2006-04-19 Increasing Supplies of Malaria Drug Through Genetic Engineering
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Health Report. Malaria infects as many as five hundred million people every year. And more than one million people die from the…
2006-04-12 Measles Campaign Cuts Deaths by Almost Half
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Measles is an infection of the breathing system. The cause is a virus. It spreads through the air when infected…
2006-04-05 A New Life Treating AIDS in Africa, Then Tragedy Strikes
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Botswana has a small population, less than two million, but a big problem with AIDS. Forty percent of its people…
2006-03-29 Increased Efforts Urged to Fight Tuberculosis
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Health Report. Almost two million people every year die from tuberculosis. Almost nine million develop new cases. Experts say about one-third of…
2006-03-22 Portable Music Players Linked to Hearing Loss
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English HEALTH REPORT. Electronic devices are changing the way people listen to music. But studies show the devices may be causing hearing loss…
2006-03-15 Dana Reeve’s Death Adds to Questions on Lung Cancer in Women
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Experts say that each year more than one million people worldwide die of lung cancer. It is the leading cause…
2006-03-08 Tests Often Miss a Hidden Heart-Attack Risk in Women
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Worldwide, almost as many women as men die from heart disease. Yet most treatment methods have come from studies of…
2006-03-01 W.H.O. Urges Action to Stop Counterfeit Medicines
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Health Organization says more effort is needed to stop the trade in counterfeit medicines. The United Nations health…
2006-02-22 Chronic Diseases: The World’s Leading Killer
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death in the world. Yet health experts say these conditions are often the…
2006-02-15 Study Finds Risk of Lung Cancer Greatest in Black Smokers
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers have found more evidence that suggests a relationship between race and rates of lung cancer among smokers. A new…
2006-02-08 U.S., European Drug Officials Approve Inhaled Insulin
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. A form of insulin for people with diabetes to take by mouth is expected to be sold within a few…
2006-02-01 Once-Daily Pill Could Simplify H.I.V. Treatment
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Sometimes the best medicine is more than one kind of medicine. Malaria, tuberculosis and H.I.V./AIDS, for example, are all treated…
2006-01-25 U.N. Warns of Coming Risk to Africa From Bird Flu
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Nobody can tell where bird flu will appear next. But experts from the United Nations say it could be Africa.…
2006-01-18 Feeling No Pain: The World of Anesthesia
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Anesthesia is used during operations and other medical procedures to block pain signals from traveling through the nervous system. The…
2006-01-11 What Happens in a Stroke? Experts Liken It to a ‘Brain Attack’
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Everyone has heard of a heart attack. But what about a “brain attack”? Some medical experts say that is one…