2014-09-03 Raw Chocolate Is Better For Your Health
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Chocolate. Is it good for our health? Or is it just good? Many experts warn that the sugar in chocolate is…
2014-08-27 While You Sleep, Your Brain Works
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Why do we need sleep? Is bedtime just a time for dreaming? Do our brains turn off for the night? What…
2014-08-26 Drug-Resistant Malaria Spreads in Southeast Asia
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. On Thailand’s border with Myanmar, also known as Burma, a malaria research and treatment center is increasing efforts to kill, or…
2014-08-20 Brain Imaging Improves Treatment for Depression
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Clinical depression is a serious medical condition. The word “clinical” is added to separate people who are depressed from those who…
2014-08-13 Mindfulness Meditation to Reduce Tension
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Have you heard of “mindfulness meditation?” Meditation, or deep breathing and quiet thinking, used to be found only at spiritual places…
2014-08-06 Marijuana Helps Children with Epilepsy
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. In the eyes of the United States federal government marijuana is an illegal drug. But almost half of the U.S. states…
2014-07-30 Guided Conversations Find Lost Memories
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Imagine forgetting everything you have ever done in life –jobs you held, a marriage you built, the children you raised, your…
2014-07-23 Ebola: Staying Safe Against a Killer Disease
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The World Health Organization, the W.H.O., says the disease Ebola is spreading in West Africa. The situation frightens both local citizens…
2014-07-16 3-D Technology Saves Lives
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Three-dimensional technology — known as three-D — gives depth to objects that would otherwise appear two-dimensional, or flat. Three-D makes movies…
2014-07-09 Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
“Beauty is only skin deep.” This expression means that beauty is only a temporary surface quality. And some beauty products can cause lasting damage that goes far below the surface…
2014-07-02 WHO: Alcohol Can Kill
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Many people all over the world enjoy an alcoholic drink during dinner. Many people raise a glass of alcohol to celebrate…
2014-06-25 Electric Shocks, Not Drugs, Help A Brain Disease
From VOA Learning English this is the Health Report. Modern medicine mainly uses drugs to cure disease. But what if drugs were replaced with electricity? Pacemakers, small machines that doctors…
2014-06-18 Obama Joins Head Injury Debate
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. A debate has continued for years in the United States about sports-related brain injuries, or concussions. Conflicting studies add fuel to…
2014-06-11 The Effects of Bullying on Health
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. A popular expression goes, “What does not kill us makes us stronger.” But when it comes to being bullied, that may…
2014-06-04 Could This Be the Fountain of Youth for Mice and Men?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Could young blood be the answer to cheating death? It may sound like the story in a vampire movie but now…