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July 2008 NIH Audio Reports Archive
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July 25, 2008
Foster Care Program Reduces Delinquency and Improves School Work for Girls (MP3 - 02:21, 2.2 MB)
Parental abuse during childhood increases the risk of involvement with the juvenile justice system, according to a study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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July 18, 2008
2008 Cancer Health Disparities Summit (MP3 - 02:53, 2.6 MB)
The National Cancer Institute's Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities hosted the 2008 Cancer Health Disparities Summit
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July 18, 2008
Smokers Stick Together and Quit Together (MP3 - 01:55, 1.8 MB)
For smokers, kicking the habit is a hard thing to do. Though odds are smokers are not alone in making the move.
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July 11, 2008
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom (MP3 - 02:21, 2.2 MB)
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was honored by President George W. Bush with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony recently.
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July 11, 2008
Creativity and the Brain (MP3 - 04:56, 4.5 MB)
A study showed that when jazz musicians are engaged in the highly creative and spontaneous activity known as improvisation, a large region of the brain involved in monitoring performance is shut down, while a small region involved in organizing self-initiated thoughts and behaviors is highly active.
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July 3, 2008
Researchers identify Brain Mechanism Underlying Cocaine Cravings (MP3 - 02:00, 1.8 MB)
Scientists have identified a mechanism in the brain that helps to explain why craving for cocaine, and the risk of relapse, seems to increase in the weeks and months after drug use has stopped.
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July 3, 2008
NICHD Renamed for Eunice Kennedy Shriver (MP3 - 02:26, 2.2 MB)
Recently, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, one of the 27 institutes and centers at NIH, was renamed at a ceremony on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland to honor Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
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