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March 2006 NIH Audio Reports Archive
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March 31, 2006
Interview with NIAID Director on the Subject of TB (MP3 - 06:33, 6.0 MB)
As part of its observance of "World TB Day" on March 24, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has updated its "Focus on TB" web site, featuring TB research being done in NIAID's labs in Bethesda, Maryland, and by NIAID-supported scientists across the country and around the world.
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March 31, 2006
New Treatment Strategies Help Depressed Patients Become Symptom Free (MP3 - 01:45, 1.6 MB)
There are new treatment strategies available to help depressed patients become symptom-free according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.
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March 29, 2006
Panel Finds Insufficient Evidence to Recommend For or Against Maternal-Request Caesarean Delivery (MP3 - 03:47, 3.5 MB)
An independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health announced that the available information comparing the risks and benefits of Caesarean delivery on maternal request — otherwise known as CDMR — versus planned vaginal birth do not provide the basis for a recommendation in either direction.
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March 29, 2006
NCI Seeks to Identify Potential Genetic Factors for Breast and Prostate Cancer (MP3 - 02:18, 2.1 MB)
The National Cancer Institute is seeking to identify potential genetic factors for breast and prostate cancer.
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March 24, 2006
Elderly Have Higher Risk of Cardiovascular, Respiratory Disease from Fine Particle Pollution(MP3 - 01:39 | 1.2 MB)
New data from a four-year study of 11.5 million Medicare enrollees show that short-term exposure to fine particle air pollution significantly increases the risk for cardiovascular and respiratory disease among people over 65 years of age.
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March 17, 2006
NIH Senior Health Website Features Heart Failure Information(MP3 - 01:22, 1.38 MB)
Roughly 5 million older Americans are affected by heart failure and the number is growing. That in itself is a good reason to check out the featured topic about heart failure on the website NIHSeniorHealth.gov.
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March 17, 2006
Preliminary Study Shows Creatine and Minocycline Warrant Further Study in Parkinson's Disease (MP3 - 01:10, 1.1 MB)
National Institutes of Health sponsored clinical trial with 200 Parkinson's disease patients has shown that the over-the-counter supplement creatine and the antibiotic minocycline warrant further study in a large trial.
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March 10, 2006
New NIEHS Associate Director Focuses on Moving Research Results from the Lab to the Bedside (MP3 - 01:32, 1.4 MB)
How does the discovery of a medical breakthrough in the lab find its way into your doctor's office? It's a process called "translational biomedicine" which focuses on moving research results from scientific study into clinical practice.
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March 10, 2006
NIA Report Shows Changes in Aging Trends(MP3 - 02:01, 1.9 MB)
The face of aging in the U.S. is changing dramatically and rapidly according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau, commissioned by the National Institute on Aging.
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March 3, 2006
NIA Arts Program Aims at Debunking Myths of Aging(MP3 - 02:33, 2.3 MB)
It's a mingling of the young and old that's at the heart of the Vital Visionaries project, an arts-based program developed by the National Institute on Aging.
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March 3, 2006
NKDEP Launches Spanish Language Initiative(MP3 - 01:11, 1.1 MB)
The National Kidney Disease Education Program has launched a new Spanish-language initiative which includes a website and brochure highlighting the connection between kidney disease and its primary risk factors-diabetes and hypertension.
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