Health Report

2019-05-21 Is Climate Change Making You Sneeze More?

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Blooming flowers and new growth on trees make spring a…

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2019-05-15 Strong Sense of Smell May Be Linked to Longer Life

Older adults with a poor sense of smell may die sooner than those who have a better sense of smell,…

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2019-05-14 Doctors Operate on the Brain to Treat Drug Addiction

Patient Number One is a thin man with all the hair removed from his head. Years of drug use cost…

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2019-05-07 Dandelions: One of the Healthiest Foods on the Planet

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. In many parts of the world, spring is in…

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2019-04-30 Technology Brings Change to Doctor’s Visits

Lisa Love of Twin Falls in the western American state of Idaho has not seen her doctor of 25 years…

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2019-04-29 WHO: Too Much Screen Time Bad for Children

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first ever guidance on how much time young children should spend using…

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2019-04-26 UN: Malawi Is First Country to Vaccinate Children against Malaria

The World Health Organization announced this week that Malawi has become the first country to begin immunizing children against malaria. WHO officials…

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2019-04-25 Forget Exercising: Surgeons Can Make the Stomach Look Muscular

The ideal body is often presented as one with a stomach having no fat, or better yet, defined muscles. Many have tried to reach that…

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2019-04-24 Electric Shocks to the Brain May Help Older People’s Memory

A special device worn on the head that sends electrical charges into the brain may improve the memory abilities of…

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2019-04-23 Health Officials Worry About Rise in Measles

Measles is only found in human beings. There is a highly effective and safe vaccine for the disease. So, in…

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2019-04-18 One Family’s Efforts to Save Endangered Animals

Imagine a world with no more wild animals: no elephants, no giraffes or lions. To some people, that thought is…

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2019-04-16 Negative Self-Talk Can Hurt You

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Sometimes a little self-criticism is not a bad thing. We all…

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2019-04-14 Health Advice: Go to the Doctor Before Running a Marathon

In July 1984, the famous author and runner Jim Fixx died of a heart attack while running. One lesson from…

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2019-04-11 One in Five Deaths Linked to Unhealthy Diet

In 2017, eleven million deaths worldwide were linked to people eating diets high in sugar, salt and processed meat. Those…

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2019-04-09 Treatment Helps Body’s Natural Defenses Fight Cancer

A treatment that helps the human body fight blood cancer is showing early signs of promise against some solid tumors. The…

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