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B. Listen to the passage “ Medical Advances” three times and fill in each blank with the word or sentence from the audio clip. Were especially proud of several advances that weve made, primarily because they are advances in (1)_________ life better for hard-to-reach populations such as the elderly, children, vulnerable populations. Some really good examples of those (2)_________ the addition of coping skills training for teenagers with diabetes, which enables them to better (3)___________ their diabetic condition and yet live normal, healthy lives as teenagers. We have tested a program (4)____________ with inner city African-American males—a hard-to-reach population, which has resulted in (5)__________ hypertension in that group, which is preferentially predisposed to developing hypertension. We have also tested a program which is a clinical (6)_______ with the elderly who have heart failure. This is one of the most difficult-to-reach groups because the (7) __________ rate of re-hospitalization in the elderly tends to be for heart failure or issues related to it. And this program has resulted in a (8)__________ in re-hospitalization for the elderly and a much greater quality of life—not to mention that it has saved a (9)____________ amount of money for the health care system. The future looks particularly bright. The issues that we are dealing with as a (10)__________ are really related to the same kinds of issues that we deal with as an institute, and that we deal with in the field of nursing—issues of the aging population, issues of chronic illness, the issues where we really do shine, in areas for which (11) _______________________________________________________. We have studies that can improve quality of life and address these issues. So, we really are in a position to be able to make life better for the American public. Also, the studies that we fund have large behavioral components, so (12) _______________________ _______________________________.