2024-07-15 Can Resistance Training Keep Us Feeling Young?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Some experts suggest that lifting weights is the best way to keep our bodies strong and healthy as we…
2024-07-14 Man Regains His Voice with the Help of a Rare Medical Operation
A man in the Northeastern state of Massachusetts has regained his voice after a rare operation. Marty Kedian received a total transplant of his larynx, the organ responsible for speech,…
2024-07-08 Scientists Fear Bird Flu Pandemic Coming
Scientists studying the spread of bird flu in the United States say they worry about a lack of data in tracking the virus, called Type A H5N1. In recent months,…
2024-07-08 How to Deal Safely with Poison Ivy in the Garden
Experienced gardeners have likely learned to look out for poison ivy, a common plant found across North America, Europe and East Asia. While this green, leafy plant is not life-threatening,…
2024-07-01 How Heat Kills
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. As temperatures and humidity rise outside, what happens inside the human body can become a life or death situation.…
2024-06-27 Scientists Study Why Bird Flu Kills Some Animals, Not Others
Researchers are seeking to learn why bird flu kills some animals quickly but causes only moderate illness in others. In recent years, bird flu is believed to have killed millions…
2024-06-24 Weight-loss Options for Children Are Hard to Get
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. For many parents in the United States, finding help for an overweight child is not easy. That is because…
2024-06-17 Study: Past COVID Infection Could Protect Against Colds
A new study suggests that people infected with COVID-19 in the past may receive protection against some kinds of common colds. COVID-19 is one of several coronaviruses known to affect…
2024-06-17 Improve Your Mindset, Improve Your Health
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Prince Bhojwani never thought of himself as a negative person. But three trips to the hospital in one month…
2024-06-16 Olympic Athletes Turn to Diabetes Technology in Medal Chase
Medical device companies Abbott and Dexcom make small devices that attach to the skin and monitor the amount of glucose, or sugar, in the blood. These devices were first made…
2024-06-15 Poorly-paid Healthcare Workers Leaving Africa
Cameroon has one of the world’s lowest amounts of health care workers per capita. About a third of trained doctors who completed medical school last year left the West African…
2024-06-13 US Workers Secretly Take ‘Workations’
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. In the United States, a quiet change is happening at work. Many workers are taking “workations.” This is when…
2024-06-10 Researchers Find Gene behind Disorder Causing Intellectual Disability
Scientists have found the genetic root of a disorder that causes intellectual disability. They say the disorder may affect as many as one in 20,000 young people. Those with the…
2024-06-10 Scientists Test mRNA Vaccines to Protect Against Bird Flu
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Scientists are testing next-generation vaccines to deal with the spread of bird flu in the United States. The vaccines…
2024-06-08 Researchers Study Gentler Cancer Treatments
Reduced treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without hurting results, doctors reported recently at the world’s largest cancer conference. The findings are part of…