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November 2006 NIH Audio Reports Archive
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November 24, 2006
Program Enhances Dementia Caregivers' Quality of Life (MP3 - 02:37, 2.4 MB)
A versatile personalized intervention can improve the quality of life for caregivers of people with dementia, according to a study funded by both the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Nursing Research.
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November 24, 2006
Neonatal ICU Program Decreases Premature Infants' Length of Stay (MP3 - 02:49, 2.6 MB)
A program for parents of premature babies, if implemented early in the neonatal intensive care unit, can reduce parental stress, depression and anxiety, improve parent-infant interactions, and reduce the length of the baby's hospital stay.
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November 24, 2006
Fewer Risk Factors Mean Longer, Healthier Life for Middle Aged Men (MP3 - 02:32, 2.3 MB)
If you're a middle-aged man, your life span depends on your risk factors. That's the result of a study that shows risk factors such as overweight, smoking and drinking have an impact on the odds of a longer, healthier life for men in their middle years.
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November 17, 2006
Study Shows Tobacco Companies' Anti-Youth Smoking Ads May Have Opposite Effect (MP3 - 03:03, 2.8 MB)
An NCI-funded study found that so-called "tobacco prevention" ads sponsored by tobacco companies are at best ineffective, and, at their worst, may actually be encouraging teenagers to smoke.
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November 17, 2006
Late Angioplasty After Heart Attack Offers No Advantage Over Standard Drug Therapy (MP3 - 01:38, 1.5 MB)
You've survived a heart attack caused by a blocked artery. Would having that artery unblocked by a procedure known as angioplasty be more advantageous than standard drug therapy? Maybe not, according to a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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November 9, 2006
NIAID Launches Campaign to Raise Awareness of HIV Vaccine Trials (MP3 - 02:56, 2.7 MB)
Today's young people could be the generation that helps to end AIDS through the discovery of a safe, preventive HIV vaccine. That's the challenge being laid down by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which has launched a campaign called the "Be the Generation" campaign.
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November 9, 2006
NIH Hosts Seminar on Diabetes in Women (MP3 - 01:54, 1.8 MB)
The National Institutes of Health played host recently to a seminar on the unique problems faced by women suffering from diabetes.
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November 3, 2006
Researchers Report Initial Success in Promising Approach to Prevent Tooth Decay (MP3 - 01:15, 1.1 MB)
A team of researchers supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research report they have created a new smart anti-microbial treatment that can be chemically programmed in the laboratory to seek out and kill a specific cavity-causing species of bacteria, leaving the good bacteria untouched.
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