2004-10-27 Progress Toward a Malaria Vaccine
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. There is progress toward a vaccine to prevent malaria.…
2004-10-20 Actor Christopher Reeve Dies
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Actor Christopher Reeve died last week. He was fifty-two…
2004-10-13 Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Blood Clots
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. American researchers report more risks for older women who…
2004-09-29 World Heart Day
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Last Sunday was World Heart Day. The World Heart…
2004-10-06 Study Says Dogs Can Smell Cancer
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Dogs are known for their sense of smell. They…
2004-09-22 Study Increases Estimate of Flu Hospitalizations in the United States
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Influenza can be life-threatening, especially for the very old…
2004-09-15 Former President Bill Clinton Has Heart Bypass Surgery
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Former President Bill Clinton is recovering from a major…
2004-09-08 Finding and Treating Tuberculosis
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Experts on tuberculosis say the best treatment program for…
2004-09-01 Women and Heart Disease
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Heart disease is the leading killer of Americans. But…
2004-08-25 Avoiding Medical Mistakes
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Five years ago, researchers estimated the number of deaths…
2004-08-18 Blood Transfusion Blamed for Second ‘Mad Cow’ Infection in Humans
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Blood transfusions can save lives. But they can also…
2004-08-11 New Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Developed for Researchers
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers in the United States recently announced the development…
2004-08-04 New Alzheimer’s Drugs Tested
This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say two experimental drugs may be able to…
2004-07-28 Survival Rates for Heart Failure Increase
This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Heart failure is a condition in which the heart…
2004-07-21 Lightning Safety
This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. People who are hit by lightning and survive often…