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NIA Adds Genetic Data to Health and Retirement Study

Move provides new breadth to landmark study of people 50+

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Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012.  The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a 20-year nationwide survey of the health, economic and social status of older Americans, has added genetic information from consenting participants to its massive database. Supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and conducted by scientists at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, the HRS is the…

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