2009-11-25 Screening for Breast, Cervical Cancer: The New Advice
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Sometimes new health advice conflicts with old advice. Yet new guidelines last…
2009-11-18 Debate Over New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. On Monday, an influential group of medical experts released new guidelines on…
2009-11-11 Vaccine Shortage a Concern in Fight Against H1N1
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. H1N1 flu continues to spread. Currently the virus is most active in…
2009-11-04 US to End HIV Travel Ban in January
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In nineteen eighty-seven, H.I.V./AIDS joined a list of diseases that could keep…
2009-10-29 Almost Half of All Deaths Are in People Under 60
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study from the World Health Organization says fifty-nine million people…
2009-10-28 A Test for Brain Injury Creates Its Own Risks in Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A concussion happens when the brain is shaken, often in a car…
2009-10-21 Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior?
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way…
2009-10-14 Leprosy: An Old Disease That Claimed a New Saint
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Pope Benedict named five new saints on Sunday, including a Catholic clergyman…
2009-10-08 Fat Cell Gene Linked to Colon Cancer
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study has found that a fat cell gene may reduce…
2009-10-07 Three Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Three scientists based in the United States have won the two thousand…
2009-09-30 Findings Raise Hopes for Progress on AIDS Vaccine
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. AIDS researchers say they still have much work to do on a…
2009-09-23 Vitamins: D and the Diet
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Vitamin D helps bones and muscles grow strong and healthy. Low levels…
2009-09-16 Deficits Found in Brain’s Reward System in A.D.H.D. Patients
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A.D.H.D. is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Children with A.D.H.D. might have trouble…
2009-09-09 Understanding Down Syndrome
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Human genes are normally organized along forty-six chromosomes in our cells, twenty-three…
2009-09-02 Doctors Are Advised on Treating a Hoarse Voice
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. If using your voice is difficult, then you know what dysphonia is.…