2014-02-13 Mental Training Helped Elderly Stay Sharp for Years
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Some kinds of mental skills naturally decrease as people get older. Yet research seems to show that some training can improve…
2014-02-12 Cigarettes Cause More Health Problems Than Just Lung Cancer
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. A new report from the United States surgeon general finds that smoking tobacco is even deadlier than had been known. The…
2014-01-22 Mideast Unrest Prompts Worries of Long-term Mental Trauma
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Many Syrians have fled to Lebanon to escape the conflict in their homeland. Recently, reporter Jamie Dettmer visited the Lebanese city…
2014-01-15 Laser Beam Scanner Detects Malaria Infections in Seconds
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Researchers have developed a medical device which they say can find malaria infections in the human body. The laser beam scanner…
2014-01-08 FDA Questions Safety of Antibacterial Soaps
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. One of the best ways to avoid getting sick is washing your hands with soap and water. It has been shown…
2014-01-01 Prolonged Exposure Therapy Helps Sexually Abused Adolescent Girls
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Mental health experts often use a treatment called “prolonged exposure therapy” to help soldiers returning from battle, it is considered the…
2013-12-18 New Device Aims to Make Diagnosing AIDS Easier
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. December 1 marked World Aids Day. People around the world join together to celebrate progress in fighting acquired immune deficiency syndrome,…
2013-12-11 FDA Moves to Reduce Trans Fats Risks
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Food safety agencies in the United States have launched an effort to end the use of partially hydrogenated oils, these oils…
2013-12-04 Bilingualism May Delay the First signs of Dementias
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. New research suggests that speaking more than one language may delay different kinds of dementia, that is the lost of mental…
2013-11-27 Flu Virus Disarms Immune System’s First Responders
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Infection by the influenza virus may be more complex than scientists first thought. Researchers in the United States reported recently that…
2013-11-20 Simple Cancer Test Saves Lives in Burkina Faso
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The World Health Organization (WHO) says cervical cancer kills 250,000 women worldwide each year. WHO officials say four out of five…
2013-11-06 Researchers Appeal for New Efforts to Stop Polio
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Researchers have appealed for new efforts to stop polio in countries where the disease never seems to disappear. They say stronger…
2013-11-13 Study: Protein in Mother’s Milk May Prevent HIV Transmission to Infants
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Hundreds of thousands of children become infected with the AIDS virus every year. These boys and girls are born to mothers…
2013-10-30 Need a Doctor? Turn on Your Electronic Device
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Telemedicine is the name for when doctors give advice to patients by telephone or the Internet, or when health care providers…
2013-10-23 Ethiopia Cuts Child Death Rate by Two-Thirds
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The United Nations Children’s Fund is praising Ethiopia for reaching one of the Millennium Development Goals on child survival. UNICEF officials…