2007-04-04 Metastasis: How Cancers Can Spread Their Reach
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The word “metastasize” means to change form, state or position. It is…
2007-03-28 Chest Compressions May Be Most Important Part of CPR
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, can save the life of someone whose heart…
2007-03-21 American Drug Officials Say Some Sleep Drugs May Do More Than Make You Sleep
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The United States Food and Drug Administration has ordered companies to place…
2007-03-14 Laying the Roots for Healthy Teeth in Young Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. It might seem hard to imagine that a bad tooth could be…
2007-03-07 New Malaria Drug Coming to Africa Is Low Cost, Easy to Take
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Malaria infects as many as five hundred million people worldwide each year…
2007-02-28 Circumcision May Lower Men’s HIV Risk by More Than First Reported
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In December, we told you about two important studies of circumcision and…
2007-02-21 Test May Show Heart Patients’ Risk | Napping to a Healthier Heart?
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say they have developed a simple test that can tell if…
2007-02-14 Study Warns of Heart Disease Danger From Dirty Air
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study shows that air pollution may be more of a…
2007-02-07 For Some Patients, Brain Damage Cures Cigarette Addiction
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Chemical dependency can result from many things: alcohol, caffeine, illegal drugs like…
2007-01-31 In the Mind of an Amnesiac, It Seems the Future May Suffer, Too
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Amnesia is a loss of memory. But scientists in Britain have found…
2007-01-24 Vaccination Campaign Cuts Measles Deaths; New Goal Set
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Measles is one of the most infectious viruses known. It spreads through…
2007-01-17 Progress Reported in AIDS Campaign for Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Our subject this week is children and AIDS. The United Nations Children’s…
2007-01-10 Childhood Health: Life in a Germ Factory
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A mother in Tamil Nadu, India, recently had a question for our…
2007-01-03 Researchers Say Vitamin D Might Protect Against Multiple Sclerosis
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In recent years, research has suggested more health value from vitamin D…
2006-12-27 Healthier Eating in New York Hard For Some to Swallow
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. New York City wants to fight fat. The Board of Health has…