2010-05-12 Obesity Becomes a Big Killer in India
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Malnutrition remains a serious problem for India. But a new study shows…
2010-05-05 Study Finds Risk of Early Death Lowest for Adults in Iceland, Cyprus
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study examines and compares adult death rates worldwide over the…
2010-04-28 South Africa’s Huge HIV Testing Campaign
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. South Africa plans to test fifteen million people for H.I.V. by June…
2010-04-21 Hospital Infections in US Continue to Rise
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Hospitals not only treat infections — they can also cause them. In…
2010-04-14 Study Finds Drop in Deaths of Mothers in Developing World
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study says fewer women in developing nations are dying of…
2010-04-07 For Africa, a Possible New Way to Treat Sleeping Sickness
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Sleeping sickness is a deadly disease that infects about sixty thousand people…
2010-03-31 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…
2010-03-24 Obama Signs Historic Health Care Bill
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. President Obama has signed legislation to make the biggest changes in the…
2010-03-17 Snacking Adds to Weight Issue for Children in US
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say American children now eat an average of three snacks a…
2010-03-10 Almost 5 Million Lives Saved Through AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Treatment
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created in…
2010-03-03 The Argument Over Salt and Health
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last month we reported about a study that showed eating even a…
2010-02-24 Vaccine-Autism Study Is Withdrawn
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The Lancet, a leading British medical journal, has withdrawn a study that…
2010-02-17 Treating an Abnormal Heartbeat
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A condition called atrial fibrillation produces an abnormal heartbeat. People feel their…
2010-02-10 Needle Injuries to Medical Students Often Go Unreported
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. For medical students, real experience begins not in a classroom but at…