2020-01-29 New Coronavirus: What We Know
What is a coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause disease in mammals and birds. Coronaviruses can…
2020-01-28 Commuters May Get Less Sleep and Exercise
People who work long hours and have long commutes to their jobs may be more likely to have sleep problems…
2020-01-21 Normal Bad Mood or Depression?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The transition from childhood to the teenage years can…
2020-01-20 Smoke from Wildfires Has Long Term Health Effects
Increasingly intense wildfires are burning forests across Australia and the western United States. They are fueling concern among locals and…
2020-01-16 WHO Concerned about Possible New Coronavirus in China
Chinese officials and the World Health Organization (WHO) are trying to contain an outbreak of pneumonia in the central Chinese…
2020-01-14 New Diet Trend in America: Intermittent Fasting
The latest diet trend in America is also an ancient human activity. The activity is fasting, or not eating food…
2020-01-13 What Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Chronic fatigue syndrome is one of the most troubling mysteries in modern medicine. Many years after first recognizing the disorder,…
2020-01-13 Edible Cannabis Use May Carry Unexpected Risks
Experts warn there could be unexpected health risks from eating foods containing the drug cannabis. Those risks include accidental overdose,…
2020-01-12 Study: Vitamin Supplements May Harm Breast Cancer Treatment
A new study suggests that patients with breast cancer who take additional vitamins during chemotherapy treatment may face increased risks.…
2020-01-11 American Cancer Society Reports Largest Ever Drop in US Cancer Deaths
Researchers have reported the largest-ever single-year drop in cancer death rates in the United States. The rate of deaths from…
2020-01-10 Drug Developers Take Aim at ‘Guided-Missile’ Cancer Drugs
Companies are testing a record 89 treatments on humans to fight cancer. These treatments combine antibodies from the body’s natural…
2020-01-07 Google AI System Could Improve Breast Cancer Detection
A Google artificial intelligence system was as good as expert radiologists at discovering which women had breast cancer in a…
2020-01-06 China Has Painkiller Addicts, But No One Is Counting Them
In 2013, doctors expected Wu Yi to live only a few more years. He was only 26 years old at…
2020-01-02 Fewer Working Mothers in Cambodia Breastfeed
The story of Sim Ark helps explain a problem in Cambodia that has health experts concerned: fewer Cambodian women are…
2020-01-01 Changing America’s System for Organ Transplants
The United States government recently proposed new rules designed to improve transplant operations. The goal is to ease a severe…