speak to us about these technologies and how they are being used by the science community. This weeks podcast provides some highlights from his presentation. (Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies)
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - July 1, 2009 Category: Science Authors: The National Academies Source Type: podcasts

Aging Gracefully: Building the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America
As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs. This podcast is based on the report Retooling for an Aging America which calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The report also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates t...
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - June 19, 2009 Category: Science Authors: The National Academies Source Type: podcasts

Lifting the Veil: Technology, Policy, Law and the Ethics of Cyberattack
The United States is increasingly dependent on information and information technology for both civilian and military purposes, as are many other nations. Although there is a substantial literature on the potential impact of a cyberattack on the societal infrastructure of the United States, little has been written about the use of cyberattack as an instrument of U.S. policy. In this podcast, cyberattacks- -actions intended to damage or adversary computer systems or networks-- are looked at from a variety of angles. (Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies)
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - June 5, 2009 Category: Science Authors: The National Academies Source Type: podcasts