Health Report

2008-08-06 Got Milk? Why Not Bank It?

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.   Money, jewels and important documents may not be the only valuables placed…

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2008-07-23 Dr. Michael DeBakey’s Long and Productive Life

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Michael DeBakey performed more than sixty thousand operations during his long career…

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2008-07-16 Among Vitamins, D Seems Short for ‘Does a Lot’

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Vitamin D helps bones and muscles grow strong and healthy. Low levels…

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2008-07-09 Hand Washing by Birth Attendants, Mothers Saves Lives

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study in rural Nepal shows the value of washing hands…

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2008-07-02 Safety Checklist Aims to Reduce Mistakes in Surgery

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Doctors around the world now perform more than two hundred thirty million…

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2008-06-25 Cancer Stem Cells Capture Attention of Scientists

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Some experts predict that doctors will someday use stem cells to treat…

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2008-06-18 Ear Care: Do-It-Yourself Wax Removal

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Some people's ears produce wax like busy little bees. This can be…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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