2017-07-25 Are Friends Better Than Family for Your Health?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. “You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose…
2017-07-22 WHO: Almost 13 Million Babies Missed Vaccines in 2016
The World Health Organization (WHO) says almost one in 10 babies worldwide received no vaccines in 2016. That means almost…
2017-07-18 Meditation May Reduce Stress, Increase Focus
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. A mind filled with fear and bad thoughts is…
2017-07-11 Olive Oil May Protect Our Brain
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The health value of a Mediterranean diet is widely…
2017-07-09 New Vaccination Method Protects Against Influenza
Most people think of influenza as a common health problem — not a serious condition. Yet an influenza infection can…
2017-07-04 Can Better Clothes Make You More Money?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. American English has many expressions related to clothes. Two…
2017-06-28 22 Million Americans Could Lose Health Insurance Under Senate Bill
The Congressional Budget Office says the number of uninsured people in the United States would rise to 22 million within…
2017-06-27 Sleep Helps Us Learn
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. We humans spend about one-third of their lives asleep.…
2017-06-20 Fruits, Vegetables Can Lower Blood Pressure
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. We may not need another study telling us that…
2017-06-16 Study: Nearly a Third of World Overweight
A new study finds one third of the world’s population is overweight or considered obese. Since 1980, obesity rates in…
2017-06-13 Algae May Help Feed a Hungry World
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Nearly 790 million people around the world do not…
2017-06-07 Alcohol Increases, Exercise Decreases Breast Cancer Risk
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. Hundreds of thousands of new cases are identified worldwide…
2017-06-06 Your Stomach and Brain Are Connected
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. A new study provides more evidence that there is…
2017-06-05 Risk of Colon Cancer Death Reduced with Healthy Lifestyle
Researchers say people treated for colon cancer can greatly reduce their risk of death and of the cancer progressing, by…
2017-05-30 Walking: The ‘Wonder Drug’
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. If you want to get healthy or stay healthy,…