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March 2007 NIH Audio Reports Archive
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March 30, 2007
NIDA Launches National Study on Addiction to Prescription Painkillers (MP3 - 01:17, 1.2 MB)
In response to the growing national problem of prescription drug abuse, the National Institute on Drug Abuse has launched a national study evaluating a treatment for addiction to painkillers
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March 30, 2007
NIDDK Marks National Minority Health Month (MP3 - 03:11, 2.9 MB)
April is National Minority Health Month. And the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases is using that fact to focus on health issues of particular importance to the minority community, especially in the area of diabetes.
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March 23, 2007
NDEP Promotes "Small Steps, Big Rewards" (MP3 - 02:06, 1.93 MB)
Small steps can lead to big rewards for people seeking to lose weight and avoid Type 2 diabetes.
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March 23, 2007
Older Mothers More Likely to Deliver by Caesarean (MP3 - 01:22, 1.26 MB)
Older mothers with normal pregnancies are more likely to undergo Caesarean delivery than younger women with similar low-risk pregnancies.
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March 16, 2007
New Studies Provide Additional Insight into Schizophrenia Treament (MP3 - 01:58, 1.80 MB)
Two new studies provided additional insights into comparing treatment options and to what extent antipsychotic medications help people with schizophrenia learn social, interpersonal, and community living skills.
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March 16, 2007
Framingham Study Shows Parents Who Live Long Lives Pass On Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (MP3 - 02:34, 2.36 MB)
New evidence from the Framingham Heart Study shows that people whose parents lived longer were more likely to avoid developing high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle age than their peers whose parents died at a younger age.
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March 9, 2007
NHLBI Reports Decline in Heart Disease Deaths in American Women (MP3 - 01:50, 1.67 MB)
The number of American women dying from heart disease is decreasing.
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March 9, 2007
Could Baby Boomers Be Approaching Retirement in Worse Shape Than Their Predecessors? (MP3 - 02:53, 2.64 MB)
Americans in their early to mid-50s currently report poorer health, more pain and more trouble doing every day physical tasks than their older peers reported when they were the same age in recent years.
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March 2, 2007
Study Finds Reduced Brain Growth in Alcoholics with Family Drinking History (MP3 - 01:37, 1.49 MB)
The brains of alcohol-dependent individuals are affected not only by their own heavy drinking, but also by genetic or environmental factors associated with their parents' drinking.
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