2006-11-22 Study Links Red Meat to Higher Risk of Breast Cancer
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Exercise and keeping a healthy weight are two things that doctors say might help women lower their risk of breast cancer. Mothers…
2006-11-15 In Study on Overweight Mice, Chemical Reduces Effects of Obesity
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Resveratrol is a compound found naturally in foods including grape skins, wine and peanuts. And scientists say it may hold the secret…
2006-11-08 Study Links Brain Abnormalities to Sudden Death in Babies
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists say they have strong evidence that a biological problem could explain why some babies die suddenly in their sleep. Researchers from…
2006-11-01 When Fear Takes Control of the Mind
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A panic attack is a sudden feeling of terror. Usually it does not last long, but it may feel like forever. The…
2006-10-25 Cancer Drugs Save Children’s Lives But Come With Risks
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Doctors say very few children survived cancer before the nineteen seventies. Improved treatments now offer hope of long-term survival for almost eighty…
2006-10-11 British Health Researchers Surprised by Their Findings on Schizophrenia Medicine
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say newer drugs used to treat the brain disorder schizophrenia are no better than those that have been used for many…
2006-10-18 Concussions Are Serious Head Injuries for Children and Adults
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Doctors say the head injury called a concussion is more serious for children and young adults than people might think. They say…
2006-10-04 Recognizing Medical Emergencies
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Medical emergencies are not always easy to recognize. Yet any delay in emergency treatment could mean the difference between life and death…
2006-09-27 New Studies Aim to Expand Knowledge of Autism
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists are trying to better understand autism. The National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, recently announced the start of three…
2006-09-20 W.H.O. Calls for Indoor Use of DDT to Control Malaria
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Health Organization now supports the use of DDT in homes to control malaria. The agency supported indoor spraying with DDT…
2006-09-13 Thousands of Workers at Ground Zero Still Suffer Lung Problems
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Many of the workers who served at the World Trade Center after the September eleventh attacks became sick. They breathed a harmful…
2006-09-06 Gene Therapy Used to Treat Cancer | Stem Cell Study Leads to Criticism, Questions
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study demonstrates what researchers say is the first successful use of genetic engineering to treat cancer. The researchers say they…
2006-08-30 Scientists Develop Stem Cells Without Loss of Embryos
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say they have found a way to produce stem cells from human embryos without harm to the embryo. The technology uses…
2006-08-23 Working to Prevent AIDS — and Lacking Enough Health Workers for the Job
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The sixteenth International AIDS Conference ended Friday in Toronto, Canada. All week there was discussion of the need to do more to…
2006-08-09 Indonesia Passes Vietnam as Nation With Most Bird Flu Deaths
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Indonesia passed Vietnam this week as the country with the highest confirmed number of human deaths from bird flu. It happened Monday…