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November 2006 Audio Reports

 Program Enhances Dementia Caregivers' Quality of Life – 11/24/2006
2:37 | 2.4 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

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.

 Neonatal ICU Program Decreases Premature Infants' Length of Stay – 11/24/2006
2:49 | 2.6 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

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.

 Fewer Risk Factors Mean Longer, Healthier Life for Middle Aged Men – 11/24/2006
2:32 | 2.3 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

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

 Study Shows Tobacco Companies' Anti-Youth Smoking Ads May Have Opposite Effect – 11/17/2006
3:03 | 2.8 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

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.

 Late Angioplasty After Heart Attack Offers No Advantage Over Standard Drug Therapy – 11/17/2006
1:38 | 1.5 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

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.

 NIAID Launches Campaign to Raise Awareness of HIV Vaccine Trials – 11/09/2006
2:56 | 2.7 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

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.

 NIH Hosts Seminar on Diabetes in Women – 11/09/2006
1:54 | 1.8 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

The National Institutes of Health played host recently to a seminar on the unique problems faced by women suffering from diabetes.

 Researchers Report Initial Success in Promising Approach to Prevent Tooth Decay – 11/03/2006
1:15 | 1.1 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

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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