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…
2007-01-31 In the Mind of an Amnesiac, It Seems the Future May Suffer, Too
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Amnesia is a loss of memory. But scientists in Britain have found…
2007-01-24 Vaccination Campaign Cuts Measles Deaths; New Goal Set
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Measles is one of the most infectious viruses known. It spreads through…
2007-01-17 Progress Reported in AIDS Campaign for Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Our subject this week is children and AIDS. The United Nations Children’s…
2007-01-10 Childhood Health: Life in a Germ Factory
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A mother in Tamil Nadu, India, recently had a question for our…
2007-01-03 Researchers Say Vitamin D Might Protect Against Multiple Sclerosis
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In recent years, research has suggested more health value from vitamin D…
2006-12-27 Healthier Eating in New York Hard For Some to Swallow
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. New York City wants to fight fat. The Board of Health has…
2006-12-20 Strongest Evidence Yet That Circumcision Lowers Men’s HIV Risk
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. AIDS researchers had important news last week. Two studies in Africa confirmed…
2006-12-13 Childhood Bed-Wetting: Some Advice for Parents
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. We continue the first in a new series of reports from time…
2006-12-06 Dealing With Children’s Bed-Wetting
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Many parents wish children were born with directions. Raising children is a…
2006-11-29 Waltzing Pumps Up Heart Patients
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Dancing is good exercise. Now a study shows it can improve the…