2010-06-30 Eating White Rice Increases Risk of Diabetes
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Rice is an important part of many people’s diets. Researchers from the…
2010-06-23 Study Finds Improved Way to Treat COPD
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a life-threatening condition commonly caused…
2010-06-16 Study Ties New Doctors to Jump in Hospital Deaths in July
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Being a patient in certain hospitals in the month of July can…
2010-06-09 Study Links Bedtime Rules to Better Skills in Preschool Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Parents know a nightly bedtime is not always easy to enforce. But…
2010-06-02 Reusing Pacemakers Could Improve Heart Care in Developing World
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A pacemaker is a small device that doctors place in people with…
2010-05-26 Study Ties Some Pesticides to Risk of ADHD in Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A.D.H.D. is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Government estimates say three to seven…
2010-05-19 Finding New Ways to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful disease that can destroy joints. Women are…
2010-05-12 Obesity Becomes a Big Killer in India
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Malnutrition remains a serious problem for India. But a new study shows…
2010-05-05 Study Finds Risk of Early Death Lowest for Adults in Iceland, Cyprus
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study examines and compares adult death rates worldwide over the…
2010-04-28 South Africa’s Huge HIV Testing Campaign
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. South Africa plans to test fifteen million people for H.I.V. by June…
2010-04-21 Hospital Infections in US Continue to Rise
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Hospitals not only treat infections — they can also cause them. In…
2010-04-14 Study Finds Drop in Deaths of Mothers in Developing World
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study says fewer women in developing nations are dying of…
2010-04-07 For Africa, a Possible New Way to Treat Sleeping Sickness
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Sleeping sickness is a deadly disease that infects about sixty thousand people…
2010-03-31 Ear Care: Do-It-Yourself Wax Removal
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Some people’s ears produce wax like busy little bees. This can be…
2010-03-24 Obama Signs Historic Health Care Bill
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. President Obama has signed legislation to make the biggest changes in the…