2020-01-28 Commuters May Get Less Sleep and Exercise
People who work long hours and have long commutes to their jobs may be more likely to have sleep problems and not get enough exercise, a new study suggests. Researchers…
2020-01-21 Normal Bad Mood or Depression?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The transition from childhood to the teenage years can be a difficult time. Hormones in the body can affect…
2020-01-20 Smoke from Wildfires Has Long Term Health Effects
Increasingly intense wildfires are burning forests across Australia and the western United States. They are fueling concern among locals and health professionals about the long-term health effects of smoke exposure.…
2020-01-16 WHO Concerned about Possible New Coronavirus in China
Chinese officials and the World Health Organization (WHO) are trying to contain an outbreak of pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Health experts suspect that the pneumonia cases…
2020-01-14 New Diet Trend in America: Intermittent Fasting
The latest diet trend in America is also an ancient human activity. The activity is fasting, or not eating food for a set amount of time. Social media apps and…
2020-01-13 What Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Chronic fatigue syndrome is one of the most troubling mysteries in modern medicine. Many years after first recognizing the disorder, researchers still do not know what causes it. Now the…
2020-01-13 Edible Cannabis Use May Carry Unexpected Risks
Experts warn there could be unexpected health risks from eating foods containing the drug cannabis. Those risks include accidental overdose, children eating them accidentally and unexpected effects in older adults.…
2020-01-12 Study: Vitamin Supplements May Harm Breast Cancer Treatment
A new study suggests that patients with breast cancer who take additional vitamins during chemotherapy treatment may face increased risks. Researchers said the use of dietary supplements that increase levels…
2020-01-11 American Cancer Society Reports Largest Ever Drop in US Cancer Deaths
Researchers have reported the largest-ever single-year drop in cancer death rates in the United States. The rate of deaths from cancer fell 2.2 percent from 2016 to 2017. That is…
2020-01-10 Drug Developers Take Aim at ‘Guided-Missile’ Cancer Drugs
Companies are testing a record 89 treatments on humans to fight cancer. These treatments combine antibodies from the body’s natural defense system with agents that fight cancer. They are testing…
2020-01-07 Google AI System Could Improve Breast Cancer Detection
A Google artificial intelligence system was as good as expert radiologists at discovering which women had breast cancer in a new study. The system made the findings from thousands of…
2020-01-06 China Has Painkiller Addicts, But No One Is Counting Them
In 2013, doctors expected Wu Yi to live only a few more years. He was only 26 years old at the time. Cancer was destroying his body. After six months…
2020-01-02 Fewer Working Mothers in Cambodia Breastfeed
The story of Sim Ark helps explain a problem in Cambodia that has health experts concerned: fewer Cambodian women are breastfeeding their babies. Before giving birth to her second child,…
2020-01-01 Changing America’s System for Organ Transplants
The United States government recently proposed new rules designed to improve transplant operations. The goal is to ease a severe shortage of kidneys and other organs. The shortage is so…
2019-12-31 Mystery, Deadly Illness Linked to Vaping in 2019
In 2019, U.S. health officials became very concerned about a mysterious illness related to vaping. Vaping is the act of breathing in vapor through the mouth. It uses a battery-operated…