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August 2005 Audio Reports

play audio Study Shows Teen Drivers Exhibit Unsafe Behavior When Teen Passengers Present – 08/28/2005
2.27 min | 2.3 MB | MP3 Format | Transcript | Get RealPlayer

An NICHD study shows that teen drivers are more likely to exhibit unsafe driving behaviors when there is another teen as a passenger in the vehicle.

play audio Amphetamines Reverse Parkinson's Symptoms in Mice – 08/21/2005
1.47 min | 1.3 MB | MP3 Format | Transcript | Get RealPlayer

In a study funded, in part, by the National Institutes of Health, scientists were able to reverse Parkinson's disease symptoms in mice by using amphetamines.

play audio NCI Announces Integrated Plan to Fight Lung Cancer – 08/21/2005
1.10 min | 1.0 MB | MP3 Format | Transcript | Get RealPlayer

With the goal of reducing suffering and death due to cancer by 2015, the National Cancer Institute has unveiled an integrated plan aimed at fighting lung cancer.

play audio Computer Models Suggest Possibility of Controlling Future Avian Flu Outbreaks – 08/21/2005
1.46 min | 1.0 MB | MP3 Format | Transcript | Get RealPlayer

Results from a program involving computer models indicate that an outbreak of avian flu could be contained before causing a global pandemic.

play audio NIGMS Funds New Stem Cell Centers – 08/14/2005
1.40 min | 1.1 MB | MP3 Format | Transcript | Get RealPlayer

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has announced funding for three new "Exploratory Centers for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research".

play audio Discovery in Mice May Help With Treatment of Infertility in Women – 08/14/2005
1.25 min | 1.0 MB | MP3 Format | Transcript | Get RealPlayer

Research from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences suggests that women who lack a particular gene may need to seek alternative forms of fertility treatment, if they want to have children.

play audio Trained Screeners Help Identify Preschool Vision Problems – 08/14/2005
1.13 min | 1.3 MB | MP3 Format | Transcript | Get RealPlayer

A study funded by the National Eye Institute finds that trained screeners can identify preschoolers with vision disorders.

play audio Finding May Explain Alcohol/Cancer Link – 08/08/2005
1.23 min | 1.0 MB | MP3 Format | Transcript | Get RealPlayer

A new study may help researchers better understand the link between alcohol and cancer.

play audio Inactivity Plays Key Role in Overweight Among Teen Girls – 08/07/2005
1.55 min | 1.4 MB | MP3 Format | Transcript | Get RealPlayer

New survey results show that a lack of physical activity is playing a key role in teenage girls gaining weight.

 

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