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March 2006 Audio Reports

play audio Interview with NIAID Director on the Subject of TB – 03/31/2006
6:33 | 6.0 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

As part of its observance of "World TB Day" on March 24, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has updated its "Focus on TB" web site, featuring TB research being done in NIAID's labs in Bethesda, Maryland, and by NIAID-supported scientists across the country and around the world.

play audio New Treatment Strategies Help Depressed Patients Become Symptom Free – 03/31/2006
1:45 | 1.6 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

There are new treatment strategies available to help depressed patients become symptom-free according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.

play audio Panel Finds Insufficient Evidence to Recommend For or Against Maternal-Request Caesarean Delivery – 03/29/2006
3:47 | 3.5 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

An independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health announced that the available information comparing the risks and benefits of Caesarean delivery on maternal request — otherwise known as CDMR — versus planned vaginal birth do not provide the basis for a recommendation in either direction.

play audio NCI Seeks to Identify Potential Genetic Factors for Breast and Prostate Cancer – 03/24/2006
2:18 | 2.1 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

The National Cancer Institute is seeking to identify potential genetic factors for breast and prostate cancer.

play audio Elderly Have Higher Risk of Cardiovascular, Respiratory Disease from Fine Particle Pollution – 03/24/2006
1:54 | 1.7 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

New data from a four-year study of 11.5 million Medicare enrollees show that short-term exposure to fine particle air pollution significantly increases the risk for cardiovascular and respiratory disease among people over 65 years of age

play audio NIH Senior Health Website Features Heart Failure Information – 03/17/2006
1:31 | 1.4 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

Roughly 5 million older Americans are affected by heart failure and the number is growing. That in itself is a good reason to check out the featured topic about heart failure on the website NIHSeniorHealth.gov.

play audio Preliminary Study Shows Creatine and Minocycline Warrant Further Study in Parkinson's Disease – 03/17/2006
1:10 | 1.1 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

A National Institutes of Health sponsored clinical trial with 200 Parkinson's disease patients has shown that the over-the-counter supplement creatine and the antibiotic minocycline warrant further study in a large trial.

play audio New NIEHS Associate Director Focuses on Moving Research Results from the Lab to the Bedside – 03/10/2006
1:32 | 1.4 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

How does the discovery of a medical breakthrough in the lab find its way into your doctor's office? It's a process called "translational biomedicine" which focuses on moving research results from scientific study into clinical practice.

play audio NIA Report Shows Changes in Aging Trends – 03/10/2006
2:01 | 1.9 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

The face of aging in the U.S. is changing dramatically and rapidly according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau, commissioned by the National Institute on Aging.

play audio NIA Arts Program Aims at Debunking Myths of Aging – 03/03/2006
2:33 | 2.3 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

It's a mingling of the young and old that's at the heart of the Vital Visionaries project, an arts-based program developed by the National Institute on Aging.

play audio NKDEP Launches Spanish Language Initiative – 03/03/2006
1:11 | 1.1 MB | Transcript | Get RealPlayer | Right Click to Download MP3 File

The National Kidney Disease Education Program has launched a new Spanish-language initiative which includes a website and brochure highlighting the connection between kidney disease and its primary risk factors-diabetes and hypertension.

 

 

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