2008-06-11 Scientists Link Gene Changes to Longer Lives
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists continue to search for genetic answers to why some people live…
2008-06-04 More People Get HIV Drugs, but Even More Get Infected
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A United Nations report says almost three million people in developing countries…
2008-05-28 Brain Cancer Like Kennedy’s Is Difficult to Treat
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last week doctors in Massachusetts announced that Senator Ted Kennedy has brain…
2008-05-21 WHO Chief Says World Faces Three Growing Threats
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A yearly meeting of all the member countries in the World Health…
2008-05-14 Need Your Appendix Out? Let Me Reach Down Your Throat
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Medical researchers keep looking for less invasive ways to perform operations. The…
2008-05-07 How to Do ‘Hands-Only CPR’
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is help for a stopped heart. It increases…
2008-04-30 Deaths in Blood-Thinner Patients Bring Calls for Answers
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Heparin is a blood-thinning medicine made from pig intestines, which often come…
2008-04-23 New Malaria Drug Launched in Latin America, Southeast Asia
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A Brazilian drug company and a nonprofit group have developed a new,…
2008-04-16 Chinese Say Son With Bird Flu Likely Infected Father
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers in China have reported on a rare human-to-human case of bird…
2008-04-09 Study Links Midlife Belly Fat to Higher Risk of Dementia
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Being overweight can lead to high blood pressure, diabetes and heart attacks.…
2008-04-02 WHO Targets Climate Change for World Health Day 2008
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Next Monday is World Health Day, observed by the World Health Organization.…
2008-03-26 New Drug Shows Promise Against Worm Disease
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists think they are a step closer to a new drug to…
2008-03-19 Vaccine a Big Success Against Meningitis in Uganda
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Meningitis is an infection of the tissue that covers the brain and…
2008-03-12 Report Points to Limits of Some Antidepressants
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A study has raised new questions about the effectiveness of several popular…
2008-03-05 The Dark Side of Skin Lightening
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In many societies, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than…