2004-11-24 Preparing for the Next Flu Pandemic
I’m Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Health Report. There has not been a worldwide outbreak of influenza since…
2004-11-17 New Heart Drug Shows Promise in African Americans
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Health Report. Heart failure is a disease where the heart cannot…
2004-11-10 Study Links Traffic and Heart Attacks
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say people traveling in traffic are three times…
2004-11-03 Cell Phones Linked to Benign Tumors
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. A Swedish study suggests that people who use cellular…
2004-10-27 Progress Toward a Malaria Vaccine
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. There is progress toward a vaccine to prevent malaria.…
2004-10-20 Actor Christopher Reeve Dies
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Actor Christopher Reeve died last week. He was fifty-two…
2004-10-13 Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Blood Clots
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. American researchers report more risks for older women who…
2004-09-29 World Heart Day
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Last Sunday was World Heart Day. The World Heart…
2004-10-06 Study Says Dogs Can Smell Cancer
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Dogs are known for their sense of smell. They…
2004-09-22 Study Increases Estimate of Flu Hospitalizations in the United States
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Influenza can be life-threatening, especially for the very old…
2004-09-15 Former President Bill Clinton Has Heart Bypass Surgery
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Former President Bill Clinton is recovering from a major…
2004-09-08 Finding and Treating Tuberculosis
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Experts on tuberculosis say the best treatment program for…
2004-09-01 Women and Heart Disease
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Heart disease is the leading killer of Americans. But…
2004-08-25 Avoiding Medical Mistakes
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Five years ago, researchers estimated the number of deaths…
2004-08-18 Blood Transfusion Blamed for Second ‘Mad Cow’ Infection in Humans
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Blood transfusions can save lives. But they can also…