2014-09-17 Containing Ebola: Window of Opportunity Closing
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. A top health expert warns that the whole world needs to…
2014-09-10 More People Die from Suicide than Wars, Disasters
Every year more than 800,000 people die by killing themselves, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO is launching…
2014-09-10 Is There a Deadly Polio Virus Hiding Somewhere?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Is a new deadly polio virus hiding somewhere in the world?…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…