Transcript This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last week, researchers in the United States reported curing nine adults with sickle…
New Treatment for Sleeping Sickness
Transcript This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Health Organization is using a new combination of drugs to treat…
New Vaccine Joins Campaign to End Polio
Transcript The World Health Organization has begun to use a new vaccine against polio. Officials say it will become a major…
Vaccine-Autism Study Is Withdrawn
Transcript This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The Lancet, a leading British medical journal, has withdrawn a study that scared…
The Argument Over Salt and Health
Transcript This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last month we reported about a study that showed eating even a little…
Treating an Abnormal Heartbeat
Transcript This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A condition called atrial fibrillation produces an abnormal heartbeat. People feel their heart…
Autoimmune Diseases: When the Body Starts Attacking Itself
Transcript This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. And I’m Barbara Klein. This week, we talk…
Finding New Ways to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
Transcript This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful disease that can destroy joints. Women are three…
Study Finds Drop in Deaths of Mothers in Developing World
Transcript This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study says fewer women in developing nations are dying of pregnancy-related…
Osteoporosis Increases Danger of Broken Bones
Transcript This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. And I’m Bob Doughty. Today we tell about…
Cause of Epilepsy Is Often Unknown, but Many Treatments Exist
Transcript This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Shirley Griffith. And I’m Bob Doughty. This week, we will…
Scientists Search for New Clues About Parkinson’s Disease
Transcript This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. And I’m Faith Lapidus. Today we tell about…
Using Lasers to Treat Kidney and Liver Tumors
Transcript This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. And I’m Bob Doughty. Today, we will tell…
The Struggle for a Dependable Test for Alzheimer’s Disease
Transcript This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. And I’m Bob Doughty. Today we tell about…
Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome
Transcript This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. And I’m Christopher Cruise. On our program this…
So You Want To Be A Doctor? Medical Studies and Hospital Training Are Hard Work
Transcript This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. And I’m Christopher Cruise. Today, we look at…