Health Report

2010-09-01 For Lots of People, Getting Older Means Getting Happier

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news…

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2010-08-18 Scientists Look for Answers as More US Girls Enter Puberty at Earlier Age

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A mother in Washington noticed something unusual one day, just before her…

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2010-08-11 Study Finds No Reason to Delay Pregnancy After a Miscarriage

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A miscarriage is the natural loss of a pregnancy before the twentieth…

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2010-08-04 Breastfeeding, a Skill That Mom and Baby ‘Learn From Each Other’

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. This is World Breastfeeding Week. The celebration is now in its nineteenth…

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2010-07-28 Marking the 20th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Twenty years ago this week, President George H. W. Bush signed a…

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2010-07-21 Researchers in South Africa Announce a New Weapon in AIDS Fight

This is the Special English Health Report. South African researchers at the international AIDS conference in Vienna, Austria have announced…

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2010-07-14 A New AIDS Plan for the US, and New Hopes for a Vaccine

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers, policy makers and activists are busy preparing for the International AIDS…

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2010-07-07 Physical Activity in Teens Linked to Mental Skills in Late Life

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. How active you are early in life may affect how able-minded you…

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2010-06-30 Eating White Rice Increases Risk of Diabetes

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Rice is an important part of many people's diets. Researchers from the…

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2010-06-23 Study Finds Improved Way to Treat COPD

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a life-threatening condition commonly caused…

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2010-06-16 Study Ties New Doctors to Jump in Hospital Deaths in July

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Being a patient in certain hospitals in the month of July can…

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2010-06-09 Study Links Bedtime Rules to Better Skills in Preschool Children

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Parents know a nightly bedtime is not always easy to enforce. But…

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2010-06-02 Reusing Pacemakers Could Improve Heart Care in Developing World

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A pacemaker is a small device that doctors place in people with…

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2010-05-26 Study Ties Some Pesticides to Risk of ADHD in Children

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A.D.H.D. is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Government estimates say three to seven…

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2010-05-19 Finding New Ways to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful disease that can destroy joints. Women are…

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