2009-02-25 A Handful of Findings About Finger Length
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Is there meaning in the length of a finger? An eighteen ninety-three guidebook called “Modern Etiquette in Public and Private” had this…
2009-02-18 Young Peoples’ Risky Behavior on Social Network Sites
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say more than half of young people who use MySpace often discuss high-risk behaviors. Two studies of the social networking site…
2009-02-11 Teens, Television, and Depression
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression as young adults. But…
2009-02-04 Something a Bone Will Never Say: Give Me a Break
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The medical term for a broken bone is a fracture. But there are different kinds of fractures. A single fracture is when…
2009-01-28 Researchers Look Behind the Tears to Study Crying
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Politics is an emotional business. Still, many people found themselves unusually moved by the historic presidential inauguration last week in Washington. Watching…
2009-01-21 How Strangers Can Make You Happy
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. What makes people happier: money or having happy friends and neighbors? Researchers from Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego,…
2009-01-14 Wising Up About Wisdom Teeth
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Wisdom teeth are normally the last teeth to appear in the mouth. It usually happens when people are older and wiser. That…
2009-01-07 City Has a Lot Fewer Heart Attacks After Smoking Ban
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. More than twenty of the fifty American states ban smoking in public places. Many other states have partial bans. And many local…
2008-12-31 In Treating Hypothermia, Slow and Gentle Are Best
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. We talked last week about ways to avoid hypothermia and other cold-weather injuries. Today we are going to talk about emergency treatment.…
2008-12-24 Want to Stay Warm in the Winter? Think COLD
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Winter in many places means ice skating, sledding and snowball fights. But unless someone is prepared, outdoor fun can also mean frostbite…
2008-12-17 Simple Measures Can Prevent Injuries to Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Every day, more than two thousand children worldwide die from accidental injury. Each year, as many as three million children are saved…
2008-12-10 Scientists See Progress on a Dengue Vaccine
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Dengue fever is sometimes called “break-bone fever.” It produces intense pain in the muscles and joints and behind the eyes. People get…
2008-12-03 Study Looks at Mental Disorders in College-Age Adults
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study in the United States says mental disorders appear to be common in college-age adults, but most do not seek…
2008-11-26 Feeling No Pain: The World of Anesthesia
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Anesthesia is used during operations and other medical procedures to block pain signals from traveling through the nervous system. The kind of…
2008-11-19 Health: Keeping Ears Clean
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Some people’s ears produce wax like busy little bees. This can be a problem even though earwax appears to serve an important…