NIH Radio Archive
March 2007 Audio Reports NIDA
Launches National Study on Addiction to Prescription Painkillers —3/30/2007 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. NIDDK
Marks National Minority Health Month—3/30/2007 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. NDEP
Promotes "Small Steps, Big Rewards"—3/23/2007 Small steps can lead to big rewards for people seeking to lose weight and avoid Type 2 diabetes. Older
Mothers More Likely to Deliver by Caesarean —3/23/2007 Older mothers with normal pregnancies are more likely to undergo
Caesarean delivery than younger women with similar low-risk pregnancies. New
Studies Provide Additional Insight into Schizophrenia Treament —3/16/2007 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. Framingham
Study Shows Parents Who Live Long Lives Pass On Lower Risk
of Cardiovascular Disease —3/16/2007 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. NHLBI
Reports Decline in Heart Disease Deaths in American Women—3/09/2007 The number of American women dying from heart disease is decreasing. Could
Baby Boomers Be Approaching Retirement in Worse Shape Than
Their Predecessors?—3/09/2007 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. Study
Finds Reduced Brain Growth in Alcoholics with Family Drinking
History—3/02/2007 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. FREE MP3 audio reports from the National Institutes of Health, your reliable health information source. Questions? Contact: This page was last reviewed on
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