2007-05-16 Fewer US Women Getting Mammograms
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Research is often a slow, maddening search for answers where each new…
2007-05-09 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…
2007-05-02 Discovery Could Ease Blood Shortages in Hospitals
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists may have found a way to reduce shortages of type O…
2007-04-25 Breast Cancer in US Stayed Down in ’04 for Second Year
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last year, researchers reported that breast cancer rates in the United States…
2007-04-18 Vaccines: How They Work (and How Caterpillars Could Help)
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Most vaccines are designed with the same goal in mind. That is,…
2007-04-11 Looking for Weight-Loss Answers
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A listener has written from China for advice about how to lose…
2007-03-21 American Drug Officials Say Some Sleep Drugs May Do More Than Make You Sleep
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The United States Food and Drug Administration has ordered companies to place…
2007-03-28 Chest Compressions May Be Most Important Part of CPR
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, can save the life of someone whose heart…
2007-03-14 Laying the Roots for Healthy Teeth in Young Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. It might seem hard to imagine that a bad tooth could be…
2007-03-07 New Malaria Drug Coming to Africa Is Low Cost, Easy to Take
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Malaria infects as many as five hundred million people worldwide each year…
2007-02-28 Circumcision May Lower Men’s HIV Risk by More Than First Reported
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In December, we told you about two important studies of circumcision and…
2007-02-21 Test May Show Heart Patients’ Risk | Napping to a Healthier Heart?
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say they have developed a simple test that can tell if…
2007-02-14 Study Warns of Heart Disease Danger From Dirty Air
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study shows that air pollution may be more of a…
2007-02-07 For Some Patients, Brain Damage Cures Cigarette Addiction
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Chemical dependency can result from many things: alcohol, caffeine, illegal drugs like…