NIH Radio Archive

 Stroke Awareness Month—05/30/2008
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May is a special month for our institute because it's Stroke Awareness Month.

 NIH Senior Health Website: Eating Well as You Get Older—05/30/2008
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How should you eat as you get older? Which foods are likely to keep you healthy and which ones should be limited? Is it possible to eat well and stay within a healthy weight? These are just a few questions that are addressed in "Eating Well as You Get Older".

 NCI encouraging African Americans to consider a career in Cancer Research—05/16/2008
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It's May, and students across the country are graduating from colleges, universities, and high schools.

 Raising Awareness to the Personal and Research Challenges of Food Allergy—05/13/2008
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May 11-17 marks the 11th Annual Food Allergy Awareness Week, a time set aside to increase the public's awareness of food allergies and the potential challenges they pose.

 Study Reveals Factors That Influence Premature Infant Survival and Disability—05/09/2008
3:14 | 2.9 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

Researchers have identified several factors that influence a premature infant's chances for survival and disability.

 A Brain Study May Lead to Improved Epilepsy Treatments—05/01/2008
2:22 | 2.3 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

Using a rodent model of epilepsy, researchers found one of the body's own neurotransmitters released during seizures turns on a signaling pathway in the brain that increases production of a protein that could reduce medication entry into the brain.