January 1997 Features

TELEVISION NEWS FEATURES

from the CWRU-TV News Service (January 1997)

The January 1997 edition of the CWRU-TV News Service is ready to provide your station with FREE news features for broadcast. The features are timely and suitable for morning, noon, evening, and weekend broadcasts and contain separate audio channels. Audio channel 1 contains NAT SOUND ONLY and audio channel 2 contains VOICEOVER, should you wish to feature your own reporter. Features also include extra interview, B-roll, and script on tape.

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NICOTINE FIGHTS ALZHEIMER'S (2:00) -- New medical research at Case Western Reserve University suggests that nicotine can help prevent the development of deadly plaque formations associated with Alzheimer's Disease.

SOT: Michael Zagorski, CWRU Assistant Professor of Chemistry

MOTHERS' DENTAL HEALTH (2:07) -- Medical science is getting a better understanding of an old wives' tale that says women lose a tooth for each child that they have. Dr. Roma Jasinevicius explains that the cause of this phenomenon is now believed to be the stress of motherhood.

SOT: Roma Jasinevicius, D.D.S., CWRU Assistant Professor of Dentistry

FUTURISTIC LIBRARY (1:48) -- The opening of a new state-of-the-art library at Case Western Reserve University has set a new standard for libraries and information technology of the future.

SOT: Ray Metz, CWRU Director of Library Information Technology

PROCRASTINATION STUDY (1:33) -- A new study has shown that putting off today's tasks until tomorrow can hurt your work and increase risk of ill health.

SOT: Dianne Tice, CWRU Associate Professor of Psychology

FROSTBITE TIPS (1:18) -- A Case Western Reserve University physician offers tips on avoiding frostbite during the coming winter months.

SOT: David Effron, M.D., CWRU Assistant Professor of Medicine

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