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Video & Audio Reports from the National Institutes of Health
 i on NIH! for December (video file) (210 MB) This month's video features information about how to eat healthily during the holiday season, new ways to find illnesses—under your tongue, and an i-to-eye interview about depression.
 Decline in Smoking and Illicit Drug Use Among Eighth Graders (audio file) (12/14/2007) (2.9 MB) Eighth graders are smoking less, and using illicit drugs less, this according to a new national survey. Transcript
Hermanas latinas para averiguar las causas del cáncer de seno (latinas sister study for breast cancer) (audio file) (2.0 MB) Un estudio está analizando los casos de hermanas en las que una ha padecido cáncer de seno pero la otra no, para intentar comprender mejor las causas genéticas y ambientales del cáncer de seno. Todavía faltan voluntarias, sobretodo de origen latino.
Drug-Impaired Driving by Youth Remains Serious Problem (audio file) (11/30/2007) (2.2 MB) Nearly a third of all high school seniors have driven while “under the influence” or have been in a car with an impaired driver according to a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Transcript
NIDDK to Launch New Information Campaign: Important Information about Diabetes Blood Tests (audio file) (2.3 MB) (11/14/2007) The NIDDK is launching a new information campaign directed at diabetics of African, Mediterranean or Southeast Asian Heritage outlining the specific need for testing average blood glucose. Transcript
Nueva web cancer.gov en Español (new spanish website about cancer) (audio file) (1.1 MB) El Instituto Nacional del Cáncer ha creado la nueva web www.cancer.gov/espanol con contenidos dirigidos de forma específica a la población latina.
NIDDK Launches Program to Encourage African American Women to "Move More, Eat Better" (audio file) (1.9 MB) (11/09/2007) The NIDDK, through its Weight-control Information Network, has launched a program called "Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better." Transcript
New Publication Helps African Americans "Make the Kidney Connection" (audio file) (1.3 MB) (10/10/2007) The National Kidney Disease Education Program has created an educational brochure tailored specifically for African Americans at risk for kidney disease. Transcript
Milk Matters Online Lesson Resources Available for Teachers (audio file) (1.8 MB) (10/02/2007) New Online resources stressing the importance of calcium for bone health are now available for middle school teachers through the Milk Matters calcium education campaign sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Transcript
Bulimia y otros trastornos alimentarios en jóvenes latinas
(bulimia and other eating disorders in young latinas) (audio file) (2.5 MB)
Dra. Mae Lynn Reyes Rodriguez, Universidad de Puerto Rico – NIMH Grantee Un estudio financiado por el NIH analiza las causas de los trastornos alimentarios más frecuentes entre las jóvenes de Puerto Rico, y cuáles son sus mejores tratamientos. Gracias a esta investigación se ha inauguado la “clínica de alimentación saludable” en Puerto Rico.
New National Study Links Asthma to Allergies (audio file) (2 MB) (09/27/2007)
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found that more than 50 percent of the current asthma cases in the country can be attributed to allergies, with about 30 percent of those cases attributed to cat allergies. Transcript
¿Por qué los mexicoamericanos sufren más diabetes?
(Why do mexicoamericans suffer more from diabetes?) (audio file) (3.2 MB)
Dra. Elena Bastida, socióloga de la University of Texas Pan-American, NCMHD Grantee Un mejicoamericano viviendo en US cerca de la frontera tiene casi 3 veces más posibilidades de ser diabético que un americano de origen europeo. La epidemióloga Elena Bastida de la Universidad de Tejas ha realizado un estudio financiado por el Nacional Institutes of Health para averiguar porqué existe esta disparidad.
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