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September 2008 NIH Audio Reports Archive
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September 26, 2008
NIDDK Launches Effort to Advance Study of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Disorders (MP3 - 02:49, 2.6 MB)
Urologic pelvic pain disorders such as interstitial cystitis and chronic prostatis have been assumed to be bladder and prostate problems. However, no other causes have been identified and there is no uniformly effective treatment for either disorder.
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September 26, 2008
Newer Antipsychotics No Better Than Older Drug in Treating Child and Adolescent Schizophrenia (MP3 - 02:38, 2.4 MB)
Two newer atypical antipsychotic medications were no more effective than an older conventional antipsychotic for treating schizophrenia in children and adolescents according to a new study.
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September 19, 2008
Monitoring Exhaled Nitric Oxide Does Not Help Manage Asthma (MP3 - 02:20, 2.1 MB)
A new study shows that monitoring levels of exhaled nitric oxide in adolescents with asthma, and adjusting treatment accordingly, does not help manage their disease.
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September 19, 2008
Herpes Virus Changes Anti-Herpes Drug to Form that Hinders AIDS Virus (MP3 - 02:14, 2.2 MB)
Researchers have found that an old drug shows new promise for treating AIDS.
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September 19, 2008
Disaster Relief Wallet Card to help Displaced Cancer Patients (MP3 - 01:51, 1.7 MB)
To help link patients and their health care providers in the event of a national or natural disaster, the National Cancer Institute and the American Society of Clinical Oncology have developed a Disaster Response Wallet Card.
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September 12, 2008
The Cancer Genome Atlas Reports First Results Of Comprehensive Study of Brain Tumors(MP3 - 02:00, 1.8 MB)
The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, a collaborative effort funded by the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute, has reported the first results of its large-scale, comprehensive study of the most common form of brain cancer, glioblastoma.
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September 5, 2008
NTP Finalizes Report on Bisphenol A (MP3 - 03:11, 2.9 MB)
The National Toxicology Program has finalized a report on bisphenol A, or BPA. BPA is a chemical used in many polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins.
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September 5, 2008
FIC Creates Global Health Program to Fight Chronic Diseases (MP3 - 02:13, 2.03 MB)
The Fogarty International Center has launched a global health program to fight chronic diseases.
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