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Weekly JAMA Feature for January 19
OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID LEVELS
JAMA RADIO REPORT
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
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Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
This week’s package has an embargo: 4pm(ET) Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Radio script (TRT APPROX. :59)
January 19, 2010
VO: RESEARCHERS SAY DIETS RICH IN OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS HELP THOSE WITH HEART DISEASE LIVE LONGER. A NEW STUDY LOOKS AT HOW HIGHER FISH OIL LEVELS PROTECT TELOMERES, THE PROTECTIVE CAPS ON CHROMOSOMES, FROM SHORTENING, WHICH MAY SLOW BIOLOGICAL AGING IN THESE PATIENTS.
“The main result from our study is that patients with high levels of Omega-3 fish oil in the blood appear to have a slowing of the biological aging process over five years as measured by the change in telomere length.”
VO: IN RESEARCH FEATURED THIS WEEK IN JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, DR. RAMIN (RAH-MEAN) FARZANEH-FAR (FARH-ZAH-NAH-FAR) FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO AND CO-AUTHORS MEASURED THE TELOMERE LENGTH OF 608 STABLE CORONARY ATERY DISEASE PATIENTS TWICE OVER FIVE YEARS.
“Patients with the highest level of Omega-3 fish oils in the blood experienced the slowest rate of telomere shortening. Patients with the lowest levels experienced the fastest rate suggesting that they were undergoing a more rapid pace of aging.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.
Radio script (TRT APPROX. :59)
January 19, 2010
VO: RESEARCHERS SAY DIETS RICH IN OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS HELP THOSE WITH HEART DISEASE LIVE LONGER. A NEW STUDY LOOKS AT HOW HIGHER FISH OIL LEVELS PROTECT TELOMERES, THE PROTECTIVE CAPS ON CHROMOSOMES, FROM SHORTENING, WHICH MAY SLOW BIOLOGICAL AGING IN THESE PATIENTS.
“The main result from our study is that patients with high levels of Omega-3 fish oil in the blood appear to have a slowing of the biological aging process over five years as measured by the change in telomere length.”
VO: IN RESEARCH FEATURED THIS WEEK IN JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, DR. RAMIN (RAH-MEAN) FARZANEH-FAR (FARH-ZAH-NAH-FAR) FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO AND CO-AUTHORS MEASURED THE TELOMERE LENGTH OF 608 STABLE CORONARY ATERY DISEASE PATIENTS TWICE OVER FIVE YEARS.
“Patients with the highest level of Omega-3 fish oils in the blood experienced the slowest rate of telomere shortening. Patients with the lowest levels experienced the fastest rate suggesting that they were undergoing a more rapid pace of aging.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.