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October 2008 NIH Audio Reports Archive
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October 31, 2008
Healing Process Found to Backfire in Lung Patients (MP3 - 02:45, 2.5 MB)
A mechanism in the body which typically helps a person heal from an injury, may actually be causing patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to get worse, researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and their collaborators have found.
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October 31, 2008
NIHSeniorHealth Website Featuring Parkinson's Disease (MP3 - 02:06, 1.9 MB)
Parkinson's disease occurs most often among the elderly and the risk increases with age.
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October 24, 2008
Panel Advocates Improved Understanding of Hepatitis B and Screening of High-Risk Populations (MP3 - 02:09, 2 MB)
Management of hepatitis B is a challenge for physicians and patients due to an incomplete understanding of the disease course, complex treatment indications, and the lack of large studies focusing on important health outcomes.
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October 24, 2008
NIH Extends Its Commitment to Transformative Research with $138 Million for Director's Pioneer and New Innovator Awards in 2008(MP3 - 02:33, 2.9 MB)
Forty-seven scientists have won funding from the National Institutes of Health worth some 138-million dollars over five years.
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October 17, 2008
Lowering the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Teens(MP3 - 02:32, 2.3 MB)
As obesity rates in children continue to soar, type 2 diabetes, a disease that used to be seen primarily in adults over age 45, is now being diagnosed in young people. Being overweight increases the risk for type 2 diabetes.
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October 17, 2008
Gene Delivers Clues about How Cancer Cells Develop Resistance to Chemotherapy Drug (MP3 - 02:00, 1.8 MB)
In a National Cancer Institute study, researchers have discovered clues about how cancer cells develop resistance to chemotherapy.
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October 10, 2008
Preventing Excessive Weight Gain in Adolescent Girls at High Risk for Adult Obesity (MP3 - 03:11, 2.9 MB)
Obesity is a serious health problem in America today. People suffering from this condition find themselves at increased risk for a variety of ailments, such as Type 2 Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some types of cancer — not to mention the increased costs of health care throughout the lifespan. Researchers at the NIH Clinical Center are constantly seeking new and better ways to combat this national epidemic.
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October 10, 2008
New Findings Indicate HIV/AIDS Pandemic Began Earlier than Previously Thought (MP3 - 02:40, 471 KB)
New research indicates that the most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading among humans closer to the turn of the century, not during the 1930s, as previously reported.
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October 3, 2008
About One Quarter of US. Women are Affected by Pelvic Floor Disorders (MP3 - 02:17, 2.1 MB)
Nearly 24 percent of U.S. women are affected with one or more pelvic floor disorders according to a National Institutes of Health study.
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October 3, 2008
Brain's Reward Circuit Activity Mostly Ebbs as We Age(MP3 - 03:05, 2.8 MB)
Researchers have found that the brain's reward-circuit activity mostly ebbs as we age.
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