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November 2006 Audio Reports 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. The National Institutes of Health played host recently to a seminar on the unique problems faced by women suffering from diabetes. 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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