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…
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…
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…
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…
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…