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NIH Radio Update for today: You are subscribed to NIH Radio Audio Reports for National Institutes of Health (NIH). This information has recently been updated and is now available at http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/radio.htm. Caffeine charges up a part of the brain 02/07/2012 08:45 AM EST NIH study in rats has shown that caffeine stimulates a particular region of the brain which effects learning and memory. Transcript Steroids boost survival, reduce brain injury for infants born at 23 weeks 02/07/2012 08:35 AM EST Prenatal steroids—given to pregnant women at risk for giving birth prematurely—appear to improve survival and limit brain injury among infants born as early at the 23rd week of pregnancy. Transcript