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 civil rights law that Americans call the ADA. GEORGE H.…
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 major progress in the fight against the disease. The researchers…
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 Conference. The next conference begins Sunday in Vienna, Austria. On…
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 are late in life. That was the finding of a…
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 Harvard School of Public Health in Massachusetts have released a…
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 by years of smoking. Doctors say that over time the…
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 be dangerous or even deadly. That was the finding of…
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 researchers say bedtime rules may improve a child’s development. A…
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 an abnormal heartbeat. If a heart beats too slowly, the…
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 percent of school-age children in the United States have it.…
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 three times more likely to get it than men. Rheumatoid…
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 that India’s leading causes of death now also include obesity-related…
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 last forty years. For each country, researchers estimated the probability…
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 of next year. That is almost one-third of its population.…
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 the United States alone, the number of infections in hospitals…