2004-07-14 UN Says AIDS Crisis Is Getting Worse
This is Phoebe Zimmerman with the VOA Special English Health Report. The fifteenth International AIDS Conference ends Friday in Bangkok, Thailand. There has not been much good news. In fact,…
2004-07-07 Rise in Number of Cancer Survivors
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, after heart disease. In the past, it was often considered…
2004-06-30 Polio Threatens Africa
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Health officials say the spread of polio from Nigeria into ten other countries in Africa threatens years of progress to end the…
2004-06-23 Tuberculosis and Women
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Tuberculosis kills about two million people a year. The international campaign called Stop TB says this lung disease kills more men than…
2004-06-16 Surgeon General Links More Diseases to Smoking
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Tobacco is even more dangerous than doctors have known. A new report says smoking causes disease in almost every organ in the…
2004-06-09 PSA Levels and Prostate Cancer
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Many older men are tested each year for cancer of the prostate gland. This organ is part of the male reproductive system.…
2004-06-02 Molecule in Soy May Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Foods made from soybeans are increasingly popular, and not just because of the taste. Studies has found that soy can be good…
2004-05-26 Spending Up for Behavior-Related Drugs for Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. More and more children take medicines to treat depression and other problems such as aggressiveness and lack of self-control. In fact, a…
2004-05-19 Doctors Study Benefits of Severely Reduced Calories
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Calories are a measure of energy in food. A small study has found that people improved their health when they severely restricted…
2004-05-12 Carotid Stent
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Strokes can take place when fatty material blocks the flow of blood through arteries in the body. Soon, brain cells die from…
2004-05-05 SARS in China
This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. China has been dealing recently with new cases of the lung disease SARS. SARS is severe acute respiratory syndrome.…
2004-04-28 Studies Show Ginger May Ease Stomach Sickness During Pregnancy
This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Stomach sickness is common during the first three months of pregnancy. Experts say most pregnant women experience times when…
2004-04-21 Kidney Transplants
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Each year, thousands of people receive organ transplants. The most common of these operations is a kidney transplant. Experts say almost thirty-thousand…
2004-04-14 Post Polio Syndrome
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Polio is a disease of the muscles and the nervous system. It is caused by a virus and spreads through human waste.…
2004-04-07 Blood Pressure Drugs May Prevent Dry Eye Syndrome
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Many people around the world suffer from dry eye syndrome. Lack of tears, the natural fluid of the eye, causes this condition.…