Newswise — HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare 411 audio news program offers weekly podcasts with practical information, research findings, and tools to help consumers, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers stay informed about today's health care issues.

This week's stories, found at http://www.healthcare411.org/podcast.aspx?id=517, are:

• News and Numbers: The latest AHRQ data found that the number of men and women hospitalized for eating disorders rose 18 percent between 1999 and 2006. • Research News: A new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force advises primary care clinicians to screen their patients age 12 to 18 for clinical depression. Includes an interview with Task Force member Dr. Tom DeWitt. • Navigating Health Care: A patient-centered medical home provides high quality and safe care, and gives patients a better health care experience. AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy explains.

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Disorder Hospital Screening Depression Eating Eating Disorder Patient Centered Care Medical Medical Home
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