2005-09-21 Fetal Skin Cells May Treat Burns
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Health Report. A method tested in Switzerland may offer a new way…
2005-09-14 India, Nepal Fight Outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis
I’m Jim Tedder with the VOA Special English Health Report. Japanese encephalitis is a disease that can cause brain damage…
2005-08-31 Drug for Other Diseases May Have Use Against AIDS
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists say they were able to decrease levels of the…
2005-08-24 Scientists Work on a ‘Smart Bomb’ Against Cancer
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists have developed a new cancer drug. So far, they…
2005-08-17 Lung Cancer: Tobacco Is Usually the Cause, but Not Always
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Health Report. Last week, a man who was a nightly presence in…
2005-08-10 Drugs for Parkinson’s Disease Linked to Urges to Gamble
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Health Report. Parkinson disease is a brain disorder. It usually develops after…
2005-08-03 AIDS Scientists Meet in Brazil
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists from more than one hundred countries met in Brazil…
2005-07-27 SARS Virus No Longer Such a Mystery
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Health Report. There is progress toward a possible treatment for lung diseases…
2005-07-20 Studies Show Healthy Living May Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
I’m Shep O’Neal with the VOA Special English Health Report. Alzheimer’s disease slowly destroys memory, thinking and reasoning skills. The…
2005-07-13 Studies Shows Chemotherapy Improves Lung Cancer Survival
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. Lung cancer is the most common cancer and the leading…
2005-07-06 Sometimes What Feels Like an Infection May Be an Allergy
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. An allergy is an unusually strong reaction to a substance.…
2005-06-29 W.H.O. Seeks Worldwide Campaign Against Cancer
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Health Organization has established an international committee of…
2005-06-22 Swedish Study Finds That Placebos Can Help Calm Emotions
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. “Placebo” is a Latin word. It means “I shall…
2005-06-15 Number of Americans Living with H.I.V. Estimated Above 1 Million
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. There are new estimates of the number of Americans with…